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Tech Xplore / Reinventing personalized fashion with a new sewing app

Wouldn't it be great if you could just take a picture of yourself with your mobile phone and sew your own clothes—in exactly the right size and fit? The solution is on the way.

10 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / 9/11 WTC Health Program workforce cut by 25% under Kennedy as patient count rises, advocates say

The staff running the federal World Trade Center Health Program has been cut by 25% as the number of sick 9/11 survivors the group treats is expected to increase by 10,000 this year, the Daily News has learned.

11 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Studying raccoon behavior can clarify human intelligence, too

When a curious raccoon broke into an Ashland, Virginia, liquor store in December 2025, sampled the stock and passed out on the bathroom floor, the story went viral within minutes. The local animal shelter's Facebook post ...

22 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Examining climate risks to insurance and reinsurance of global supply chains

Global supply chains are increasingly exposed to climate-related disruptions, redrawing the boundaries of what can be insured and how risk is distributed across the global economy. In recent years, insured catastrophe losses ...

19 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Global societies unite to address environmental threats to heart health

The world's leading cardiovascular societies, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association and the World Heart Federation (WHF) have issued the first ever ...

11 hours ago in Health
Tech Xplore / Microsoft's AI deal promises Canada digital sovereignty, but is that a pledge it can keep?

Over the past year, few words have been abused as much as "sovereignty," particularly in relation to Canadian digital policy and artificial intelligence. In early December, Microsoft promised to invest more than $7.5 billion ...

21 hours ago in Business
Medical Xpress / America's new food pyramid—what's changed and why?

The US has unveiled a controversial new food pyramid that's causing a stir among nutrition experts. It represents the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans—advice on what types and quantities of food and drink make up ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Health
Tech Xplore / Will Google be 'third time lucky' with new, AI-powered smart glasses?

It has been over a decade since Google Glass smart glasses were announced in 2013, followed by their swift withdrawal—in part because of low adoption. Their subsequent (and lesser known) second iteration was released in ...

23 hours ago in Business
Medical Xpress / Why do some people get 'hangry' more quickly than others?

"Come on, little fella—we should get going now." But my son was not listening. The sand in the playground was just right, so he kept digging with his new toy excavator.

22 hours ago in Endocrinology & Metabolism
Phys.org / Greener whisky bottles made with aluminum could replace glass

One of Scotland's smallest distilleries is working with Heriot-Watt scientists to find out whether aluminum could replace glass bottles for its Scotch whiskey.

Jan 19, 2026 in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / New standards streamline brain tumor surgery

Low-grade brain tumors known as IDH-mutant gliomas CNS WHO grade 2 are life-threatening in spite of their slow growth. Neurosurgeons across the globe are faced with the question as to striking the correct balance between ...

22 hours ago in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Misophonia Q&A: When noise becomes intolerable

Nails on a chalkboard. Loud breathing. Sneezing. These sounds can often be irritating and leave ears ringing with discomfort. But for people with misophonia, a decreased tolerance for specific sounds and stimuli, those noises ...

23 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry