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Medical Xpress / If at first you don't succeed, lift, lift again
Research that began by analyzing more than 400,000 gym-goers worldwide has illustrated the importance of persevering through early struggles.
Medical Xpress / Brain scans reveal tau buildup in late-onset psychosis
Hallucinations and delusions that appear for the first time in midlife or later are often treated as psychiatric symptoms whose biological cause is unclear. The study, published in Molecular Psychiatry suggests that, for ...
Tech Xplore / Team develops high-efficiency bifacial tandem solar cell
A joint research team led by Dr. Dae-Gyu Hwang and Dr. Dae-Hwan Kim from the Division of Energy & Environmental Technology at DGIST has significantly enhanced the power generation performance of bifacial thin-film solar cells ...
Tech Xplore / RL-100 framework helps robots refine learned tasks amid real-world disruptions
Robots are gradually making their way into a variety of settings, ranging from households to public spaces, offices, factories and health care facilities. Despite their potential, however, many existing robots do not perform ...
Phys.org / Asteroid Nysa's rare three-lobed structure challenges formation models
Named for the mythical valley where the god Dionysus was raised in secret by nymphs, the asteroid 44 Nysa inhabits the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Through observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers ...
Medical Xpress / Social media algorithms expose many adolescents to self-harm content, study finds
Digital technologies have profoundly transformed how adolescents acquire information and interact with each other outside school. Numerous preteens and teenagers worldwide access social media platforms daily to read posts, ...
Medical Xpress / What's in kratom products? Tests find 85% conflict with labels
What's listed on a kratom product label may not tell the full story. Researchers in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy have found that commercially available kratom products, including many kratom-derived products, ...
Phys.org / Magnetic dopants help quantum dots use light for chemical reactions
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have demonstrated a new quantum-dot mechanism that could significantly expand the reach of light-driven chemistry. By introducing magnetic manganese dopants into semiconductor ...
Medical Xpress / Evolutionary history may help explain why some people develop more severe COVID-19 than others
Every time a virus invades a person, it collides with thousands of years of human history. A study led by researchers at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Howard University suggests that some of the ...
Medical Xpress / Medical AI benefits vary by expertise, with nonexperts more easily misled
A one-size-fits-all approach likely isn't the best strategy when designing artificial intelligence systems that assist users in disease diagnosis.
Medical Xpress / Immune cells may hold the key to fighting obesity-induced muscle dysfunction
One of the many ways obesity harms the human body is through damage to skeletal muscle. This progressive muscle decline, also known as sarcopenia, reduces strength, mobility and the ability to live independently. Unfortunately, ...
Medical Xpress / Study shows AI could support low-cost foot health technology
Researchers have demonstrated that AI tools could play an important part in developing simpler, lower-cost technologies for monitoring foot health, particularly in settings where access to specialized equipment may be limited. ...
