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Medical Xpress / DNA damage can trigger neurons to self-destruct

Over the past decade, researchers at WashU Medicine have established that a molecule called SARM1 is a central trigger in the loss of axons, the vital wiring of the nervous system. Axon loss is characteristic of many neurodegenerative ...

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Medical Xpress / NHS patients are being socially prescribed yoga—but is yoga ready to help them?

Yoga can be seen as an accessible way to exercise and improve well-being. You don't always need a gym membership, specialist machinery or other people to do it.

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Medical Xpress / Why does our mind wander? New study taps into the tricks of staying on task

You're sitting at your desk, writing a short story. You remain focused, but after several hours, you still can't see how to end it. So you go for a run, allowing your thoughts to run with you. Instead of stumbling on a rock, ...

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Phys.org / Mobile learning output expanded rapidly from 2017 to 2026, analysis of 2,500 papers shows

A bibliometric analysis of mobile learning research published between 2017 and 2026 shows a sharp expansion in output. There was a big surge between 2020 and 2022 associated with pandemic-driven shifts in higher education. ...

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Medical Xpress / AI turns mouse movements into language-like tokens, uncovering autism-related social behavior patterns

An artificial intelligence model capable of reading and interpreting animal behavior like language has been developed by researchers at KAIST. The team created an AI model that learns behavioral data in a manner similar to ...

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Tech Xplore / The world's first ultra-compact semiconductor chip for biosignal measurement

A research team led by Prof. Junghyup Lee of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at DGIST has become the first in the world to develop a "time-interleaved noise-shaping SAR ADC (analog-to-digital ...

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Tech Xplore / Increasing the efficiency of buildings in Europe with renovation investment

The building sector is responsible for about 31% of global CO2 emissions, with 82% stemming from energy use during building operation and the remaining 18% from embodied emissions. At the European level, the Energy Performance ...

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Phys.org / XMM-Newton and Chandra help revise distance to Milky Way's outer spiral arms

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescopes have spotted the aftermath of three bright explosions echoing through the outer spiral arms of our galaxy, the Milky Way. By measuring the distance ...

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Medical Xpress / Infant iron supplements linked to fewer behavior problems at age three

Healthy, breastfed infants who receive iron supplementation show fewer aggressive behaviors at age 3 compared with children who did not receive supplementation, according to new research from Umeå University. However, more ...

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Phys.org / Tooth fossil analysis suggests 'brawn before bite' in early Asian mammals

An analysis of fossil teeth from mammals that lived in China following the most recent major mass extinction suggests size came before both shape and function as diets diversified.

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Phys.org / Algae may have launched coral reefs by hijacking coral cells, genetic experiments suggest

The reefs scattered throughout the tropics arose only after algae took up full-time residence in coral cells, supplying corals with abundant food and enabling them to build extensive shallow-water communities. But with warming ...

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Phys.org / How a giant planet survived its star's death, then migrated inward

When astronomers discovered a giant planet orbiting a dead star in 2020, they wondered how it survived its star's violent demise. Now, observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may finally explain the planet's ...

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