All News

Medical Xpress / Off-label use of COVID-19 vaccines was once discouraged but has become common amid new guidelines

Following the federal government's changes to COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and recommendations in 2025, many people are wondering whether they can get COVID-19 vaccines for themselves or their children.

4 hours ago in Vaccination
Tech Xplore / We can't ban AI, but we can build the guardrails to prevent it from going off the tracks

Artificial intelligence is fascinating, transformative and increasingly woven into how we learn, work and make decisions.

10 hours ago in Business
Phys.org / New substitution method enables high-precision nuclear reaction measurements using natural copper

A joint research team has made important progress in the field of photoneutron cross section measurement. The team proposed a substitution measurement method that avoids the use of expensive and hard-to-prepare high-purity ...

12 hours ago in Physics
Medical Xpress / What's the difference between a home birth and a free birth?

If you're looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you'll find widely varied content.

11 hours ago in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / Violence against women and children is deeply connected. Three ways to break the patterns

In South Africa, intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence against women, and it is pervasive. According to the National Gender-Based Violence Prevalence Study, 24% of women aged 18 and older have experienced ...

5 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Daily oral GLP-1 pill a promising alternative to injectables for weight loss, clinical trial finds

A new oral GLP-1 medication can help adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes lose more weight and improve their blood sugar levels compared to a placebo, according to findings from the ATTAIN-2 trial led by a UTHealth Houston ...

13 hours ago in Diabetes
Phys.org / What did countries agree to at COP30?

The COP30 climate summit has drawn to a close after two weeks in the Amazonian city of Belem where protests, street marches and even a fire caused unexpected moments of drama.

9 hours ago in Earth
Tech Xplore / Colorado is pumping the brakes on first-of-its-kind AI regulation to find a practical path forward

When the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act passed in May 2024, it made national headlines. The law was the first of its kind in the U.S. It was a comprehensive attempt to govern "high-risk" artificial intelligence systems ...

18 hours ago in Business
Medical Xpress / Are peanut allergies actually declining?

Peanut allergy is one of the most common food allergies, affecting between 1% and 2% of people living in the West. And, for many years, their prevalence has been rising.

22 hours ago in Inflammatory disorders
Phys.org / Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here's why

The nature of time has plagued thinkers for as long as we've tried to understand the world we live in. Intuitively, we know what time is, but try to explain it, and we end up tying our minds in knots.

Nov 19, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Physicists demonstrate the constancy of the speed of light with unprecedented accuracy

In 1887, one of the most important experiments in the history of physics took place. American scientists Michelson and Morley failed to measure the speed of Earth by comparing the speed of light in the direction of Earth's ...

Nov 19, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Theia and Earth were neighbors, new research suggests

About 4.5 billion years ago, the most momentous event in the history of Earth occurred: a huge celestial body called Theia collided with the young Earth. How the collision unfolded and what exactly happened afterward has ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Astronomy & Space