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Phys.org / What lies beneath Greenland could change what we know about rising seas

A new study led by researchers at the University of Ottawa provides a series of highly detailed 3D models of the Earth's temperature beneath Greenland and northeastern Canada, providing insights into the region's geological ...

4 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Parenting styles play a key role in shaping teen mental health

Mental health is a global crisis, with more than 1 billion people affected by mental health conditions, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Young people are particularly affected, with suicide as the third leading ...

8 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Tech Xplore / Blue jean dye could make batteries greener

Sustainability is often described in shades of green, but the future of clean energy may also carry a hint of deep blue. Electric vehicles and energy storage systems could soon draw power from a familiar pigment found in ...

4 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / Astrocyte diversity across space and time charted in new atlas

When it comes to brain function, neurons get a lot of the glory. But healthy brains depend on the cooperation of many kinds of cells. The most abundant of the brain's non-neuronal cells are astrocytes, star-shaped cells with ...

4 hours ago in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Health impacts related to 'forever chemicals' linked to billions in economic losses

The negative health impacts from contamination by so-called forever chemicals in drinking water costs the contiguous U.S. at least $8 billion a year in social costs, a University of Arizona-led study has found.

4 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / A new nuclear 'island' where magic numbers break down

For decades, nuclear physicists believed that "Islands of Inversion"—regions where the normal rules of nuclear structure suddenly break down—were found mostly in neutron-rich isotopes. In these unusual pockets of the ...

6 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / First Andean trophy head with cleft lip/palate identified from southern Peru

In a recent study, Dr. Beth Scaffidi analyzed the images of a unique trophy head from southern Peru. The study diagnosed the individual as having had a cleft lip/palate (CLP), making him the first case of an Andean trophy ...

10 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / New model describes how reaction-diffusion networks develop 'foams'

For numerous fundamental processes of life, the formation of certain protein patterns is essential. Protein pattern formation controlled by molecular switches is—like many processes in nature—far removed from a state ...

6 hours ago in Physics
Tech Xplore / Speech-to-reality system creates objects on demand using AI and robotics

Generative AI and robotics are moving us ever closer to the day when we can ask for an object and have it created within a few minutes. In fact, MIT researchers have developed a speech-to-reality system, an AI-driven workflow ...

10 hours ago in Robotics
Medical Xpress / 'Ready-made' T-cell gene therapy tackles 'incurable' T-cell leukemia

A new treatment using genome-edited immune cells, developed by scientists at UCL (University College London) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), has shown promising results in helping children and adults fight a rare ...

5 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Peculiar supernova SN 2021ukt transitions from Type IIn to Type Ib

Astronomers from the University of California (UC), Berkeley and elsewhere have performed spectroscopic and photometric study of a peculiar supernova designated SN 2021ukt, which underwent a transition from Type IIn to Type ...

11 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Unified EEG imaging improves mapping for epilepsy surgery

A new advance from Carnegie Mellon University researchers could reshape how clinicians identify the brain regions responsible for drug-resistant epilepsy. Surgery can be a life-changing option for millions of epilepsy patients ...

5 hours ago in Neuroscience