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Medical Xpress / Social prescribing may help young people awaiting mental health care
Social prescribing, which connects people to arts and exercise activities and other sources of support, may help adolescents waiting for specialist mental health services by improving their resilience, behavior and relationships ...
Phys.org / NASA's New Horizons spacecraft wakes from its longest hibernation in good health
Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting science data gathered in the distant Kuiper Belt far beyond Pluto.
Phys.org / Greenland meltwater adds to AMOC weakening, but updated model finds no tipping point in sight
The state of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has been a hot topic among climate scientists in recent years. The AMOC is crucial for climate regulation because it pulls warm surface water from the tropics ...
Phys.org / Dust in the wind: intense storms struck China, US in 2025, says UN
China and the southern United States were hit last year by some of their worst sand and dust storms in decades, the United Nations said Friday.
Phys.org / What is 'social media'? Study highlights public confusion about the term
Research from Aston University has shown that the public has no clearly accepted definition for the term "social media" or agreement about which websites and platforms are classified as such.
Phys.org / Unraveling the glass-like nature of epithelial tissues
In a new study, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have resolved a longstanding mystery by showing how epithelial tissues exhibit slow-moving, glass-like behavior despite their fast-paced biological activity. ...
Phys.org / Tropical forests can switch from carbon sinks to carbon sources during El Niño
Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for example, stores approximately 123 billion tons of carbon—more than is stored in any other terrestrial ...
Medical Xpress / New first-in-human study explores immune-engineered cell therapy approach for type 1 diabetes
New research presented at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 2026 Annual Meeting explores an approach that could expand the potential of cell replacement therapy for type 1 diabetes by evaluating whether ...
Tech Xplore / Low-current standby protects carbon dioxide catalysts for 750 hours and cuts costs 25%
Catalysts that convert waste carbon dioxide into valuable products like acetate are designed to run continuously on electricity for the conversion process. But electricity from renewable energy sources, such as solar or hydroelectric ...
Medical Xpress / Neuroscientists observe electrical signals in the soma and dendrites of living mice
The human brain contains billions of neurons, specialized nerve cells that communicate with each other via electrical and chemical signals. Every neuron is made up of its body (i.e., soma), where most cellular processes occur; ...
Medical Xpress / A new soccer concussion protocol could make one of the game's hardest calls much faster
The World Cup has the globe glued to TV screens, watching 22 soccer players work their magic on the field. Every so often, one of them takes a hard hit to the head from the ball or another player's head, and they often continue ...
Medical Xpress / Why some people are more bothered by low-frequency sounds
Some people are more sensitive to low-frequency noise, such as from ventilation systems, heat pumps, wind turbines and transformers. Why is that?
