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Medical Xpress / Boston reports 114% recent surge in flu cases in December, urges vaccinations

Boston is seeing an early surge in flu cases this year, city and health officials warned, with sharp upticks in cases and hospitalizations and even higher increases for children and teens as winter sets in.

Phys.org / Pimple patches have hidden our blemishes for hundreds of years—historian explains

You may have noticed people out and about with little stickers on their faces. Perhaps you've seen moons, stars, clouds or even smiley faces adorning people's cheeks and chins. Maybe you wear them yourself. While some people ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Japan's new flagship H3 rocket fails to put geolocation satellite into orbit

Japan's space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a setback for the country's new flagship rocket and its space launch program.

Dec 22, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Holiday heart risk: Overindulgence, stress, cold increase heart attacks

Eat, drink and enjoy the outdoors and family gatherings—in moderation, say those who see an increase in heart emergencies during the holiday season.

Dec 24, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Tech Xplore / Technology that helps robots read human intentions could lead to safer, smarter, more trustworthy machines

Robots are becoming part of our everyday lives, from health care to home assistance. But for humans to truly trust and collaborate with them, robots need more than technical skill—they need to understand us.

Dec 23, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / As US battles China on AI, some companies choose Chinese

Even as the United States is embarked on a bitter rivalry with China over the deployment of artificial intelligence, Chinese technology is quietly making inroads into the US market.

Dec 22, 2025 in Business
Tech Xplore / Lab produces first-ever fuel for fast molten salt reactor experiment

Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have achieved a historic breakthrough in nuclear energy by launching full-scale production of enriched fuel salt for the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE)—the world's ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Italy fines Apple nearly 100 mn euros over app privacy feature

Italy's competition authority said Monday it had fined the US tech giant Apple 98 million euros ($115 million) for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the mobile app market.

Dec 22, 2025 in Business
Medical Xpress / Automatic label checking: The missing step in making medical AI reliable

Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have discovered a practical way to detect and fix common labeling errors in large radiographic collections. By automatically verifying body-part, projection, and rotation tags, ...

Dec 24, 2025 in Radiology & Imaging
Tech Xplore / Who should get paid when AI learns from creative work?

As generative AI systems become more deeply woven into the fabric of modern life—drafting text, generating images, summarizing news—debates over who should profit from the technology are intensifying.

Dec 22, 2025 in Business
Phys.org / The stealthy, persistent hazard of thirdhand smoke

While the dangers of secondhand smoke are widely recognized, a new study led by Prof. Sun Yele at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has uncovered a more persistent and stealthy hazard ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Earth
Tech Xplore / New calibration module offers improved measurement of thermoelectric device performance

A standard reference thermoelectric module (SRTEM) for objectively measuring thermoelectric module performance has been developed in Korea for the first time. A research team led by Dr. Sang Hyun Park at the Korea Institute ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Engineering