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Phys.org / Saturn's rings extend further above and below the ring plane, forming a 'halo'
The Cassini probe took its final orbits, referred to as the Grand Finale Orbits (GFOs), in 2017, before launching itself into Saturn's atmosphere. During these GFOs, the probe collected samples of dust above and below Saturn's ...
Medical Xpress / Online psychoeducation underperforms existing digital cognitive behavioral therapy in trial
Big Health Inc, along with paid academic investigators, reports higher remission rates and lower anxiety symptom scores with their smartphone-delivered digital cognitive behavioral therapy, DaylightRx, compared with an online ...
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 ...
Phys.org / Why shoppers buy fast fashion even if they disagree with it
Every December, many shoppers plan to buy fewer things and choose more sustainable options. Yet as the month goes on, spending rises and fast fashion becomes hard to resist. Christmas has become a moment when good intentions ...
Phys.org / Quantum entanglement could connect drones for disaster relief, bypassing traditional networks
Any time you use a device to communicate information—an email, a text message, any data transfer—the information in that transmission crosses the open internet, where it could be intercepted. Such communications are also ...
Phys.org / Violence against women and girls: 4 key takeaways from a strategy that aims to change society
As the UK government launches its violence against women and girls strategy, the situation it is seeking to remedy makes for hard reading.
Medical Xpress / Study examines oligodendrocyte dynamics throughout the progression of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by the disruption of nerve signals and various associated neurological symptoms, ranging from vision problems to numbness, weakness, fatigue and cognitive ...
Phys.org / How a new diet of penguins is changing puma behavior and social lives in Patagonia
Penguins in the coastal steppes of Argentina have a new enemy to worry about: the increasing numbers of pumas in Monte León National Park (MLNP). These powerful mountain cats were once on the brink of disappearing from this ...
Phys.org / Subtle twist in materials prompts surprising electromagnetic behavior
Materials react differently to electric and magnetic fields, and these reactions are known as electromagnetic responses. In many solid materials, unusual electromagnetic responses have been known to only emerge when specific ...
Phys.org / Getting support for opening the 'Pandora's box' of DNA testing
In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.
Medical Xpress / Accelerated cancer drug approvals yield modest survival gains at significant Medicare cost
Early access to new cancer drugs, granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has provided mixed benefits for patients while costing Medicare billions of dollars, reveals research published ...
Medical Xpress / Measurement properties of kidney disease symptom score explored in non-dialysis-dependent CKD
The Kidney Disease Symptom Score (KDSS) has temporal stability for patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD) with stable kidney function, but responsiveness of the KDSS for physical symptoms and ...