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Medical Xpress / Bright, flickering and flashing lights really can be bad for you—how to have a visually comfortable Christmas

It is the time of year when decorations appear everywhere and everyone has a preferred style, from bright flashing lights to something more understated. Christmas decorations are meant to be cheerful, yet for some people, ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Deep-brain recording reveals how a crucial relay station shapes human visual signals

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have become the first to fully characterize cell activity from a little relay station in the center of the human brain. This aids our understanding of how the brain ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Can Urgent Care clinics actually take pressure off hospitals? Yes, but they're not the only way

When we're acutely ill or injured, we want to be able to quickly access care in Australia's hospital emergency departments (EDs). But more of us are seeking care in EDs. This went from 7.4 million in 2014–15 to 9.1 million ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Medical economics
Phys.org / Warmer ocean currents significantly destabilize ice sheets, driving their retreat

New research reveals how ocean warming triggered the large-scale retreat of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS)—offering vital clues for understanding its modern-day vulnerability.

Dec 17, 2025 in Earth
Tech Xplore / AI system protects wireless networks from jamming attacks in real time

A research team at the University of Ottawa has developed an advanced artificial intelligence system designed to autonomously defend wireless networks from jamming attacks, operating much like a digital immune system. This ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Telecom
Phys.org / Universities' work towards Indigenous identity policies signals difficult conversations

In recent years, members of the Canadian public have witnessed the misrepresentation of Indigenous identities.

Dec 18, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Alzheimer's disease more prevalent in older people than previously thought

New research, published in Nature, has provided the first ever population-based data on the frequency of Alzheimer's disease neuropathological changes (ADNC)—a key causal factor behind the development of dementia—and ...

Medical Xpress / A realistic vision for the future of AI in mental health care

A new analysis examines a potential turning point for artificial intelligence in mental health care. The article, "Feasible but Fragile": An Inflection Point for Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Care, reflects on ...

Dec 19, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / New evidence about dopamine delivery explains why current Parkinson's treatments succeed—and their limitations

A McGill-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how scientists think about Parkinson's disease treatments.

Dec 17, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / A 3D-printed Christmas tree made entirely of ice

A team of physicists from the University of Amsterdam's Institute of Physics has 3D-printed a Christmas tree made entirely of ice. Researchers Menno Demmenie, Stefan Kooij and Daniel Bonn used no freezing technology or refrigeration ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Many shoppers take a strange comfort of buying now and paying later—but it can come with a sting after Christmas

It's that time of year again, and retailers are pulling out all the stops to get us spending—from Black Friday to New Year's sales.

Dec 18, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Guideline-concordant care rate in seniors is approximately 60% after positive lung cancer screen

Among persons with a first positive lung cancer screening result at age 65 years or older, the rate of guideline-concordant care is 59.7% overall, according to a study published online Dec. 16 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.