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Medical Xpress / LeaN On: Reducing risk of lymphedema after breast cancer
Living with, or being at risk of, lymphedema after breast cancer can leave many people feeling uncertain and overwhelmed. Too often, survivors must search for information on their own, sometimes too late, and without clear ...
Medical Xpress / Maternal physical activity linked to child neurodevelopment
Higher maternal physical activity is associated with early child neurodevelopment, according to a study published online March 3 in JAMA Network Open.
Medical Xpress / Interviews with 14 recovered adults map common steps out of long-term fatigue
For people who have recovered from diagnoses characterized by persistent fatigue, a new understanding of symptoms seems to have been key to recovery. This is the conclusion of a study from Linköping University, Sweden. The ...
Phys.org / U.S. Indigenous peoples experience higher rates of fatal police violence in and around reservations
Indigenous people in the United States are at higher risk of fatal police violence in and around American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) reservations, according to the first comprehensive national study on the subject from researchers ...
Phys.org / Astrophysicists trace the origin of valuable metals in space, from colliding stars to merging galaxies
Billions of light years away in a remote part of the universe, two neutron stars—the ultradense remnants of dead stars—collided. The catastrophic cosmic event sent light and particles, including a sudden flash of gamma ...
Tech Xplore / Ultra-compact photonic AI chip operates at the speed of light
Australian researchers have built an ultra-compact artificial intelligence (AI) chip that is able to make calculations using the power of light, at the speed of light. The nano photonic chip prototype, which harnesses the ...
Phys.org / Physical activity is linked to the health of the planet, according to a trio of recent studies
Global levels of physical activity have not improved over the past two decades, despite widespread policy development and adoption, and large disparities persist across gender and socioeconomic groups. The findings from three ...
Phys.org / Live in the city or the country? How your location—and your thoughts on death—shape your travel choices
When the first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. emerged in January 2020, many Americans began to confront the reality of death. Six years later, researchers at the University of Florida and Hanyang University in South Korea are ...
Phys.org / Five-minute test spots PFAS down to parts-per-trillion
When Sandia scientists Ryan Davis and Nathan Bays set out to find a better way to absorb and degrade PFAS in water sources, they kept running into the same issue: Detecting the chemicals in samples took too long. So, they ...
Phys.org / Thermal drones boost detection of entangled seals
New research from Monash University and Phillip Island Nature Parks is using thermal and infrared drone technology to spot marine debris entanglements in Australian fur seals. Entanglement is an escalating threat to marine ...
Medical Xpress / Making sense of the widening gender mental health gap: What teenage girls told us
Women experience greater low mood and anxiety than men. This longstanding gender mental health gap reflects a complicated mix of biological, psychological, social, and sociocultural factors—though we are still far from ...
Phys.org / Tapping into the inner workings of long-distance animal calls
From whale songs to lion roars, animals have evolved to stretch their voices across distances so that friends—and sometimes foes—can hear them. Each sound is coded with messages like "Come here!" "Back off!" "Danger's ...
