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Medical Xpress / Worrying about money and food ages the heart faster than traditional risk factors

A novel analysis investigating the contribution of social determinants of health (SDoH) to cardiac aging has found that financial strain and food insecurity are the strongest drivers of accelerated biological aging and increased ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Health
Tech Xplore / Mussel shell grit offers suitable, sustainable abrasive for denim sandblasting

An EHU study, now published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, has found a way of using mussel shells, which usually end up in landfills, in the textile industry.

Dec 18, 2025 in Engineering
Phys.org / LLMs unleash AI's potential for autonomous and explainable materials discovery

Discovering new inorganic materials is central to advancing technologies in catalysis, energy storage, semiconductors, and more. But finding a material with just the right properties is extremely difficult. What if an AI ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Chemistry
Tech Xplore / Sodium-ion batteries can charge faster than lithium counterparts with hard carbon electrodes

The worldwide push for sustainability requires better, more durable batteries to support renewable energy systems and ubiquitous electronic devices.

Dec 17, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / A built-in odometer: New study reveals how the brain measures distance

Whether you are heading to bed or seeking a midnight snack, you don't need to turn on the lights to know where you are as you walk through your house at night. This hidden skill comes from a remarkable ability called path ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Neuroscience
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 ...

Tech Xplore / Simplified power factor correction: Sensorless control could enable smaller, more reliable electronic adapters

Single-phase power factor correction (PFC) circuits—a kind of front-end AC/DC converters—are ubiquitous in a variety of consumer electronic devices, including laptop adapters, LED driver power supplies, and portable chargers. ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Consumer & Gadgets
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
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
Medical Xpress / Not everyone reads the room the same: Some brains perform a complicated assessment—while others take a shortcut

Are you a social savant who easily reads people's emotions? Or are you someone who leaves an interaction with an unclear understanding of another person's emotional state?

Dec 16, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Study suggests recent tundra fires 'exceed anything in past 3,000 years'

Wildfires on Alaska's North Slope were more active this past century than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a study published in the journal Biogeosciences.

Dec 18, 2025 in Earth
Tech Xplore / Austria rules against Meta in marathon online privacy case

Austria's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Meta to provide an online privacy rights campaigner with access to all of his personal data within two weeks, after a marathon 11-year legal battle.

Dec 18, 2025 in Business