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Phys.org / Viruses found in carbon-storing wetlands play an active role in shaping ecosystem health
Viruses in wetland soil play a more important role than previously understood and could even be indicators of ecosystem health, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Recently ...
Medical Xpress / Immune system's 'on-off' switch may hold answers for cancer and autoimmunity
A single signaling pathway controls whether immune cells attack or befriend cells they encounter while patrolling our bodies, researchers at Stanford Medicine have found. Manipulating this pathway could allow researchers ...
Phys.org / A new framework addresses fair distribution of emissions
Ten years ago, on 12 December 2015, the Paris Climate Agreement was signed at the UN Climate Conference. In order to limit global warming to well below two degrees, only a certain amount of CO2 may be emitted worldwide. While ...
Phys.org / How to handle teen 'big feelings' as the social media ban kicks in
Watching your teenager grieve the loss of their social media account can be confronting. Many are genuinely distressed or struggling with the change, and many parents are unsure how to respond.
Medical Xpress / AI's errors may be impossible to eliminate. What that means for its use in health care
In the past decade, AI's success has led to uncurbed enthusiasm and bold claims—even though users frequently experience errors that AI makes. An AI-powered digital assistant can misunderstand someone's speech in embarrassing ...
Medical Xpress / Why teenagers won't quit vaping, even when the risks are clear: A psychologist explains
Vaping among teenagers is a growing global health problem.
Phys.org / Politicians bank on people not caring about democracy—but research shows we do
Across the world, democracies are grappling with a widening gap between citizens and those who govern. Australia is no exception.
Phys.org / A new 'hypertropical' climate is emerging in the Amazon, exposing trees to deadly stress
The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions that haven't been seen on Earth for tens of millions of years.
Phys.org / Painting galaxy clusters by numbers (and physics)
Galaxy clusters are the most massive objects in the universe held together by gravity, containing up to several thousand individual galaxies and huge reservoirs of superheated, X-ray-emitting gas. The mass of this hot gas ...
Phys.org / Earlier ultra-relativistic freeze-out could revive a decades-old theory for dark matter
A new theory for the origins of dark matter suggests that fast-moving, neutrino-like dark particles could have decoupled from Standard Model particles far earlier than previous theories had suggested.
Phys.org / More focus is needed on childhood sexual abuse to combat Australia's suicide problem
One person dies from suicide every 40 seconds, according to the World Health Organization.
Medical Xpress / Balanced neural inhibition in the hippocampus is crucial for recognition memory
A new study has revealed that neural inhibition and balanced neural activity in a specific area of the brain is required for recognition memory. The findings could help provide better understanding of cognitive disorders, ...
