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Phys.org / Bonuses can lower self-set goals and reduce performance, experiment suggests

Financial bonuses are often used to motivate employees to meet targets and boost productivity. But do they actually work? New research from Tilburg University suggests these incentives can sometimes have the opposite effect. ...

14 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Machine learning predicts asthma risk in children with early-life atopic dermatitis

Machine learning models can predict the risk for developing moderate-to-severe persistent asthma and allergic rhinitis in children diagnosed with early-life atopic dermatitis, according to a study published online April 17 ...

13 hours ago
Phys.org / Venice is sinking. We analyzed every plan to save it, and none would preserve the city as we know it

Venice has coexisted with the sea throughout its 1,500-year history, perhaps better than any other city on Earth. Yet over the past century it has flooded increasingly often, as the sea rises and the city itself sinks under ...

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Global survey reveals significant burden and inconsistent management of rare metabolic bone disorder in adults

A new international survey led by the International Osteoporosis Foundation reveals that adults living with hypophosphatemic osteomalacia (HO), a rare metabolic bone disorder, face a substantial and often under-recognized ...

14 hours ago
Phys.org / More shearwaters are washing up dead on Australian beaches. It's not due to 'natural' causes

You might know the short-tailed shearwater and sable shearwater by the common name "muttonbirds." These two species of seabird breed on islands off southeastern Australia. Both undertake a breathtaking two-week, non-stop ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Cognitive impairment linked to worse outcomes in chronic kidney disease

For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), cognitive impairment (CI) is associated with worse outcomes, according to a study published in the May issue of Kidney International Reports.

14 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Postmenopausal white women with genetic risk regain weight two times faster

In a new study of women in post-menopause, white women with higher genetic risk of obesity regained weight about two times faster than white women whose genetic risk was lower. Black women in the study regained weight at ...

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Behavioral therapy + transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation best for overactive bladder

For older women, behavioral therapy (BT) reduces overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms, with greater improvements seen in combination with transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS), according to a study published online ...

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Next-generation KRAS G12C inhibitor elisrasib elicited promising response rates in patients with advanced lung cancer

Treatment with the investigational next-generation KRAS-G12C inhibitor elisrasib led to clinical benefit in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors harbored a KRAS G12C ...

17 hours ago
Phys.org / Contribution to Artemis II Moon mission sees successful test of a space camera under cosmic ray conditions

The GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and the international accelerator facility FAIR have made an important contribution to the success of the Artemis II moon mission. A camera specially developed for use in ...

20 hours ago
Phys.org / Don't just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future

Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort to slow climate change and reduce biodiversity loss. But if the past is prolonged, many of those planted trees won't survive. ...

22 hours ago
Phys.org / Catalysis App: Structured research data for developing sustainable catalysts

Catalysis—the reduction of activation energy in a chemical reaction by a catalyst—plays a key role in the chemical industry, as well as in the development of sustainable technologies essential for achieving a low-carbon economy. ...

19 hours ago