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Medical Xpress / Whole-food plant meal fails to boost post-workout muscle gains, study finds

In a randomized controlled trial, researchers tested whether a plant-based, whole-food, complementary-protein meal consumed immediately after a bout of weight training would stimulate a stronger muscle-building response than ...

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Tech Xplore / Onsite fabrication unlocks large-area electronic skin for robots and wearables

Korean researchers have secured flexible electronic skin technology that can be fabricated directly in the field. This achievement has increased the feasibility of commercializing electronic skin for use in various fields, ...

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Medical Xpress / What one sleepless night does to brain connections and why sleep may reset them

A night without sleep produced increased markers of connections between brain cells, showing that sleep in humans may be important for restoring cellular balance in the brain, according to a study published in PLOS Biology ...

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Phys.org / Researchers find microplastics in hedgehogs—then trace them back to pet food

When colleagues and I found microplastics in hedgehog droppings, we wanted to know where they were coming from. One answer was surprisingly close to home: pet food.

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Medical Xpress / Link between parents' and children's weight is mostly genetic, study finds

The association between parents' body mass index (BMI) and their children's childhood BMI may be primarily due to genetic inheritance rather than any direct biological effect of parental weight during pregnancy, according ...

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Phys.org / Horizon edge states gain finite description in string theory calculation

Modern physics theories highlight the key role of horizons—boundaries beyond which information cannot reach an observer—in a variety of cosmological and gravitational phenomena. Two renowned examples of these boundaries are ...

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Phys.org / Lavatory shaft reveals the cost of 17th‑century vanity in Germany

Four goose skulls were pulled from a former toilet shaft in Brandenburg, Germany, each of them riddled with strange holes. As it turns out, these holes were the telltale signs of fancy feathered crests, making them the first ...

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Tech Xplore / Forgetting may be the secret to better AI language learning

Giving AI a human-like memory limitation may actually help it learn language better. In their new proof-of-principle study, Abishek Thamma (University of Amsterdam) and Micha Heilbron (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) ...

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Medical Xpress / Family-based behavioral treatment for children can prevent metabolic disease later in life

Every parent wants to raise healthy kids who then grow up to become healthy adults. But when a third of children in the U.S. are either overweight or obese, that goal seems increasingly elusive. A new University at Buffalo ...

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Medical Xpress / Job dissatisfaction, education drive nurse turnover

Job dissatisfaction and pursuing additional degrees were the leading reasons nurses left their roles a few years into the pandemic, according to a new study published in the journal Health Affairs Scholar.

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Phys.org / Can scientists learn cells' language? Researchers aim to decode cellular conversations

Multicellular life depends on remarkable acts of cooperation. Every cell in the human body must sense what is happening around it, interpret signals from its neighbors and respond in ways that support the larger tissue. These ...

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Phys.org / Sawdust, cellulose binders and beeswax combine into eco-friendly foam

Polystyrene—common in packing peanuts and box inserts—is manufactured from fossil fuels. To develop a sustainable alternative, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Polymer Materials tested an unconventional starting material: ...

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