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Medical Xpress / Q&A: Protecting patients' online lives

From pacemakers to patient portals, modern health care systems are increasingly reliant on connected technologies. However, innovation can make health care systems vulnerable to sophisticated cyberattacks, threatening not ...

42 minutes ago in Health informatics
Phys.org / Older Australians living in private rentals disproportionately exposed to housing precarity

Older Australians living in private rentals are disproportionately exposed to housing precarity, with women bearing the heaviest burden, new Swinburne research launched at Parliament House today reveals.

20 minutes ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / This year's climate talks saw real progress—just not on fossil fuels

It wasn't a comfortable process for the tens of thousands of delegates trying to hash out progress on climate change on the edge of the Amazon in Belém, Brazil. I experienced the challenges of the United Nations COP30 climate ...

7 minutes ago in Earth
Phys.org / Why Britain is one of the world's least 'nature-connected' nations

Britain is one of the least "nature-connected" nations in the world, and new research has explored the reasons why.

56 minutes ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Thai woman found alive in coffin after being brought in for cremation

A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation.

44 minutes ago in Other
Tech Xplore / UN rights chief warns over generative AI

The UN on Monday warned that generative AI could become "a modern-day Frankenstein's monster," with human rights the first casualty, as powerful tech giants unleash the technology on the world.

43 minutes ago in Machine learning & AI
Phys.org / Cooperative mammals show lower cancer rates than solitary, competitive species

Cancer is a common disease among mammals, but some species, such as the naked mole rat and elephants, have evolved resistance. According to new research published in the journal Science Advances, this may be because these ...

1 hour ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / New possible treatment pathway for Shank3-related autism discovered

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in communication, behavior and the processing of sensory information. Past research has shown that some individuals diagnosed with ...

3 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Second exoplanet discovered in the TOI-1422 system

European astronomers report the discovery of a second alien world in the TOI-1422 planetary system located some 500 light years away. The newfound exoplanet, which received designation TOI-1422 c, is nearly three times larger ...

1 hour ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Polar ice melt offers unexpected solution to a global climate disaster

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a system of Atlantic Ocean currents that redistributes heat and nutrients between the tropics and the North Atlantic, is one of the planet's tipping points. That means ...

3 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Quantum photonic chip integrates light-emitting molecules with single-mode waveguides

Photonic quantum processors, devices that can process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects and particles of light (photons), have shown promise for numerous applications, ranging from computations and communications ...

4 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Volcanic bubbles help foretell the fate of coral in more acidic seas

By 2100, Australian and global coral reef communities will be slow to recover, less complex, and dominated by fleshy algae, as high carbon dioxide changes ocean chemistry.

1 hour ago in Biology