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Medical Xpress / Kim Kardashian's brain scan shows 'low activity' and holes. I'm a brain expert and I have questions
A recent episode of "The Kardashians" shared some startling news about Kim Kardashian's brain.
Medical Xpress / Report reveals scale of alcohol's harm to others
A landmark report led by La Trobe University has unveiled the true scale of damage caused by alcohol in Australia. "Alcohol's Harm to Others in Australia: Patterns, Costs, Disparities and Precipitants" was compiled over six ...
Medical Xpress / People with dyspraxia are at high risk of falling—and it's too often overlooked
For many people with dyspraxia, falling is not an accident but a daily reality. It begins in childhood, shaping confidence and independence, and often continues throughout adult life.
Tech Xplore / A new era beyond gas refrigerants: Magnetic cooling technology offers eco-friendly alternative
A research team at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) has successfully developed Korea's first full-cycle magnetic cooling technology, encompassing materials, components, and modules.
Phys.org / How Hollywood horror's 'killer wolf' trope is sabotaging rewilding efforts
Wolves are returning across Europe—but not to the UK and Ireland, where public support is lukewarm at best. Ecologists point out their benefits, while farmers worry about their livestock. But another influence on public ...
Phys.org / Norway postpones deep-sea mining activities for four years
Norway on Wednesday postponed the first licenses to permit deep-sea mining in its Arctic waters for four years, a delay environmentalists hope signals the "nail in the coffin" of the plans.
Phys.org / KIC 5623923 is a faint eclipsing binary exhibiting Delta Scuti-type pulsations, observations find
Using NASA's Kepler space telescope, Chinese astronomers have observed a binary star system known as KIC 5623923. As a result, they found that the investigated system is a faint eclipsing binary experiencing Delta Scuti-type ...
Phys.org / First evidence of lost-wax casting for silver in Bronze Age Western Europe uncovered
In a recent study, Dr. Linda Boutoille uncovered the first evidence of lost-wax casting of silver objects in Bronze Age Iberia and, to date, Western Europe. Published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, the study examines ...
Tech Xplore / New robotic eyeball could enhance visual perception of embodied AI
Embodied artificial intelligence (AI) systems are robotic agents that rely on machine learning algorithms to sense their surroundings, plan their actions and execute them. A key aspect of these systems are visual perception ...
Medical Xpress / A molecular 'reset button' for reading the brain through a blood test
Tracking how genes switch on and off in the brain is essential for understanding many neurological diseases, yet the tools to monitor this activity are often invasive or unable to capture subtler changes over time. One emerging ...
Medical Xpress / 'Brainquake' phenomenon links psychotic states to chaotic information flow
Some psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BP), can prompt the emergence of so-called psychotic states, mental states characterized by distorted thinking patterns, altered perceptions and ...
Medical Xpress / Evidence lacking for medical cannabis in most conditions, researchers find
Medical cannabis lacks adequate scientific backing for most of the conditions it is commonly used to treat, including chronic pain, anxiety and insomnia, according to a comprehensive review led by UCLA Health.
