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Tech Xplore / Power when parked: EVs could help save money and reduce emissions by providing energy to homes

Using electric vehicle batteries to power households could save their owners thousands of dollars in bills while cutting emissions from the power grid, according to new research from the University of Michigan and Ford Motor ...

21 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Tech savvy users have most digital concerns, study finds

Digital concerns around privacy, online misinformation, and work-life boundaries are highest among highly educated, Western European millennials, finds a new study from researchers at UCL and the University of British Columbia.

12 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Medical Xpress / Scientists develop mini human heart organoid that mimics atrial fibrillation

Though an estimated 60 million people around the world have atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, a type of irregular and often fast heartbeat, it's been at least 30 years since any new treatments have been developed. This is because ...

23 hours ago in Medical research
Phys.org / A new five-year survey of the Magellanic Clouds will answer some questions about our neighbors

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are irregular dwarf galaxies and satellites of the Milky Way. The LMC is about 163,000 light-years away and the SMC is about 206,000 light-years away, and their close proximity makes ...

15 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Canadian study finds 1 in 4 children with major traumatic injuries not cared for in pediatric trauma centers

New research shows that one in four children with major traumatic injury do not receive care in a pediatric trauma center, where outcomes are generally better than in adult centers.

7 hours ago in Pediatrics
Phys.org / Scientific discovery was slower when women were ignored, research shows

As far as nicknames go, the moniker "Mad Madge" would not suggest that Margaret Cavendish enjoyed the full respect of her peers.

17 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Large-scale study provides real-world data on rare side effect of cancer immunotherapy

Researchers led by investigators at Mass General Brigham have published valuable information about a rare but serious complication of anti-cancer immunotherapy, providing the first large-scale description of its risk factors ...

16 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Tech Xplore / Big batteries are now outcompeting gas in the grid—and gas-rich Western Australia is at the forefront

Australia's electricity grids are undergoing a profound transformation. Solar and wind have provided 99% of new generating capacity since 2015. Last month, renewables hit parity with fossil fuels for the first time.

18 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / Many children miss timely follow-up care after critical illness, study finds

When the unthinkable happens and a child is left critically ill or injured, the miracle workers in pediatric intensive care units around the country work tirelessly to save their lives.

19 hours ago in Pediatrics
Phys.org / Coral skeletons' Li/Mg ratios shaped by growth speed, not just environmental change

A team of researchers led by the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), in collaboration with colleagues from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the University of Bristol, and ...

19 hours ago in Earth
Tech Xplore / With Nvidia's second-best AI chips headed for China, the US shifts priorities from security to trade

This week, US President Donald Trump approved previously banned exports of Nvidia's powerful H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China.

21 hours ago in Business
Medical Xpress / Nerve block may reduce opioid use in infants undergoing cleft palate surgery

For infants undergoing cleft palate surgery, local anesthetic injection targeting the maxillary nerve of the face may reduce or eliminate the need for opioid medications to control postoperative pain, reports a study in The ...

19 hours ago in Surgery