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Phys.org / New research shows how Londoners used death data to survive the plague
New research by the University of Portsmouth reveals that during the Great Plague of 1665, Londoners used published death figures to make daily, life or death decisions, reshaping how governments managed public health and ...
Phys.org / Costa Rica digs up mastodon, giant sloth bones in major archaeological find
Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades.
Medical Xpress / Winter blues and seasonal affective disorder
Some people may experience the "winter blues"—feeling sad from short days, climbing into bed earlier and resenting waking up on dark mornings. That's different than seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a term used to describe ...
Phys.org / NASA to let private company Vast visit space station for private mission in 2027
NASA has let Axiom Space make four visits to the International Space Station and in January 2026 awarded it the right for the fifth visit next year, but on Feb. 12, the agency announced a new company would be allowed a private ...
Medical Xpress / Study finds sharing purchases sparks more anxiety than buying for yourself
We've all been there—shopping not just for ourselves, but also for someone else. Maybe you know them well and know exactly what they want, but what if you aren't sure? What if it's a group of people? What do you get? Something ...
Tech Xplore / Bio-inspired chip helps robots and self-driving cars react faster to movement
Robots and self-driving cars could soon benefit from a new kind of brain-inspired hardware that can allegedly detect movement and react faster than a human. A new study published in the journal Nature Communications details ...
Phys.org / Ancient DNA suggests hunter-gatherers in Europe's lowlands endured until 2500 BCE
Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have used ancient DNA to reveal that hunter-gatherers in one part of Europe survived for thousands of years longer than anywhere else on the continent—and have uncovered the ...
Phys.org / Scientists identify smooth regional trends in fruit fly survival strategies
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied how fruit flies tune their development in response to environmental changes (diapause). Studying fruit fly strains from different latitudes across Japan, they showed ...
Tech Xplore / Water-based electrolyte helps create safer and long-lasting Zn-Mn batteries
Many countries worldwide are increasingly investing in new infrastructure that enables the production of electricity from renewable energy sources, particularly wind and sunlight. To make the best of these energy solutions, ...
Phys.org / Why the Baltic Sea still chokes after decades of nutrient controls
The Baltic Sea has been under pressure for decades: Although phosphorus and nitrogen river loads, the main cause for its eutrophication, have been significantly reduced, adverse effects such as algal blooms and oxygen depletion ...
Medical Xpress / Can tuberculosis treatment be safely shortened? New studies look inside the lungs for answers
Across the spectrum of human afflictions—from cancer to heart disease to rare genetic conditions—medical investigators are continually attempting to break new ground by developing better methods of treating patients. ...
Medical Xpress / NSMF protein identified as key regulator in colorectal cancer
A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel approach to halt the progression of colorectal cancer by inducing irreversible cellular aging. Their findings demonstrate that suppressing a neural protein called ...
