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Tech Xplore / For computational devices, talk isn't cheap: Research reveals unavoidable energy costs across all communication channels

Every task we perform on a computer—whether number crunching, watching a video, or typing out an article—requires different components of the machine to interact with one another. "Communication is massively crucial for ...

Dec 24, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / Survey shows post-pandemic gains in student mental health

Anxiety has declined since the pandemic among Minnesota teens, who are still using social media even if they think they shouldn't and consuming more energy drinks to keep up with homework and activities, according to an influential ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / 'Love actually,' 'Four Christmases' and the science of holiday comfort movies

Every winter, millions of people curl up on the couch and press play on the same beloved holiday movies—whether it's "Love Actually," "The Holiday," "The Family Stone" or "Four Christmases."

Dec 29, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Stripe patterns in blood cells offer new clues for diagnosing disorders and understanding natural designs

Stripe patterns are commonly seen in nature—for instance, birds and fish move in coordinated flocks and schools, fingerprints form unique designs, and zebras can be identified by their distinctive stripes.

Dec 22, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Lowering barriers to explainable AI: Control technique for LLMs reduces resource demands by over 90%

Large language models (LLMs) such as GPT and Llama are driving exceptional innovations in AI, but research aimed at improving their explainability and reliability is constrained by massive resource requirements for examining ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Software
Phys.org / New framework helps climate modelers integrate Indigenous community input into simulations

Advanced computer models can quantify the impacts of climate change and other environmental challenges, providing deep insights into things like streamflow, vegetation, wildlife and even the risk of wildfires.

Dec 28, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Key enzyme controls both weight gain and cholesterol levels in animal models

Obesity is a global epidemic and a major cause of morbidity and mortality because it increases the risk for comorbidities, including heart disease and fatty liver disease (MASLD). Rates of these disorders have risen as the ...

Dec 24, 2025 in Overweight & Obesity
Phys.org / Ultrafast fluorescence pulse technique enables imaging of individual trapped atoms

Researchers at the ArQuS Laboratory of the University of Trieste (Italy) and the National Institute of Optics of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-INO) have achieved the first imaging of individual trapped cold atoms ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Five new year's resolutions to help you breathe easier

Making resolutions for the new year?

Dec 29, 2025 in Health
Medical Xpress / No, your brain doesn't suddenly 'fully develop' at 25. Here's what the neuroscience actually shows

If you scroll through TikTok or Instagram long enough, you'll inevitably stumble across the line: "Your frontal lobe isn't fully developed yet." It's become neuroscience's go-to explanation for bad decisions, like ordering ...

Dec 27, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Rare Hall effect reveals design pathways for advanced spintronic materials

Scientists at Ames National Laboratory, in collaboration with Indranil Das's group at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (India), have found a surprising electronic feature in transitional metal-based compounds that could ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Higher maternal vitamin D during pregnancy tied to less childhood tooth decay

Zhejiang University School of Medicine investigators reported that higher maternal plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels across pregnancy aligned with lower odds of early childhood caries in children.

Dec 15, 2025 in Dentistry