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Medical Xpress / How stroke influences speech comprehension
Following a stroke, some people experience a language disorder that hinders their ability to process speech sounds. How do their brains change from stroke?
Phys.org / West Antarctica's history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent's 'catastrophic' geology
Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and spanning both hemispheres of the globe. The Western Hemisphere sector of the ice sheet is shaped like ...
Tech Xplore / They graduated from Stanford: Due to AI, they can't find a job
A Stanford software engineering degree used to be a golden ticket. Artificial intelligence has devalued it to bronze, recent graduates say.
Phys.org / Physicists experimentally realize a quantum Hilbert hotel
(Phys.org)—In 1924, the mathematician David Hilbert described a hotel with an infinite number of rooms that are all occupied. Demonstrating the counterintuitive nature of infinity, he showed that the hotel could still accommodate ...
Phys.org / New law implies thermodynamic time runs backwards inside black holes
(Phys.org)—Black holes are known to have many strange properties, such as that they allow nothing—not even light—to escape after falling in. A lesser known but equally bizarre property is that black holes appear to ...
Phys.org / Quantum computer that 'computes without running' sets efficiency record
(Phys.org)—Due to quantum effects, it's possible to build a quantum computer that computes without running—or as the scientists explain, "the result of a computation may be learned without actually running the computer." ...
Medical Xpress / AI-designed protein shows 50% greater anti-inflammatory effect in animal studies
A research team has developed a next-generation anti-inflammatory protein using AI and supercomputing.
Medical Xpress / How can I get water out of my ear after swimming?
Swimming is one of the best parts of summer. But long after you've cooled down and dried off, you might be left with a niggling feeling—there is still water in your ear.
Phys.org / Officials suspect bird flu after 12 swans die at Orlando's Lake Eola
A dozen of the iconic swans that live in the heart of downtown Orlando, Florida, have died in recent days of an unknown cause, leading officials to suspect that bird flu is to blame.
Medical Xpress / Social media, not gaming, tied to rising attention problems in teens, new study finds
The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment—and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD diagnoses rise around the world, a key question has emerged: could the growing use of digital devices ...
Phys.org / Ancient pottery workshop reveals Iron Age production chain
Ceramics are one of the most important sources of information for archaeologists. Yet how these objects are produced, especially in the firing stage, has received little attention to date. The excavation of a well-preserved ...
Medical Xpress / Indoor tanning makes youthful skin much older on a genetic level
Tanning bed users are known to have a higher risk of skin cancer, but for the first time researchers have found that young indoor tanners undergo genetic changes that can lead to more mutations in their skin cells than people ...