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Medical Xpress / IBS and SIBO have overlapping symptoms. Here's what you need to know about these different digestive conditions
Digestive disorders can affect us all from time to time. Symptoms such as bloating and pain, often accompanied with some change in bowel habits, can be a feature of dietary changes, infection and stress. However, when these ...

Tech Xplore / Cyberattacks: How companies can communicate effectively after being hit
In its latest annual publication, insurance group Hiscox surveyed more than 2,000 cybersecurity managers in eight countries, including France. Two-thirds of the companies in the survey reported having been the victim of a ...

Phys.org / New atomic fountain clock joins elite group that keeps the world on time
Clocks on Earth are ticking a bit more regularly thanks to NIST-F4, a new atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Boulder, Colorado.

Tech Xplore / Major survey finds most people use AI regularly at work—but almost half admit to doing so inappropriately
Have you ever used ChatGPT to draft a work email? Perhaps to summarize a report, research a topic or analyze data in a spreadsheet? If so, you certainly aren't alone.

Tech Xplore / Engineers fortify wood with eco-friendly nano-iron
By infusing red oak with ferrihydrite using a simple, low-cost process, researchers strengthened the wood at the cellular level without adding weight or altering flexibility—offering a durable, eco-friendly alternative ...

Medical Xpress / Sleep's dual role: How it consolidates memories while preparing the brain for new learning
Memory formation, storage, and retrieval are fundamental processes that define who we are and how we interact with the world. At the cellular level, these processes rely on specialized neurons called engram cells—neuronal ...

Phys.org / Industrial waste is turning to rock in just decades, research reveals
An aluminum tab from a drinks can found encased in a new form of rock on the Cumbrian coastline has helped provide scientists with a shocking new insight into the impact of human activity on Earth's natural processes and ...

Medical Xpress / Nearly one in four families of children with disabilities face financial hardships
Families of children with disabilities have a nearly doubled likelihood of experiencing financial hardships versus families of children without disabilities, according to a research letter published online April 24 in JAMA ...

Phys.org / Scientists improve gravitational wave identification with machine learning
A study published in Physical Review Letters outlines a new approach for extracting information from binary systems by looking at the entire posterior distribution instead of making decisions based on individual parameters.

Phys.org / Quantifying social avoidance: Game-based choices reflect real-world relationship patterns and network size
The relationships between different people can change over time, as the result of their life choices, internal or external experiences and various other factors. Some people develop a greater tendency to avoid others in their ...

Phys.org / Both novelty and familiarity affect memory. How to make use of this when preparing for exams
When getting ready to take exams, it can sometimes feel as though there's no way all the information you need to remember is going to fit in your brain. But there are ways to create the right conditions to make your studying ...

Phys.org / Florida Wildlife Corridor provides panthers and black bears a literal path for survival
Imagine a Florida panther slinking its way 400 miles (645 kilometers) from the Big Cypress Swamp, in the southwest part of the state, to Okefenokee Swamp, on Florida's northern border with Georgia, without ever being spotted ...