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Medical Xpress / Can beetroot juice boost your sports performance? Here's what the latest study shows
Evidence that beetroot juice can improve athletic performance has long been inconsistent. While some studies reported benefits, others found little or no effect. Now, a new study combining results from 33 studies provides ...
Medical Xpress / Long COVID patients are told symptoms are in their head—here's how to change the narrative
Between us, we bring two perspectives to persistent illness: personal experience of long COVID and clinical and research experience in chronic illness rehabilitation.
Medical Xpress / Softening aging ovaries could help extend fertility as women get older
Fertility declines as women get older for many reasons, such as a drop in egg quality, decreased follicle numbers and hardening of ovarian tissues. That's a problem for would-be mothers in many countries who prefer to have ...
Phys.org / Himalayan snowfall has been miscalculated for years, here's how we found a new way to measure it
Mountain snow and meltwater from glaciers in the Himalayas determine how much water is available for drinking, farming and hydropower for millions of people in India, Pakistan, Nepal, China and Afghanistan.
Phys.org / Metallic rutile oxides break the rules of cooling
Physicists have long puzzled over a strange contradiction inside a family of minerals called rutile oxides. These materials all share the same crystal structure—but while some of them, like titanium dioxide, are firmly insulating, ...
Phys.org / This rare British butterfly looks familiar, but its genome tells a very different story
The British swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus) is the U.K.'s only native swallowtail and its largest native butterfly. It's instantly recognizable by its striking light yellow-and-black wings, with twin tail-like ...
Tech Xplore / Analysis of 380 trillion AI tokens reveals how the technology is transforming financial markets
Financial markets are rewarding companies that are well-positioned to benefit from widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) with higher returns, according to a new Yale-led analysis of 380 trillion AI tokens, one ...
Medical Xpress / Audiogram pattern predicts recovery in sudden hearing loss
The configuration of the initial pure-tone audiogram is an independent predictor of complete recovery in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL), according to a study published online June 17 in Otolaryngology-Head ...
Medical Xpress / Menstrual health still overlooked despite affecting 2 billion people
Despite affecting an estimated 2 billion people, menstrual health continues to be overlooked by governments, businesses and the scientific community, prompting calls for it to be recognized as a fundamental public health ...
Phys.org / How the 'creeping normality' of large language models is quietly reshaping the life sciences
Large language models (LLMs) are gradually transforming research in the life sciences in ways that extend far beyond improving productivity, and they are becoming a new normal before scientists have agreed on the limits of ...
Phys.org / Cast away: Tracing the voyage of a plastic bottle cap and its hitchhiking marine species
Researchers have traced the journey of a plastic bottle cap recovered near the waters of southern Japan by combining data from the label, chemical clues in tiny shells and ocean current simulations. They found 307 organisms, ...
Phys.org / For Black girls, puberty is more than physical—it transforms conversations about identity
Some of the most meaningful changes during puberty may not happen in the body alone. They may also happen in conversation. A new University of Michigan study suggests that as Black girls move through puberty, conversations ...
