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Phys.org / UN warns super El Niño a 'significant' threat to world health
El Niño represents a "significant" threat to global health, the United Nations warned Tuesday, as the world braces for a cycle of the climate phenomenon predicted to be the most intense on record.
Phys.org / How amateur naturalists are helping scientists track what everything eats
An interdisciplinary team of researchers has created an open-source website for learning what different organisms eat and what eats them. The site—called Who Eats Whom—draws on data from a worldwide citizen science platform ...
Phys.org / X-ray light is like guitar music, with frequencies sliding continuously between harmonics
Ultrashort laser pulses can be used to generate X-rays. Normally, however, only certain specific frequencies are produced. A team from TU Wien and the University of California San Diego has developed a method that makes it ...
Medical Xpress / Rare pregnancy infections linked to autism
Infections that, in rare cases, can be transmitted from a pregnant woman to the fetus are linked to an increased risk of autism and intellectual disability in the child. This is shown by a study from Karolinska Institutet ...
Phys.org / North Korea's nuclear testing may have triggered hundreds of earthquakes over several years
Between 2006 and 2017, North Korea conducted six underground nuclear tests at its vast testing site at Mount Mantap in North Hamgyong province. Typically, underground explosions trigger an intense burst of minor earthquakes ...
Medical Xpress / Detecting skin cancer even before it becomes visible with AI-assisted image recognition
Until now, diagnosing skin tumors has relied on detecting visible changes to the skin, and Line-Field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography (LC-OCT) is a well-established method used for diagnosis. Now, researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität ...
Medical Xpress / Bone marrow transplants offer surprising way to treat mitochondrial disease
Bone marrow transplants offer an unexpected way for diseased cells in the heart and brain to get replacement parts, a Stanford Medicine-led study has shown. The finding offers hope for the first effective treatment of mitochondrial ...
Medical Xpress / Gut microbiome development may help predict type 1 diabetes in children at high risk
Type 1 diabetes affects more than 9 million people worldwide, including 1.8 million children and adolescents. While the disease is thought to be driven by complex genetic factors, researchers are also examining the influence ...
Phys.org / 'Rusty treasure' find revealed as Europe's largest assemblage of prehistoric iron bars
Analysis of a "rusty treasure" excavated during industrial gravel extraction at Deinham, Austria, reveals it is the largest mass find of prehistoric iron bars in Europe, pointing to iron production and trade during the Iron ...
Phys.org / Venus ate its moon: How Earth's 'twin' could have swallowed a rocky satellite
Scientists have long speculated why Venus, with a size, mass and structure similar to Earth's, doesn't have a moon. New UC Riverside research shows that our hungry twin likely swallowed it.
Tech Xplore / OpenAI calls for US to lead global effort on AI standards
OpenAI on Monday called for the United States to lead a global effort to establish standards for developing artificial intelligence as CEO Sam Altman prepares to brief the United Nations this week.
Phys.org / VR boosts English vocabulary scores for students with dyslexia, pilot study finds
Virtual reality (VR) could be a new tool to help students with dyslexia learn English vocabulary more effectively than conventional instruction alone, according to a pilot study involving 30 learners published in the International ...
