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Phys.org / NASA head defends Artemis 3 crew of all men
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Wednesday defended the makeup of the space agency's latest Artemis crew, an all-male group.
Medical Xpress / Why eating in the middle of the night can cause gastrointestinal issues
Eating when the body is normally asleep appears to desynchronize the circadian clocks of different cell types in the intestines, a UT Southwestern Medical Center study suggests. The findings, published in PNAS, could help ...
Phys.org / Precision measurement under impact—when the balance itself becomes the object of measurement
How do you take measurements using one of the most sensitive scales in the world? Researchers at TU Wien have demonstrated how the measurement process affects not only the object being measured but also the scale itself, ...
Phys.org / AI doesn't just help us think, it thinks instead of us: What this means for the process of learning
Deep in Book VII of Plato's Republic, Socrates describes prisoners chained inside a cave, mistaking shadows cast on a wall by firelight for reality itself. They name the shadows, debate them and develop expertise about them. ...
Medical Xpress / Living with cats does not worsen asthma in children, suggests study
Asthma is the most common chronic disease and one of the main causes of hospitalization among children. The Global Asthma Network has estimated that its global prevalence is 9.1% for children and 11.0% for adolescents, but ...
Medical Xpress / Novel therapy may reverse autism-related brain deficits, study suggests
Researchers have identified a promising new therapeutic strategy for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A research team led by Director KIM Eunjoon of the IBS Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions has now identified a promising ...
Medical Xpress / Personalized blood pressure control after thrombectomy boosts 90-day stroke recovery
Blood pressure management after thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke may require a change in approach. The HOPE clinical trial—short for Hemodynamic Optimization of Cerebral Perfusion after Endovascular Therapy—led by the ...
Medical Xpress / Early pregnancy exposure to heat and cold linked to differences in fetal size at 12 weeks
Moderate exposure to cold and heat during early pregnancy may affect fetal development as early as the first trimester, according to a new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a center supported ...
Medical Xpress / Here's how to avoid heat-related illnesses and stay cool this summer
More than 200,000 people across Europe died from heat-related causes over the last four years, and most of the fatalities were preventable, the World Health Organization's Europe office said Thursday.
Medical Xpress / Mesothelioma cases and deaths keep rising in US despite decades of asbestos regulation
Mesothelioma deaths and diagnoses continue to rise in the United States despite decades of asbestos regulation and reduced industrial use, according to a new national analysis from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part ...
Phys.org / Adélie penguins use colony cues to switch foraging sites if their previous trip was unsuccessful
Many animals live in groups. Among seabirds in particular, most species form colonies during the breeding season. Although coloniality entails costs, such as increased competition for food and disease transmission, its repeated ...
Phys.org / Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life
People's knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire on a once-forested hillside, or a ghostly white coral reef, may evoke tragedy and despair. But in nature, most plants ...
