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Tech Xplore / Engineers demonstrate smallest all-printed infrared photodetectors to date

A research team led by Professor Leo Tianshuo Zhao from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Hong Kong (HKU), has developed the world's smallest fully printed ...

Medical Xpress / Breastfeeding may lower moms' later life depression/anxiety risks for up to 10 years after pregnancy

Breastfeeding may lower mothers' later life risks of depression and anxiety for up to 10 years after pregnancy, suggest the findings of a small observational study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

Jan 8, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Earliest, hottest galaxy cluster gas on record challenges cosmological models

An international team of astronomers led by Canadian researchers has found something the universe wasn't supposed to have: a galaxy cluster blazing with hot gas just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, far earlier and hotter ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Blue Monday is a myth but winter blues are real—how to cope in the cold months

In 2005, psychologist Cliff Arnall coined the term "Blue Monday" as part of a marketing campaign for a British travel agency to encourage people to book a holiday during the winter. Using a pseudo-scientific formula, the ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Electric cars won't fix sitting: The health costs of designing cities around cars

Commuters feel this in their bones—time spent in traffic is bad for your health.

Jan 8, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / Odds of infant mortality higher among US-born than non-US-born individuals

U.S.-born individuals have higher odds of infant mortality than non-U.S.-born individuals, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in JAMA Network Open.

Jan 8, 2026 in Pediatrics
Phys.org / Researchers develop non-destructive spectrometry technique for analyzing fragile archaeological ivory

A research team led by Prof. Wang Zhenyou at the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS) has developed a microscopic time-gated Raman spectrometer capable of non-destructive, micrometer-scale ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Touch-free health monitoring could breathe new life into health diagnostics

A new development in wireless sensing technology that can reliably screen for five common pulmonary diseases could lead to new forms of touch-free diagnostics.

Medical Xpress / Vitamin C may help protect fertility from a harmful environmental chemical

A new discovery at the University of Missouri reveals that vitamin C may help protect reproductive health from a harmful environmental chemical. Using a fish model, researchers found that exposure to potassium perchlorate, ...

Jan 6, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / AI improves flood projections under climate change

When engineers and planners design roads, bridges and dams, they rely on hydrological models intended to protect infrastructure and communities from 50- and 100-year floods. But as climate change increases the frequency and ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / New toothpaste stops periodontal pathogens

Periodontitis is widespread and can have serious consequences for overall health. Researchers at Fraunhofer have identified a substance that selectively inhibits only those bacteria that cause periodontitis, thereby preserving ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Dentistry
Phys.org / How well-meaning allies increase stress for marginalized people

Someone in the office makes a racially insensitive comment, and a white co-worker asks a Black colleague to help correct the offender.

Jan 6, 2026 in Other Sciences