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Tech Xplore / Battery-free textile turns clothing into a real-time blood pressure monitor
Over the past decades, technological advances have opened remarkable possibilities for the detection and monitoring of various physiological signals associated with heart health (e.g., heart rate and ECG), sleep stages and ...
Tech Xplore / Computer-designed thermoelectric generator achieves more than 8-fold improvement in efficiency
A thermoelectric generator with a shape that no human designer would likely have imagined has now been created by a computer—and it performs more than eight times better than conventional designs. Rather than relying on intuition ...
Phys.org / Rap fans share the bad rap in court
An innovative James Cook University experiment has found rap-related cues shape how people judge a hypothetical fan accused of violent crime, raising questions about the use of lyrics as evidence in court. James Cook University ...
Phys.org / Alternative work arrangements spur new thinking on the role of HR professionals
Employee work arrangements are a challenge for management globally, with effects on employees' experiences and the success of organizations. In an editorial in The International Journal of Human Resource Management, researchers ...
Phys.org / Assessing the impact of drones on whale sharks
In recent years, using drones for wildlife research has proven to be a valuable tool in collecting data for population surveys, observing behavior and measuring animals' physical dimensions. A new study led by Murdoch University ...
Phys.org / Drug companies more likely to keep R&D in-house when patents are at stake
Drug companies are more likely to keep research and development (R&D) in-house, rather than outsource it, when they already have patented drugs on the market in the same therapeutic area, and especially when those patents ...
Phys.org / The platypus is even weirder than thought, scientists discover
They already have the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, lay eggs like reptiles and have venom like snakes.
Phys.org / Flipping the K⁺ switch: First potassium-gated ion channel discovered in animal
Researchers from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Nagoya City University, and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science in Japan have identified the first animal ion channel molecules that open and ...
Phys.org / An unprecedented Antarctic heat wave hit in the dead of winter—what it signals for the decades ahead
In the middle of the Antarctic winter, during months of darkness when temperatures often dip below −30°C, the continent warmed dramatically. In July and August 2024, temperatures in parts of East Antarctica rose by up to ...
Phys.org / Trump says US has 'a shot' at crewed Moon landing before presidency ends
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he believes NASA has a good chance of returning astronauts to the moon's surface before he leaves the White House at the start of 2029.
Medical Xpress / The hidden cost of parental mental illness
Mental illness is among one of the most common health conditions in the U.S., with more than 1 in 5 adults living with a mental illness. Many of these individuals are parents—more than 1 in 14 children are in the care of ...
Phys.org / They cover just 3% of Earth, yet the unanswered questions around them could reshape climate action forever
Researchers including a number from the University of Exeter, have identified the most urgent unanswered questions about peatlands, providing a global roadmap to guide future science and policy for one of the planet's most ...
