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Medical Xpress / Flu is hitting California early—doctors worry this year will be especially hard on kids

Fueled by a new viral strain, flu is hitting California early—and doctors are warning that they expect the season may be particularly tough on young children.

Phys.org / Diversifying US Midwest farming for stability and resilience

Researchers find that diversifying crops and integrating livestock improves farm efficiencies and ecosystem services in the US Midwest. The work is published in PNAS Nexus.

Dec 23, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Shrinking AI memory boosts accuracy, study finds

Researchers have developed a new way to compress the memory used by AI models to increase their accuracy in complex tasks or help save significant amounts of energy.

Dec 22, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Phys.org / The 'pawprint economy' is booming—and it offers huge opportunities for tourism

Luxury pet pampering packages at hotels, menus with dog-friendly roast dinners and £6,000 animal-friendly charter flights. Pet travel isn't just a trend, it's something of a transformation. This is the "pawprint economy"—and ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / How healthy are Brazil nuts? New study elucidates trace elements in the seeds

Brazil nuts are an especially nutrient-rich source of food: They contain important minerals like calcium and magnesium, essential amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids. Brazil nuts are characterized by very high selenium ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / New study estimates NHS England spends 3% of its primary and secondary care budget on the health impacts of temperature

A new University of Oxford-led study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, is the first to link daily temperature data to health-care use and costs across primary and secondary care in England. Analysis of 4.37 million ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Health
Phys.org / How can Canada become a global AI powerhouse? By investing in mathematics

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. In fact, each reader of this article could have multiple AI apps operating on the very device displaying this piece.

Dec 25, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Should kids at least do a little bit of school work over the holidays?

As the summer holidays begin in Australia, parents may feel concerned their children will "forget how to spell their own names" during the long school break.

Dec 23, 2025 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Who should get paid when AI learns from creative work?

As generative AI systems become more deeply woven into the fabric of modern life—drafting text, generating images, summarizing news—debates over who should profit from the technology are intensifying.

Dec 22, 2025 in Business
Medical Xpress / Why there's always room for dessert—an anatomist explains

You push back from the table after Christmas lunch, full from an excellent feast. You really couldn't manage another bite—except, perhaps, a little bit of pudding. Somehow, no matter how much you've eaten, there always ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Scientists and data explain why Kenya's lakes are rising as thousands face an uncertain future

When Dickson Ngome first leased his farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya's Rift Valley in 2008, it was over 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from shore. The farm was on 1.5 acres (0.6 hectares) of fertile land where he grew vegetables ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Testing AI logic in biomedical research

Manchester researchers have developed a systematic methodology to test whether AI can think logically in biomedical research, helping to ensure safer, more reliable applications in health care innovation.

Dec 23, 2025 in Health informatics