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Medical Xpress / More accessible urban parks linked with greater physical activity across US cities

The health benefits of nature are well-known, but its role in encouraging day-to-day physical activity across different regions and demographics has been less clear. This question carries new urgency as the world faces a ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Health
Tech Xplore / Google is relying on its own chips for its AI system Gemini. Here's why that's a seismic change for the industry

For many years, the US company Nvidia shaped the foundations of modern artificial intelligence. Its graphics processing units (GPUs) are a specialized type of computer chip originally designed to handle the processing demands ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Machine learning & AI
Medical Xpress / Owning a smartphone at age 12 linked to mental and physical health risks

In early adolescence, smartphone ownership is associated with depression, obesity, and insufficient sleep, according to a study published online Dec. 1 in Pediatrics.

Dec 2, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers—here's what it reveals

When you picture medieval warfare, you might think of epic battles and famous monarchs. But what about the everyday soldiers who actually filled the ranks? Until recently, their stories were scattered across handwritten manuscripts ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Noise-proof quantum sensor uses three calcium ions held in place by electric fields

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck have shown that quantum sensors can remain highly accurate even in extremely noisy conditions. It's the first experimental realization of a powerful quantum sensing protocol, outperforming ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / 'Walking' water discovery on 2D material could lead to better anti-icing coatings and energy materials

A surprising discovery about how water behaves on one of the world's thinnest 2D materials could lead to major technological improvements, from better anti-icing coatings for aircraft and self-cleaning solar panels to next-generation ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Sexual selection in beetles leads to more rapid evolution of new species, long-term experiments show

When males are forced to compete for females, new species form more rapidly. This has been shown in a new study where the researchers compared beetles allowed to mate freely with groups of the same species where competition ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Wetlands trap toxic metals after battery plant fire scatters debris

When fire broke out at the world's largest battery energy storage facility in January 2025, its thick smoke blanketed surrounding wetlands, farms and nearby communities on the central California coast.

Dec 1, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Only one in 10 Hawaiʻi households meets emergency preparedness standards

A study led by University of Hawaiʻi researchers reveals a critical gap in disaster readiness across Hawaiʻi, with only 12% of households meeting the State of Hawaiʻi's recommended levels of emergency stockpiling of food, ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Google Quantum AI realizes three dynamic surface code implementations

Quantum computers are computing systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects. These computers rely on qubits (i.e., the quantum equivalent of bits), which can store information in a mixture of states, ...

Nov 28, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / How anti-epilepsy drugs alter a key brain protein structure

A multi-institute team led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators established for the first time how certain drugs used to treat epilepsy affect their target.

Dec 2, 2025 in Medications
Phys.org / The functional principles of eye evolution: Light-sensitive stem cells provide new insight

A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue to grow throughout life—driven by a ring of neural stem cells reminiscent ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Biology