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Phys.org / Liquid gold: Could we turn our urine into fertilizer?
For thousands of years, human urine has had real value. After our bodies absorb nutrients from our food, they excrete the rest—mainly via urine. An adult produces about 500 liters (132 gallons) a year. This liquid gold is ...
Tech Xplore / Single-sensor AI maps quake risks across 139 points inside a nuclear power plant in real time
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed a deep learning technology that predicts, in real time, vibrations at multiple locations inside a nuclear power plant using the signal from just ...
Phys.org / Europe's forests are still standing, but many are losing the ability to recover
A forest can look intact from the roadside and still have lost much of its capacity to bounce back. That gap between appearance and function is at the center of a new policy brief published by eLTER, the European research ...
Phys.org / New iron-bearing compounds could store water near Earth's core
Geochemical studies of volcanic rocks from Baffin Island, Canada, and Iceland suggest that some of the water dating back to Earth's formation may still be preserved deep within the planet. However, it has remained unclear ...
Phys.org / Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization, study finds
People in Vancouver experienced an increase in police drug seizures during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project, according to a Simon Fraser University study.
Medical Xpress / Sitting on Japanese tatami mats may reduce anxiety and support task engagement
Researchers at Kyushu University, publishing in the journal Scientific Reports, found that using mats made from Japanese Igusa, or rush grass, was associated with increased activity in regions of the brain related to concentration ...
Phys.org / Survey of young researchers raises concerns over future of science in U.S.
One-third of young scientists who had been planning careers in academic research changed their minds in the spring of 2025, according to a new survey. Fewer expected to remain in higher education or work in the U.S., or felt ...
Medical Xpress / Study identifies key driver of inflammation, opening door to potential new treatments
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have uncovered a critical biological mechanism that helps explain how inflammation is triggered and sustained in a wide range of diseases—highlighting a promising avenue for future therapeutic ...
Medical Xpress / Beating 'mini-heart' derived from patient's blood cells offers personalized disease model
A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (The Institute) have created a three-dimensional, beating heart-on-a-chip, or "mini-heart," using blood cells from a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy ...
Medical Xpress / Most patients with appendix cancer may avoid chemotherapy after surgery, study suggests
Most patients with localized appendix cancer may be able to safely avoid chemotherapy after surgery, according to a new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Medical Xpress / Early MS treatments differ most in relapses and MRI lesions, not disability
For people recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), early treatment choices were associated with only slight differences after two years, based on the first treatment they used, according to a study published Sept. ...
Medical Xpress / Greek woman has IVF birth from 22-year-old embryo after losing son
A Greek woman has given birth from an embryo frozen more than 22 years ago, months after her son, born from the same treatment in 2004, died in an accident, her doctor said Wednesday.
