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Phys.org / College professors face an emerging challenge: We know students are no longer reading entire books
Anyone who has spent time on a college campus lately has probably heard laments from faculty about their students' reading habits, or rather, nonreading habits. Such complaints are more than unfounded nostalgia for a bygone ...
Phys.org / New insights into how DNA, the body's instruction manual for life, is regulated
Scientists at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center have uncovered new insights into how cells regulate DNA methylation, a fundamental process that helps keep potentially harmful viral elements in our genome under control.
Tech Xplore / Novel method lets multimodal AI update knowledge without losing earlier information
Korean researchers have developed a core technology that allows multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) to reliably retain existing knowledge while repeatedly learning new information.
Phys.org / New simulation challenges leading explanation for why galaxies stop forming stars
For decades, astronomers have cast galaxy mergers as the universe's ultimate relationship drama: two galaxies collide, chaos erupts, black holes awaken and star formation comes to a screeching halt. Upending this long-held ...
Phys.org / Hundreds hospitalized in Japan heat wave 'disaster'
More than 450 people received hospital treatment for heat-related issues in a single day in Tokyo—the highest number since records began 16 years ago, emergency services said Thursday.
Tech Xplore / Airbus, Boeing fly in different directions at Farnborough
Airbus and Boeing presented differing outlooks for their commercial aircraft in coming years as the aviation sector gathered near London for this week's Farnborough airshow.
Medical Xpress / Two ways to read a genome: Body-wide, single-cell atlas maps DNA folding and methylation together
Every cell in the human body carries the same 3 billion letters of DNA, yet a neuron, a heart muscle cell and a pancreatic beta cell each use that shared code to do entirely different jobs. How cells pull off this trick comes ...
Phys.org / Early respiratory infections may lower higher education completion and adult income
Infants exposed to respiratory illnesses through older siblings typically fare worse in education, income and health in adulthood, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen.
Phys.org / Recoverable molecular helper guides synthesis of highly pure chiral rotaxanes
Chiral molecules can exist in left- and right-handed forms. Although these mirror-image forms may look almost identical, they can behave very differently in chemical reactions, biological systems and advanced materials. Preparing ...
Medical Xpress / Poll: Costs are top health care issue for midterm voters, but fraud tops GOP list
Health care costs top the list of voters' health care priorities for the midterm elections, with half (51%) of all voters and more than half of Democratic (60%) and independent (55%) voters saying the issue is extremely important ...
Phys.org / Ancestral variation, not new mutations, may impact survival of species facing climate change
Research co-authored by an Oklahoma Museum of Natural History curator, her graduate student and an international team of scientists has shed new light on the evolutionary "toolkit" animals use to survive environmental change.
Phys.org / What explains gender pay gaps in academia?
Gender pay gaps in academia are well documented. The harder question is why they persist. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences tested several leading answers to that question.
