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Tech Xplore / AI-based system enables real-time detection of whip sounds in horse racing

Regulations limit both the intensity and frequency of whip use during horse racing. Nevertheless, compliance is currently verified manually after each race. Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed an innovative ...

Jan 15, 2026 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Medical Xpress / Fathers' early interactions with babies may affect child health years later

How a new father behaves toward his baby can change family dynamics in a way that affects the child's heart and metabolic health years later, according to a new study by researchers in the Penn State College of Health and ...

Jan 15, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / Why 'inefficient' AI spending may power future growth

New research finds companies investing heavily in new technologies despite low returns are often the ones driving tomorrow's economic progress.

Jan 15, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Tissue repair slows in old age. These proteins speed it back up

As we age, we don't recover from injury or illness like we did when we were young. But new research from UCSF has found gene regulators—proteins that turn genes on and off—that could restore the aging body's ability to ...

Jan 12, 2026 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Wikipedia at 25: Can its original ideals survive in the age of AI?

Around the turn of the century, the internet underwent a transformation dubbed "web 2.0." The world wide web of the 1990s had largely been read-only: static pages, hand-built homepages, portal sites with content from a few ...

Jan 15, 2026 in Business
Phys.org / A new valve for quantum matter: Steering chiral fermions by geometry alone

A collaboration between Stuart Parkin's group at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle (Saale) and Claudia Felser's group at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden has realized ...

Jan 12, 2026 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Why most fitness resolutions fail by spring

Every January, millions of people attempt to overhaul their health with ambitious new workout plans, stricter diets, and lofty expectations. Yet by early spring, most resolutions fade under the pressures of life: busy schedules, ...

Jan 15, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / When a virus releases the immune brake: New evidence on the onset of multiple sclerosis

Autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis arise when the immune system turns against the body itself. Yet for most of them, it remains unclear why this process begins. Researchers have now identified how the Epstein-Barr ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Study reveals how many hours of video games per week might be too many

Playing video games for more than 10 hours a week could have a significant impact on young people's diet, sleep and body weight, according to a new Curtin University-led study published in Nutrition.

Jan 15, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / Using 'baby talk' could aid infants' early language development

Baby talk isn't just cute—it could play a vital role in helping infants learn the sounds of their language, new research from the University of the Sunshine Coast has found. The study is published in the journal Developmental ...

Jan 15, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Melting glaciers may mix up waters more than we thought

As marine-terminating glaciers melt, the resulting freshwater is released at the seafloor, which mixes with salty seawater and influences circulation patterns. As the oceans warm, it's growing increasingly important to study ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Immune response to Epstein-Barr virus linked to brain damage in multiple sclerosis

The immune system's reaction to the common Epstein-Barr virus can ultimately damage the brain and contribute to multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new research from Karolinska Institutet, published in Cell. The study provides ...