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Phys.org / Water quality, not just scarcity, may shape future competition for a limited resource
Climate change is largely to blame for water scarcity. The low water levels in European rivers this summer speak volumes in that respect.
Phys.org / Online conflict may strengthen, not weaken, social movements, researchers find
Online conflict tends to advance social movements rather than undermine them, according to new research from McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management.
Medical Xpress / AI can help users cut through complexity of state services
When Morgan Ellithorpe's family moved from upstate New York to Delaware, they struggled to navigate state services for her brother, who has cerebral palsy.
Phys.org / Crossing into a mirror world: Particles turn to wisps of fog, and the magnetic monopole paradox dissolves
In Goethe's ballad "Erlkönig," immortalized in Schubert's fevered 1815 setting, a dying boy riding through the night sees a spectral king beckoning from the darkness. His father calms him: "Mein Sohn, es ist ein Nebelstreif"—my ...
Medical Xpress / Documenting curbside consultations can improve patient safety
Implementing a hospitalwide program for documenting informal clinician consultations improved patient safety through better communication and multidisciplinary care in a pediatric health care system, according to a recent ...
Phys.org / Community involvement essential for local decarbonization schemes to work, researchers say
Place-based decarbonization schemes designed to help communities become more sustainable must involve local people earlier and consider the range of different community responses in their development if they are to be successful ...
Medical Xpress / Ultra-processed foods linked to notably higher prostate cancer risks
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) account for nearly 60% of adults' and 70% of children's energy intake in the United States. These industrially manufactured products—such as soft drinks, packaged cereals and snacks, and processed ...
Phys.org / Real-time measurements reveal antiferromagnetic skyrmions move in line with an applied current
Skyrmions—essentially magnetic vortices—represent a promising approach in spintronics; in the future, they could serve as components in storage media or computers, potentially complementing established CMOS technologies. ...
Medical Xpress / Emory researchers build a more accurate way to track what you eat
In 2024, diet and nutrition apps had reached a global market value of $2.1 billion, with an anticipated value of $4.5 billion by 2030. Most of these apps now include AI-powered photo recognition as a standard feature.
Medical Xpress / How early-life stress leaves a 'scar' inside brain cells
Experiencing severe stress during childhood can make a person more vulnerable to anxiety, depression and other mood disorders when faced with hardships as an adult. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...
Tech Xplore / AI model captures how humans read, paving the way to personalized text and better augmented reality
Researchers at Aalto University, together with international partners, have developed the most accurate model yet of how humans read. The new model uses reinforcement learning, a type of AI used in robotics, to explain—and ...
Phys.org / A transferable framework for evaluating the potential for forecast-informed reservoir operations in watersheds
With extreme weather increasing around the world, scientists are working to help critical infrastructure, such as water management systems, adapt. On the U.S. West Coast, where both periods of prolonged drought and intense ...
