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Phys.org / Efficient cooling method could enable chip-based quantum computers

Quantum computers could rapidly solve complex problems that would take the most powerful classical supercomputers decades to unravel. But they'll need to be large and stable enough to efficiently perform operations. To meet ...

14 hours ago in Physics
Medical Xpress / Dormant cancer cells can change shape to survive immune system attack

Cancer cells that have broken away from a primary tumor can lurk in the body for years in a dormant state, evading immune defenders and biding their time until conditions are ripe for establishing a new tumor elsewhere in ...

12 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Scientists watch cell receptors respond in real time as drugs bind

A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled receptors in living cells actually respond to activating substances. The scientists discovered that ...

12 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / A sweat-based sensor may help improve sleep quality

University of Texas at Dallas researchers, in partnership with Texas-based biotech company EnLiSense, have demonstrated a pioneering wearable perspiration-based sensor that measures two key hormones that regulate the body's ...

12 hours ago in Sleep disorders
Medical Xpress / Flu cases surging in California as officials warn of powerful strain

California officials are issuing warnings about a new flu strain that is increasing flu-related cases and hospitalizations statewide, with public health experts across the nation echoing the alerts.

Phys.org / Long-term pesticide exposure accelerates aging and shortens lifespan in fish

Long-term exposure to low levels of a common agricultural pesticide can accelerate physiological aging and shorten lifespan in fish—a finding from new research led by University of Notre Dame biologist Jason Rohr with potentially ...

13 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Living for today in disaster's wake: Exploring why risky behavior surged after 2011 tsunami and earthquake

When Ichiro Kawachi established a cohort study in Iwanuma, Japan, in 2010, he thought he would be researching the predictors of healthy aging.

12 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / How beige fat keeps blood pressure in check

Obesity causes hypertension. Hypertension causes cardiovascular disease. And cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. While the link between fat and high blood pressure is clearly central to this deadly ...

13 hours ago in Cardiology
Phys.org / Seagrass meadows could be good for your health—yet they're disappearing fast

The well-being benefits of nature are often linked to forests or habitats that support diverse pollinators. Spending time in green spaces reduces stress and anxiety, for example.

7 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Flu deaths have doubled in NC since week of Christmas: Has the season peaked?

The number of people who have died from complications of the flu in North Carolina more than doubled in the last two weeks to 134, according to state health officials.

Phys.org / The sky's hidden ecosystem: Radar reveals an organized, living habitat

When people think about habitats on Earth, they likely picture forests, oceans or grasslands. Few think to look up. Yet the lower atmosphere, or troposphere, may be the largest habitat on the planet. A new study published ...

14 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / From yoga to awe walks: Many paths lead to better mental health, largest analysis of well-being interventions finds

As another new year gets under way, many of us will be looking for a way of boosting how we feel, but is it better to hit the gym or meditate in nature? Now new research by Swansea experts has provided the largest ever comparison ...

13 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry