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Phys.org / Scientists just measured the smallest possible contacts for future computer chips
The rise of AI has created an almost insatiable appetite for computing power. Training and running AI systems requires vast numbers of transistors, and engineers are now racing to pack more of them onto every chip. With their ...
Medical Xpress / Parental Holocaust trauma linked to higher risk of schizophrenia in offspring, new study finds
Can the trauma of a parent rewrite the mental health of a child born decades later? A new study reveals that children born decades after the Holocaust to parents who were older than 5 at the time of the initial Nazi persecutions ...
Phys.org / What the wool remembers: The carbon secrets locked inside every fleece
It started as a joke. Representatives of menswear brand MJ Bale had spent three days in a design sprint with CSIRO scientists trying to nail what kind of tool the company needed to prove its sustainability credentials.
Medical Xpress / Why losing weight isn't just about counting calories—and what to do about it
When it comes to losing weight, it turns out the simple math of counting calories doesn't always add up.
Medical Xpress / Clinical trial offers strong evidence that nerve blocks can cut opioid use after cardiac surgery
A clinical trial led by St. Michael's Hospital researchers found that using nerve blocks, an anesthesia technique to numb targeted areas of the body, significantly reduced opioid use after cardiac surgery—findings the authors ...
Tech Xplore / New autonomous monitor prevents drone crashes in real time
A University of Houston engineer has built a new safety monitoring system for the operation of quadrotor drones that can keep them on course and out of danger in real time.
Phys.org / From mother to offspring: Young birds show how 'forever chemicals' accumulate
New research has found young birds living near contaminated industrial and military sites in suburban Melbourne carry especially high concentrations of PFAS, so-called "forever chemicals."
Medical Xpress / Not all birth controls are equal, some are linked to higher risk of brain tumors, study finds
Meningiomas are the most common brain tumors in adults, accounting for 38% to 42% of all primary central nervous system tumors. According to 2021 WHO data, 874 million of the world's 1.9 billion women of reproductive age ...
Tech Xplore / A soft exoskeleton could restore hand function in people with motor impairments
Recent technological advances have opened valuable possibilities for supporting people with motor impairments or who are recovering from injuries to the brain, spinal cord or nerves. Millions of people worldwide currently ...
Phys.org / How approaching sounds can warp your perception of time
Everyone's perception of time is unique. It is a subjective experience shaped by factors such as age, emotions, memory and environmental contexts. And it may also be influenced by background noise, as scientists have demonstrated ...
Phys.org / Researchers develop AI tool that finds the equations behind complex systems
Clarkson University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can uncover the mathematical equations governing complex and chaotic systems directly from data. The technology, called KANDy—short for Kolmogorov-Arnold ...
Phys.org / Evidence of elusive high-energy gravitons in quantum Hall systems
Electrons, negatively charged particles, sometimes coordinate their movements in ways that produce certain collective excitations referred to as quasiparticles. One case in which this occurs is the quantum Hall effect, a ...