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Phys.org / Mars mission simulations reveal key to teamwork under pressure

Whether it's to the moon or Mars, a NASA mission requires some essential preparations: designing and developing the spacecraft, astronaut training and safety checks, clear goals, and strategies and procedures for maintaining ...

11 hours ago
Phys.org / Ancient DNA uncovers deadly plague outbreak among Siberian hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago

Plague is commonly associated with rats, crowded medieval cities, and the epidemics that swept across Europe during and after the Middle Ages. But a new study published in Nature shows that the disease was already lethal ...

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Vaping helps some people ditch cigarettes but may come with its own lung cancer risk

Vapes or e-cigarettes were marketed as a safer, smokeless alternative to traditional cigarettes and even promoted as a tool to help smokers quit. Their fruity flavors and sleek designs further reinforced the perception that ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Stretching the skin can alter how we perceive our fingers

When moving around in their surroundings, humans heavily rely on what is known as proprioception, sometimes referred to as the "sixth sense." This is the body's subconscious ability to sense its own position, movements and ...

20 hours ago
Phys.org / Superconducting TES array X-ray spectrometer goes into operation at BESSY II

Europe's first and only TES spectrometer at a synchrotron source is now in operation at BESSY II, developed within a collaboration between the HZB, the MPI-CEC (Mühlheim-an-der-Ruhr, Germany) and the NIST (Boulder, Colorado, ...

12 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Multilingual benchmark evaluates how well AI interprets clinical text and health records in nine languages

Researchers at Mass General Brigham recently developed BRIDGE, a multilingual benchmark that evaluates how well large language models (LLMs) understand clinical patient care text, including language used in electronic health ...

10 hours ago
Phys.org / Green view index scores predict urban microbial diversity

Researchers from the University of Helsinki, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Tamkang University and National Taiwan University investigated how the Green View Index (GVI) relates to the richness and diversity of bacteria ...

7 hours ago
Phys.org / Dozens of active dust devils caught swirling across Mars canyon system

The European Space Agency's Mars Express has captured part of Mars's Mamers Valles, a fascinating valley system speckled with brief, tornado-like whirlwinds known as dust devils.

13 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Amyloid precursor protein protects neurons during nuclear waste disposal

Researchers at Niigata University's Brain Research Institute have uncovered a new function of amyloid precursor protein (APP), a molecule long studied as the precursor to amyloid-β (Aβ) in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study ...

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Postbiotic gummies cut gum bleeding in six weeks, trial suggests

Continuous consumption of foods containing heat-inactivated Lactiplantibacillus pentosus can help reduce gum bleeding, report researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo. These postbiotic foods can improve inflammatory conditions ...

7 hours ago
Phys.org / From 718 options to one standout, catalyst screening method reveals durable RuO₂ candidate

Why settle for a trial-and-error approach, reviewing an almost endless number of combinations, when you can systematically narrow the list to something more manageable using established data and knowledge?

12 hours ago
Phys.org / LOFAR reveals spike-like repeating radio burst pairs in the solar corona

The solar atmosphere is a turbulent and magnetized environment, with the release of magnetic energy readily manifesting as emission across the electromagnetic spectrum. Solar radio emission dominates the radio sky, with the ...

13 hours ago