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Medical Xpress / Inside the gut: What our stool could tell us about our diet, gut microbes and health
Researchers from King's College London have found that molecules in stool samples can accurately reflect what people eat and how their gut microbiome responds, offering a potential new tool to study nutrition and its impact ...
Medical Xpress / How the 'hypnagogic state' of drowsiness could enhance your creativity
The Beatles' song Yesterday was written in what psychologists refer to as the "hypnagogic state." This is the twilight zone between sleep and wakefulness, when we drowsily linger in a semi-conscious state, experiencing vivid ...
Tech Xplore / Can AI read humans' minds? A pedestrian behavior model is shockingly good at it
In a striking leap toward safer self-driving cars, researchers at Texas A&M University College of Engineering and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) system ...
Phys.org / Review offers new ideas for improving photosynthesis in agricultural environments
For decades, boosting photosynthesis in crops has been viewed as a scientific holy grail. Yet photosynthesis does not operate in isolation: it is tightly interwoven with environmental factors—light, CO₂, soil nitrogen, ...
Medical Xpress / What's the difference between a tumor and cancer?
The terms tumor and cancer can refer to different types of lumps and bumps. But the terms are often confused and misused—by the general public and even health professionals.
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify concerning increase in newborns not receiving preventative vitamin K shots
In a new study, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have uncovered an alarming trend—the proportion of newborn infants not receiving preventative vitamin K shots has increased by 77% since 2017. The ...
Phys.org / Complex incentives shape worker effort, for better or worse
Complexity is an important aspect to consider when designing workplace incentive schemes as it can affect worker effort and performance, according to new research from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
Medical Xpress / From stress to stroke: What can cause 'holes' and low-activity regions in the brain
If you watched Kim Kardashian's latest health update and felt a jolt at the phrase "holes on the brain," you were not alone. It is a term that sounds catastrophic. Yet on the type of scan she had, a hole does not mean missing ...
Medical Xpress / Exercise slows tumor growth in mice by shifting glucose uptake to muscles
It's well known that exercise is good for health and helps to prevent serious diseases, like cancer and heart disease, along with simply making people feel better overall. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for ...
Phys.org / China outlines future plans in new video, including finding Earth 2.0
In a recent Hot Take segment, the China Global Television Network recently released an interesting video detailing China's future plans for space. Titled "Earth 2.0? China's plan to find new Earth," the video actually details ...
Phys.org / From fullerenes to 2D structures: A unified design principle for boron nanostructures
Boron, a chemical element next to carbon in the periodic table, is known for its unique ability to form complex bond networks. Unlike carbon, which typically bonds with two or three neighboring atoms, boron can share electrons ...
Medical Xpress / A routine blood test could help predict who benefits most from CAR T-cell therapy
Measuring the lymphocytes—white blood cells that fight infection—in a patient's blood can be used to predict outcomes in non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients who receive CAR T-cell therapy, according to research from physicians ...
