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Tech Xplore / I grew up in the world's coldest city without central heating. Here's what the world can learn from us
On winter mornings in Harbin, where the air outside could freeze your eyelashes, I would wake up on a bed of warm earth.
Phys.org / LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety—schools can do much more to teach it
On Jan. 7, 2025, people across the Los Angeles area watched in horror as powerful winds began spreading wildfires through neighborhood after neighborhood. Over three weeks, the fires destroyed more than 16,000 homes and businesses. ...
Phys.org / West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America's aging flood defenses
In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous amounts of rain. As rivers surged, they overtopped or breached multiple levees—those long, often ...
Medical Xpress / Private equity firms now oversee over half of US IVF cycles
The rise of private equity firms investing in health care facilities across the United States has been exploding in the last decade.
Tech Xplore / AI agents arrived in 2025—here's what happened and the challenges ahead in 2026
In artificial intelligence, 2025 marked a decisive shift. Systems once confined to research labs and prototypes began to appear as everyday tools. At the center of this transition was the rise of AI agents—AI systems that ...
Tech Xplore / Decompression sickness in fish reveals hidden risks of hydropower operations
Professor Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug and postdoctoral fellow Wolf Ludwig Kuhn at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have three goals: To understand the problem of gas supersaturation at hydropower plants, ...
Tech Xplore / From individuals to crews, AI brings teamwork into construction productivity analysis
Researchers at National Taiwan University have developed an AI system that recognizes construction activities at both the individual and crew levels using ordinary site videos. The approach reveals how teamwork shapes productivity ...
Medical Xpress / Aging-related weight gain in women: It may start earlier in life than you think
Weight gain is common in women during perimenopause and after menopause, but the physical changes underlying it start much earlier in adulthood. Daniela Hurtado Andrade, M.D., Ph.D., an endocrinologist and obesity expert ...
Phys.org / Clouds are vital to life—but many are becoming wispy ghosts. Here's how to see the changes above us
As a scholar researching clouds, I have spent much of my time trying to understand the economy of the sky. Not the weather reports showing scudding rainclouds, but the deeper logic of cloud movements, their distributions ...
Medical Xpress / What loving-kindness meditation is and how to practice it in the new year
A popular New Year's resolution is to take up meditation—specifically mindfulness meditation. This is a healthy choice.
Phys.org / Heritage railway volunteers show how deep friendships can be formed without discussing emotions
"Let's face it, we're just not that into emotions," Brian tells me with a smile talking with other volunteers at a heritage steam railway in northern England. They are discussing a popular TV restoration show. Allan grimaces, ...
Medical Xpress / What to do if you fail at your New Year's resolution
Every year, many of us bravely announce our resolutions for the new year. A glass of champagne on New Year's Eve might add to our confidence in our ability to do better in the coming year and save more, spend less, eat better, ...
