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Phys.org / Mercury's BepiColombo Mio and Earth's GEOTAIL show shared wave frequency properties across planetary magnetospheres
An international team from Kanazawa University (Japan), Tohoku University (Japan), LPP (France), and partners has demonstrated that chorus emissions, natural electromagnetic waves long studied in Earth's magnetosphere, also ...
Medical Xpress / Misophonia Q&A: When noise becomes intolerable
Nails on a chalkboard. Loud breathing. Sneezing. These sounds can often be irritating and leave ears ringing with discomfort. But for people with misophonia, a decreased tolerance for specific sounds and stimuli, those noises ...
Medical Xpress / Trying Veganuary might be challenging. Here's some tips on keeping going
In January, some people start the year by trying to eat fewer animal products. Veganuary, as the campaign is called, began in 2014 and now attracts 25.8 million people worldwide.
Medical Xpress / Misplaced neurons in the brain can still perform essential sensory functions
Can the brain keep working when its architecture changes? Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered that neurons located in the wrong place can still carry out their normal function—challenging long-held ...
Phys.org / Beta-decay half-life measurements reveal evolution of nuclear shell structure
An international team of researchers has systematically measured the β-decay half-lives of 40 nuclei near calcium-54, providing key experimental data for understanding the structure of extremely neutron-rich nuclei.
Medical Xpress / Like Jane Eyre, I've been seen as unconventional and abnormal. I'm autistic—is she too?
Nearly 200 years since Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre, her unconventional orphan Jane—with her intense emotions and sense of injustice—continues to captivate and intrigue readers.
Phys.org / Protein Rac1 plays dual roles in repairing damaged kidney, study finds
The kidney's proximal tubule reabsorbs water, glucose, ions and other small molecules from the urine and thus maintains the body's supply of these essential constituents. The tubule can be easily damaged by ischemia, or poor ...
Phys.org / Humans returned to British Isles earlier than previously thought at the end of the last Ice Age
The return of humans to the British Isles after the end of the last ice sheet, which covered much of the northern hemisphere, happened around 15,200 years ago—nearly 500 years earlier than previous estimates.
Medical Xpress / Weight loss in cancer: Organs respond to the disease in a coordinated way, study finds
Cachexia is a metabolic disorder that causes uncontrolled weight loss and muscle wasting in chronic diseases and cancer.
Phys.org / Greener whisky bottles made with aluminum could replace glass
One of Scotland's smallest distilleries is working with Heriot-Watt scientists to find out whether aluminum could replace glass bottles for its Scotch whiskey.
Phys.org / Building the world's first open-source quantum computer
Researchers from the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Science and the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) are prioritizing collaboration over competition to advance quantum computer development and the field of quantum ...
Medical Xpress / No short cuts—but a bit of sugar—in the quest to fight cancer relapse
Medical researchers typically play the long game, spending years (and years and years) exploring an idea that could move beyond the laboratory to improve human life. At Virginia Commonwealth University, Umesh Desai, Ph.D., ...
