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Phys.org / How to weigh a killer asteroid at 22 kilometers per second
Estimating a mass for a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) is perhaps the single most important thing to understand about it, after its trajectory. Actually doing so isn't easy though, as the mass for objects in the tens ...
Phys.org / On-demand pay access spurs savings for low-wage workers
Research recently published in the journal Information Systems Research finds that giving low-wage workers access to their earned wages before payday can significantly increase saving behavior, financial monitoring and long-term ...
Medical Xpress / AI cancer tools may rely on 'shortcut learning' rather than genuine biological signals
Artificial intelligence tools are increasingly being developed to predict cancer biology directly from microscope images, promising faster diagnoses and cheaper testing. But new research from the University of Warwick, published ...
Tech Xplore / Micro to mega engineering: Scaling up the 'world's smallest Nerf blaster'
BYU engineers had so much fun working with Mark Rober to create the "world's smallest Nerf blaster," they continued the work to see how big they could make it. The micro ant-blaster has become a mega launcher with the same ...
Phys.org / Sun sets on the Sunlight glacier: Researchers document melting of Wyoming glacier
The glacier located near Sunlight Peak, Wyo., has been its icy self since the Yellowstone region's last major glaciation occurred some 20,000 years ago. The bulk of Sunlight's ice has remained ensconced in its northern Rocky ...
Medical Xpress / A new class of Alzheimer's biomarkers: Why protein shape may beat protein levels
Researchers have identified a new type of blood-based biomarker test for Alzheimer's disease that measures structural changes in proteins, providing more information on the underlying biology of the disease than standard ...
Medical Xpress / Experts urge age-tailored sleep apnea strategies for seniors
Researchers from Marshall University, the University of Washington, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano and the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy, University and Polytechnic La Fe Hospital in Spain have published a comprehensive ...
Medical Xpress / How dysfunctional packaging of dopamine advances symptoms of Parkinson's disease
A new study shows how dysfunctional packaging of the neurotransmitter dopamine triggers toxic processes in neurons—and how this can be repaired with simple delivery of energy (ATP). Parkinson's gradually destroys dopamine-producing ...
Phys.org / Workers who love 'synergizing paradigms' might be bad at their jobs
Employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak like "synergistic leadership," or "growth-hacking paradigms" may struggle with practical decision-making, a new Cornell study reveals. Published in the journal Personality ...
Tech Xplore / Improved EV battery gains will outmatch degradation from climate change, research shows
Climate change was poised to create an interesting catch-22 for electric vehicles. Electrifying transportation can go a long way to reducing carbon emissions that are driving up global temperatures. But warmer temperatures ...
Medical Xpress / Targeting the untargetable cancer—rezatapopt, an oral p53 reactivator
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center investigators and collaborators have tested rezatapopt, an oral p53 reactivator designed for tumors with TP53 Y220C, and observed antitumor activity across multiple solid tumor types ...
Phys.org / Self-propelling microbes switch up swimming strategy to optimize light intake
Researchers in Hong Kong and the UK have revealed how one species of self-propelling microbes can actively change the path of their swimming motions, depending on how much light they receive. Reporting in Physical Review ...
