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Phys.org / Study finds high school track experience gives baseball players an edge MLB teams overlook

A new study by a University of Florida sport management professor and colleagues challenges long-held assumptions about how young athletes should train and suggests that Major League Baseball teams might be missing players ...

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Tech Xplore / Researchers develop prototype thin-film electronics that can dock and undock themselves

Publishing in the journal npj Flexible Electronics, researchers from Kyushu University have developed prototype thin-film electronic modules that can automatically connect and disconnect with one another.

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Microbiota dysbiosis triggers intestinal cancer stemness

Scientists at National Taiwan University College of Medicine have discovered that cancer formation is not simply caused by gene mutations. Colorectal cancers primarily originate from epithelial cells that form adenocarcinomas ...

10 hours ago
Phys.org / Wildfire smoke kills tens of thousands of people a year. Here's how it attacks the body

Smoke from wildfires—which are burning more of the Northern Hemisphere as Earth warms—attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical studies show.

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Tech Xplore / Tiny molecular layers help perovskite solar cells survive 1,210 hours of heat and light

Solar cells' efficiency and lifespan are often determined by what happens at interfaces—the microscopic boundaries where different materials meet. Researchers from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) ...

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Medical Xpress / Air pollution mixtures may pose hidden risks during pregnancy

Pregnancy puts higher oxygen demand on the body, so expectant mothers breathe significantly more air over the course of a day. When air quality is bad, they're also breathing in more harmful pollutants.

5 hours ago
Phys.org / New study defines conditions for successful long-term biodiversity net gain

A new study identifying the ecological conditions needed for biodiversity offsetting to achieve conservation goals could provide important guidance for governments and industries as they expand biodiversity net gain (BNG) ...

12 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Being obese can make you more likely to be unemployed

The effect of obesity on unemployment is more than twice as large as previously thought, finds a UK Biobank study of genetic evidence.

11 hours ago
Phys.org / Self-driving trucks will redraw US economic map

Technological advances in autonomous truck technology are poised to have significant economic ripple effects on U.S. interstate commerce, highway infrastructure and labor costs, according to new research co-written by a team ...

13 hours ago
Phys.org / Scale can measure university students' confidence in using AI

A study conducted at Koç University School of Nursing examined university students' perceived self-efficacy in using artificial intelligence technologies. Led by Associate Professor Remziye Semerci Şahin and Assistant Professor ...

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Medical Xpress / Brain circuits may help explain cognitive symptoms in progressive supranuclear palsy

Researchers at Japan's National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) have found that tau buildup in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) may affect brain networks involved in thinking and behavior. The findings ...

12 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Yes, breathing wildfire smoke can harm your health—here's what you can do to protect yourself

Wildfire smoke from fires burning in Canada and northern Minnesota has been pouring across the Great Lakes and northeastern U.S. states, turning skies an eerie shade of orange. In the West, smoke has also been spreading into ...

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