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Tech Xplore / Smart yarn tracks muscle activity in the body

Created from noise-resistant, conductive threads, a high-tech new smart fabric could find uses in health monitoring, sports performance and rehabilitation. The work is published in the journal Science Advances.

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Phys.org / Research challenges long-held ecological belief of how rare species survive

A biological process long thought to protect biodiversity and help species coexist may actually threaten diversity when species are separated by natural landscapes, infrastructure, or other barriers, according to new research ...

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Medical Xpress / Continuous wearable monitoring reduces time with low oxygen after surgery, study finds

Patients continuously monitored after surgery experienced significantly less time with dangerously low oxygen levels compared to those monitored using routine spot checks, a new study from Wake Forest University School of ...

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Phys.org / Limiting space junk's threat by predicting its mess in the Earth-moon neighborhood

Debris from moonbound spacecraft has left craters on the lunar surface since the U.S. Apollo missions. But the moon is not used to being surrounded by debris. With an expected resurgence in lunar missions in the coming years, ...

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Tech Xplore / Efficient carbon capture 'viciazite' materials can desorb below 60°C

Capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) before it reaches the atmosphere is a key strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Even though carbon capture technologies have existed for decades, their widespread adoption has been ...

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Medical Xpress / Kratom calls skyrocket to nation's poison centers

Calls to poison centers about kratom, a drug widely available in vape shops and gas stations, increased more than 1,200% between 2015 and 2025, with a corresponding rise in hospitalizations, an alarming new UVA Health analysis ...

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Medical Xpress / Astrocytes in the amygdala may play a key role in anxiety

In a study published in Neuron, Ciaran Murphy-Royal, researcher at the Center de recherche du Center hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), and his team show that astrocyte activity in the brain's fear center, ...

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Tech Xplore / Video-based AI gives robots a visual imagination

In a major step toward more adaptable and intuitive machines, Kempner Institute Investigator Yilun Du and his collaborators have unveiled a new kind of artificial intelligence system that lets robots "envision" their actions ...

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Phys.org / Ancient fish used their lungs to hear underwater, scientists reveal

How did ancient fish perceive their environment in the deep sea? An international team led by scientists from the Natural History Museum of Geneva (MHNG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) reveals that some coelacanths—fish ...

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Phys.org / Ice Age animals and slice of Earth history found in central Texas water cave

A paleontologist from The University of Texas at Austin has discovered the fossilized remains of Ice Age animals that have never been found in Central Texas before—and he came across the bones while snorkeling for fossils ...

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Phys.org / 'Coral houses' are dotted throughout the Pacific. Now, scientists know exactly when they were built

The Mangareva Islands are about 1,600 kilometers southeast of Tahiti in French Polynesia. They get their name (which means "floating mountains") from the way the sea spray breaking on the surrounding coral atolls, or motu, ...

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Phys.org / Light-activated nanoparticles trigger copper overload to kill cancer cells

Cuproptosis was discovered in 2022. It was a previously unknown type of cell death caused by an excess of copper. The research group led by Professor Johannes Karges at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, used this mechanism ...

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