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Medical Xpress / This weightlifting technique can help older adults stay fit and independent as they age
If you're over 60 and have started lifting weights, you've probably been told to take it slowly. Lift steadily, lower steadily, keep it controlled.
Phys.org / New method for upcycling polyethylene is suitable for mass production as a raw material for nylon
It would greatly benefit the environment and climate if nylon—chemically known as polyamide—could be produced on a large scale from plastic waste in the future, rather than from petroleum, as has been the norm until now. ...
Phys.org / Researchers establish G0 founder population carrying targeted mutations in marine mollusks
Although genome-editing-based breeding has advanced rapidly in aquaculture, progress in marine mollusks has lagged behind. The main challenge is not genome editing itself, but rather rearing the few edited larvae through ...
Medical Xpress / Breast milk fatty acids linked to infant motor development
A new study has found an association between odd- and branched-chain fatty acid (OBCFA) levels in breast milk and infant motor development, providing new population-based evidence for research on early-life nutrition and ...
Phys.org / Oh boy, all girls again: Research tracks sea turtle sex ratios
Forty young sea turtles recently reached an important milestone at Florida Atlantic University: They were finally big enough to leave the university's marine science laboratory and return to the ocean. Their release was a ...
Medical Xpress / I'm an athletic trainer—here's how to know when kids' sports are too intense
At a recent T-ball game, I was talking with another father who mentioned that his son had never played before. As we watched our children falling over trying to scoop up a ground ball, we laughed about how they were still ...
Tech Xplore / Nonflammable gel membrane could help batteries run twice as long on a single charge
A new polymer electrolyte to replace lithium ions in batteries is the result of research carried out by a team from the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering (DCMIC) "Giulio Natta" at Politecnico di ...
Medical Xpress / Drug discovery by scientists joins world's largest trial of Parkinson's treatments
A liver drug could be used to slow down the progression of Parkinson's disease as it joins the world's largest trial of treatments for the condition.
Medical Xpress / Crigler-Najjar syndrome: Gene therapy maintains its efficacy four years after treatment
The New England Journal of Medicine has published a study on the long-term efficacy of AAV8-mediated gene therapy (GNT0003) in patients with Crigler-Najjar syndrome, an extremely rare congenital liver disorder affecting approximately ...
Medical Xpress / Manosphere, tobacco and gambling are driving avoidable harm and premature deaths among men, studies find
Men are suffering poor health and dying younger while the companies that profit from their misery are turning over billions of dollars.
Tech Xplore / Devices aren't lasting as long as they should. Here's why
Is your new phone already slowing down or are your expensive earphones acting up?
Phys.org / The spring mountain butterfly has been spotted for the first time beneath power lines
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) for the first time has detected the presence of the spring mountain butterfly (Erebia epistygne), a species under threat of extinction in Catalonia, under the electricity transmission ...
