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Phys.org / Firefighter gear contains potentially hazardous flame retardants, study shows
Some firefighter gear is manufactured with chemicals called brominated flame retardants that could pose a risk to firefighter health, according to a study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
Phys.org / A new transfer strategy to boost ultra-thin flexible temperature sensor performance
In the fields of intelligent health care and robotic sensing, the development of ultra-thin flexible temperature sensors serves as a core prerequisite for achieving high conformability and integration. However, a fundamental ...
Phys.org / How pointing fingers shape what we see in old master paintings
One of the most common human gestures, the pointing finger, appears frequently in Old Master paintings as a guiding cue. However, its influence on viewers' gaze has never been systematically investigated. Researchers in experimental ...
Tech Xplore / 'Robot, make me a chair': AI-driven system designs, builds multicomponent objects from user prompts
Computer-aided design (CAD) systems are tried-and-true tools used to design many of the physical objects we use each day. But CAD software requires extensive expertise to master, and many tools incorporate such a high level ...
Medical Xpress / High stakes of early immune development revealed—and a potential probiotic fix
Antibiotics are powerful treatments that have saved countless lives over the course of decades. New findings from Scripps Research have identified a way to preserve healthy immune development even when infants need antibiotic ...
Phys.org / The dinosaurs that forgot how to fly
A new study led by a researcher from the School of Zoology and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University examined dinosaur fossils preserved with their feathers and found that these dinosaurs had lost ...
Phys.org / Living rocks in South Africa rapidly absorb carbon and grow in harsh conditions
South Africa is home to some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth, contained in rocky, often layered outcroppings called microbialites. Like coral reefs, these complex "living rocks" are built up by microbes absorbing ...
Phys.org / Rare brown dwarf discovered orbiting ancient star
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and elsewhere report the discovery of a new brown dwarf about 60 times more massive than Jupiter. The newfound substellar object, designated TOI-7019 ...
Phys.org / Remote Southern Ocean seabirds study highlights reach of 'forever chemicals'
Seabirds in one of the remotest parts of the planet are being exposed to a wide range of forever chemicals, scientists have discovered.
Medical Xpress / Ultrasound paired with vibrating nanoparticles softens tumor tissue, improving drug delivery
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., second only to heart disease. But a new cancer treatment method from CU Boulder researchers uses sound waves to soften tumors and could be a potent tool against the ...
Phys.org / ROSE-3D advances isotropic 3D super-resolution microscopy
In a study published in Nature Methods on December 2, a research team led by Profs. Xu Tao and Ji Wei from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a three-dimensional interferometric localization ...
Tech Xplore / Transparency in AI companies falls to new low
A new analysis finds that AI companies now average just 40 out of 100 on transparency, marking a significant decline from last year.
