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Medical Xpress / Training the mind and emotional skills may support brain health after 65
Education, intellectually stimulating work and an active lifestyle help preserve cognitive abilities in adults over 65 and lead to more effective verbal expression and stronger cognitive performance. But there is another ...
Medical Xpress / Stress and depression, not heart damage, may drive long-term breast cancer fatigue
For breast cancer survivors, new research shows that feelings of depression and perceptions of psychological stress make the biggest difference in whether they experience fatigue up to two years after chemotherapy started.
Tech Xplore / Potential material for safer Li-ion batteries achieves record-high conductivity
Two years ago, a new material was reported to have an unusually large lithium-ion conductivity. Now, Nagoya University researchers have uncovered why it works so well and attained its record-high room temperature conductivity ...
Phys.org / Elementary school teachers report increased student hunger and anxiety after universal free school meals ended
A recent study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior explored elementary school teachers' experiences before and after the end of the federal universal free school meals (UFSM) policy. Researchers found ...
Medical Xpress / Bacterial protein fragment drives tissue fibrosis, but antibody treatment can help
A bacterial protein fragment called corisin drives pulmonary fibrosis by infiltrating and disrupting cells' quality-control systems, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Mie University in Japan found ...
Phys.org / Los Angeles Basin map shows deep sediments that could amplify earthquake shaking
In computer simulations of the Big One—a large-magnitude earthquake that may occur along the San Andreas Fault in California—seismic waves ripple from the epicenter of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake near the Salton Sea into the ...
Phys.org / Precision optics to make plant health visible from space
When the ESA Earth observation mission FLEX launches into space on September 15, 2026, as scheduled, it will carry high-precision optical components from Jena, Germany. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied ...
Phys.org / A roadmap for animal-free chemical testing
For many years, the European Union has pursued a policy aimed at the replacement, reduction and refinement of animal testing (the 3Rs principle). To put the ethical principle of the 3Rs into practice, the European Commission ...
Phys.org / Q&A: Can you trust online ratings in the age of 'review bombing'?
Before buying a product, booking a hotel or streaming a movie, many people check online reviews. But not every glowing recommendation or one-star takedown reflects a genuine customer experience.
Medical Xpress / Study highlights risk groups for a severe side effect of diabetes treatment
Patients with type 2 diabetes who have high blood glucose levels, low body weight or a history of ketoacidosis are at increased risk of developing this serious condition when treated with so-called SGLT2 inhibitors. A study ...
Medical Xpress / Imaging technique reveals the metabolic states of individual immune cells
When a patient is facing certain cancers or an immune condition, clinicians turn to white blood cells for clues about the progression of both diseases and their treatments. From a standard blood draw, a clinical lab isolates ...
Medical Xpress / Atlas of the brain's striatum could guide researchers to new drug treatments
A region of the brain called the striatum is critical for many cognitive and motor functions, including decision-making, movement control, habit formation and reward processing. It also plays a role in addiction and is significantly ...