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Medical Xpress / Cut vaccine mandates? SC lawmakers take cue from Trump administration in 2026

As South Carolina faces climbing measles cases, a lawmaker wants to ban all vaccine mandates for children under two-years-old.

6 hours ago in Pediatrics
Phys.org / Disaster after disaster: Do we have enough raw materials to 'build back better?'

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this tragic event, it is also a moment to reflect on what followed. How do communities ...

3 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / No gym or regular routine? Here's how to stay fit over the holiday break

The festive season can throw our exercise routines out the window. You might be staying somewhere different, with no access to a gym. Maybe your yoga studio is closed or social sport is on a break. Or you might just be too ...

3 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist

In 1977, an American physicist named John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetism. In his Nobel lecture, amid a discussion of rare earth elements, one sentence leaps out:

3 hours ago in Physics
Tech Xplore / Uber and Lyft plan to bring robotaxis to London in partnerships with China's Baidu

Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft plan to bring robotaxi services to London next year in separate partnerships with Chinese tech giant Baidu, the companies said Monday.

3 hours ago in Hi Tech & Innovation
Phys.org / Earthquake swarm continues to rattle Northern California city, seismologists say

A swarm of at least a dozen earthquakes reaching up to magnitude 3.9 rattled San Ramon near San Francisco, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

6 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Young people's social worlds are 'thinning'—here's how that's affecting well-being

Between 2014 and 2024, the proportion of people aged 16–24 in England experiencing mental health issues rose from 19% to 26%.

3 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Tech Xplore / Wearable tech can create more stress for frontline retail staff

With the Christmas trading period peaking, traditional surveillance technologies like CCTV can help reduce job stress caused by customer aggression, but QUT research has found wearable devices may increase stress levels among ...

4 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / Controlling exciton flow in moiré superlattices: New method leverages correlated electrons

Excitons are pairs of bound negatively charged electrons and positively charged holes that form in semiconductors, enabling the transport of energy in electronic devices. These pairs of charge carriers also emerge in transition ...

23 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Secret lives of cats could hold clues for wildcat return in Wales

A new study exploring the secretive lives of feral and free-roaming cats in Wales could shed light on wildcats' return to the country.

6 hours ago in Biology
Dialog / Cosmic rays from a nearby supernova may help explain Earth-like planets

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my research would eventually lead me to ask a question about the origin of Earth-like planets. Yet that ...

22 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Heart attack deaths spike during the holidays

The holidays can turn deadly as research shows that more people die from heart attacks during the last week of December than at any other time of the year. While being aware of the signs of a heart attack and taking steps ...

3 hours ago in Health