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Tech Xplore / Social media harms teens, watchdog warns, as France weighs ban

Social media harms the mental health of adolescents, particularly girls, France's health watchdog said Tuesday as the country debates banning children under 15 from accessing the immensely popular platforms.

1 hour ago in Internet
Medical Xpress / Heart-healthy habits to consider starting in the new year

According to Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, M.D., Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, when it comes to heart health, prevention still delivers the greatest return. Taking steps now—no matter how small—provides ...

4 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Stem cell expert Q&A: Innovative pathways in biomedical research

New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 years—obsolete. Clive Svendsen, Ph.D., executive director of the Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine ...

4 hours ago in Medical research
Phys.org / Conservation planning 'good for biodiversity and business'

The Northern Territory's investment in solar and wind energy production needs to benefit people and the planet, but new research highlights critical pitfalls in planning.

5 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Hawaii's Kilauea volcano puts on spectacular lava display

Hawaii's Kilauea was spraying a spectacular fountain of lava on Monday, keeping up its reputation as one of the world's most active volcanoes.

6 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Study shows cognitive training improves resilience for warfighters

Results from the Warfighter Brain Fitness Study, which was published in the journal Military Medicine, show that the combination of two brain fitness programs delivered significant improvements across multiple key measures ...

5 hours ago in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Mercury exposure in northern communities linked to eating waterfowl

A new study led by researchers at the University of Waterloo found that members of many Indigenous communities who eat certain types of locally harvested waterfowl, especially ducks with mixed or fish-based diets, may have ...

6 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Open-sourcing the future of food: New cell bank makes cultivated-meat tech public

For the last two years, the cultivated meat industry has been experiencing growing pains. Many startups have shrunk, shut down, or pivoted. Their advances aren't going to waste, though.

6 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Disaster losses drop in 2025, picture still 'alarming': Munich Re

Natural disaster losses worldwide dropped sharply to $224 billion in 2025, reinsurer Munich Re said Tuesday, but warned of a still "alarming" picture of extreme weather events likely driven by climate change.

6 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Aerosol pollution found to thicken fog over Northern India—especially at night

Frequent, thick winter fog events are a common nuisance in Northern India, exacerbated by heavy air pollution and dense aerosol concentrations. Because these fog events often cause major disruptions to transportation and ...

23 hours ago in Earth
Tech Xplore / Google's corporate parent joins $4 trillion club as investors continue to bet on AI breakthroughs

Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Monday became the fourth Big Tech powerhouse to be valued at $4 trillion, a once seemingly unfathomable milestone that's become more like a rite of passage amid an artificial intelligence arms ...

6 hours ago in Business
Medical Xpress / Treatments for low back pain can cost thousands—but some of the best fixes are free

Among the myriad of medical treatments for low back pain—a leading cause of disability that affects more than 600 million people worldwide—new Australian research has found that simpler and relatively more affordable ...

6 hours ago in Health