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Tech Xplore / Adaptive cruise control in most cars may miss Queensland's 2-second safety gap

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) systems in many of the most popular cars in Queensland might not adhere to the State Government's safe following distance recommendations, according to new research from the University of the ...

7 hours ago
Phys.org / Flowering in the city: The bumblebee connection

Why are flowers so different from one another? Much of the answer lies with pollinators: Their preferences and morphologies have helped generate an exceptional diversity of flowers in terms of shape, size, color and scent, ...

8 hours ago
Phys.org / Mind the gap! The semiconductor industry is relying on the wrong materials

2D materials are widely seen as a promising path toward better computer chips. Researchers at TU Wien have now shown that some of these materials are unsuitable due to an underestimated effect. But there are alternatives.

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Novel 3D brain marker predicts surgical success in dementia-causing hydrocephalus

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have identified a new geometric marker of the brain ventricles that could help predict which patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) will benefit from ...

8 hours ago
Phys.org / Madagascar's ancient baobabs store 700 years of climate secrets—what they reveal

Madagascar is home to seven species of baobab trees, of which six are found nowhere else on the planet. Many of the trees have been alive for well over 1,000 years. The ancient trees have become symbols of Madagascar itself. ...

16 hours ago
Phys.org / The hidden factor shaping dementia caregiving stress: Relationships

Caring for a spouse with dementia is arguably one of the most emotionally and physically demanding roles a person can take on, but new research from Rice University suggests the experience is not defined by the diagnosis ...

8 hours ago
Medical Xpress / AACR: Zedoresertib and lunresertib combination shows promising antitumor activity

For patients with advanced solid tumors harboring specific genetic alterations, the first-in-class synthetic lethal combination of WEE1 inhibitor zedoresertib plus PKMYT1 inhibitor lunresertib demonstrated promising antitumor ...

8 hours ago
Phys.org / Cocaine pollution alters salmon behavior in the wild, study reveals

An international study, led by researchers from Griffith University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the Zoological Society of London and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, is the first to demonstrate ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Research uncovers gaps in stuttering care

Variability in an individual's stuttering pattern has long posed challenges for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) when treating clients, but new research led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) and Michigan State University ...

7 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Extra antibiotic doesn't reduce infection risk during surgery to fix complex fractures, trial finds

Adding an extra antibiotic powder doesn't further reduce a person's risk of infection during surgery to repair complex bone fractures, a new study says. People had about the same rate of post-surgery infections whether doctors ...

7 hours ago
Phys.org / Self-assembling luminophores reveal new design principle for efficient light-energy transport

In biological systems, especially for protein molecules, the formation of nanotubular structures is often guided by molecular folding. The folding process organizes interaction sites and enables the formation of complex architectures ...

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Widely used food preservative implicated in recent uptick in UK suicide deaths

A chemical widely used in food preservation is implicated in an uptick in recent UK deaths by suicide, with a disproportionately high number of cases among young people and boys/men, finds a comprehensive analysis of available ...

10 hours ago