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Tech Xplore / Robots use radio signals and AI to see around corners

Penn Engineers have developed a system that lets robots see around corners using radio waves processed by AI, a capability that could improve the safety and performance of driverless cars as well as robots operating in cluttered ...

20 hours ago in Robotics
Medical Xpress / When ADHD is talked about as a fad—it does more than misrepresent science

The words we all use matter. When it comes to neurodiversity—they shape how communities understand difference, who is believed and who feels safe to ask for support. For people with Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ...

11 hours ago in Attention deficit disorders
Medical Xpress / Wearable trackers can detect depression relapse weeks before it returns, study finds

Could a smart watch act as an early-warning system for depression relapse? New research from McMaster University suggests that disruptions in a person's sleep and daily activity routine, as detected through a simple wrist-worn ...

21 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Root microbes could help oak trees adapt to drought

Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing in Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks growing in a natural woodland found that the trees' above- and below-ground microbiomes were resilient ...

21 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / A single oncolytic virus injection may help T cells infiltrate glioblastoma

A team led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has shown that a single injection of an oncolytic virus—a genetically modified virus that selectively infects and destroys cancer cells—can ...

21 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Valentine's day: Can 36 questions really change your love life?

About a decade ago, author Mandy Len Catron wrote an essay for the New York Times about "36 questions that lead to love." The idea suggests that two people can grow closer—and even fall in love—by answering a series of ...

12 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Traffic noise linked to higher cholesterol and lipid levels in blood

A new study from the University of Oulu has found that nighttime noise exposure is associated with changes in blood cholesterol and lipid-related metabolites in adults, which are known risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases. ...

11 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Nonablative radiofrequency may improve sexual function in postmenopausal women

Hormone declines during menopause can cause genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM), a cluster of vulvovaginal and urinary symptoms that can significantly impair a woman's quality of life. Local estrogen therapy is effective ...

11 hours ago in Endocrinology & Metabolism
Medical Xpress / Mice with miniature goggles reveal how different visual experiences give rise to different neural wiring

Visual experience triggers the formation of a web of neural connections in different brain areas in order to make sense of the world—and in particular, of feedback connections, which send information from higher-level visual ...

21 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / NASA's SPHEREx mission spots 3I/ATLAS's bright envelope

NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) was built for the ambitious purpose of performing an all-sky survey. The data it collects from more than 450 million ...

13 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / New model tracks antimicrobial resistance genes across gut, wastewater, soil and air

A multinational research team led by Professor Tong Zhang from the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU Engineering), in collaboration with an international team, has ...

13 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Nurses can deliver hospital care just as well as doctors, review finds

Nurses can safely deliver many services traditionally performed by doctors, with little to no difference in deaths, safety events, or how patients felt about their health, according to a new review, appearing in the Cochrane ...

12 hours ago in Medical economics