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Phys.org / Solar flares triggered by cascading magnetic avalanches, new observations reveal

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered that a solar flare is triggered by initially weak disturbances that quickly become ...

14 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / Handy robot can crawl and pick up objects from multiple angles

Like something out of the Addams Family, scientists have created a detachable robotic hand that can crawl and grab objects. The design enables tasks such as retrieving objects beyond normal reach and performing multi-object ...

12 hours ago in Robotics
Phys.org / Balkan wild rivers in steady decline: Study

Thousands of kilometers of Balkan rivers have been damaged in recent years, a study published Wednesday found, as hydropower development, dams and sediment extraction drive a "steady erosion" of some of Europe's last pristine ...

3 hours ago in Earth
Tech Xplore / YouTube to match OpenAI with AI likeness feature

YouTube announced plans on Wednesday to allow its users this year to create AI versions of themselves for video sharing, matching a feature from Sora, the video-creation app from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.

3 hours ago in Internet
Medical Xpress / New research shows drastic effects the menopause can have on autistic people

Academics at Bournemouth University (BU) have been exploring the impact of menopause on autistic people and discovered that the transition can be life-changing—and in some instances even life-threatening—in terms of its ...

3 hours ago in Autism spectrum disorders
Phys.org / Meteorologists blame a stretched polar vortex, moisture, lack of sea ice for dangerous winter blast

Warm Arctic waters and cold continental land are combining to stretch the dreaded polar vortex in a way that will send much of the United States a devastating dose of winter weather later this week with swaths of painful ...

3 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Vaping after stopping smoking linked to lower risk of relapse back to smoking

Smokers who quit with the help of e-cigarettes often continue vaping, but it is not known whether this promotes or prevents relapse back to smoking.

3 hours ago in Addiction
Medical Xpress / Childhood ADHD linked to midlife physical health problems

People who have ADHD traits at age 10 are more likely than those without such traits to have physical health problems and to report physical health-related disability at age 46, according to a study led by University College ...

6 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Hormone therapy underused in women with premature ovarian insufficiency

Women diagnosed with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) are at risk for more health problems than women who enter menopause after the age of 40. Although hormone therapy has been shown as a treatment to mitigate some of ...

Medical Xpress / Oral bacterium may promote breast cancer development and spread

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy found that an oral bacterium commonly associated with periodontal disease can promote breast cancer initiation, ...

3 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Radio telescopes on the moon could let us observe dozens of black hole shadows

We now have direct images of two supermassive black holes: M87* and Sag A*. The fact that we can capture such images is remarkable, but they might be the only black holes we can observe. That is, unless we take radio astronomy ...

3 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Scientists uncover hidden cells fueling brain cancer—and a drug that could stop them

A team of Canadian scientists has uncovered a new way to slow the growth of glioblastoma, the most aggressive and currently incurable form of brain cancer—and identified an existing medication that could treat it.

6 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer