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Medical Xpress / Unexpected vitamin B1 connection emerges in genetic study of gut motility

Bowel habits aren't exactly dinner-table talk. But they reflect how quickly the gut moves things along, and when that goes wrong, people can experience constipation, diarrhea, or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Yet the biological ...

8 hours ago in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Air pollution may increase the risk of the neurodegenerative disease ALS

Prolonged exposure to air pollution can be linked to an elevated risk for serious neurodegenerative diseases like ALS and seems to speed up the pathological process, report researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. ...

6 hours ago in Neuroscience
Tech Xplore / The sky is full of secrets: Glaring vulnerabilities discovered in satellite communications

With $800 of off‐the‐shelf equipment and months' worth of patience, a team of U.S. computer scientists set out to find out how well geostationary satellite communications are encrypted. And what they found was shocking.

6 hours ago in Telecom
Tech Xplore / A geometric twist boosts the power of robotic textiles

By rethinking how thin metal threads are woven into a flexible textile, EPFL researchers have created a lightweight fabric capable of lifting over 400 times its own weight. The work advances the development of wearables that ...

6 hours ago in Robotics
Phys.org / World enters 'era of global water bankruptcy': UN scientists formally define new post-crisis reality for billions

Amid chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all compounded by global heating, a UN report today declared the dawn of an era of global water bankruptcy, ...

4 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Direct visualization captures hidden spatial order of electrons in a quantum material

The mystery of quantum phenomena inside materials—such as superconductivity, where electric current flows without energy loss—lies in when electrons move together and when they break apart. KAIST researchers have succeeded ...

7 hours ago in Physics
Tech Xplore / Mechanically interlocked molecules enhance lithium-metal battery safety and performance

Researchers from the School of Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have pioneered a mechanical bond strategy to create quasi-solid-state electrolytes (QSSEs) for lithium-metal batteries ...

4 hours ago in Engineering
Tech Xplore / AI system with smart eyes detects welding defects

Örebro researchers Rajesh Patil and Professor Magnus Löfstrand have developed an AI system that detects welding defects, reduces material waste, and supports sustainable manufacturing.

4 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Sinking salty ice suggests pathway for life-sustaining conditions in Europa's ocean

A recent study by geophysicists at Washington State University offers insight into how nutrients may reach the subsurface ocean of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons and a leading candidate for extraterrestrial life in the solar ...

7 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Across cultures, people combine reference frames to orient themselves

When walking through an unfamiliar city, we might rely on different types of directions. Head east out of the train station, take a left at the stoplight, turn at the building with the mural.

3 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Innovations in spatial imaging could unlock higher wheat yields

Researchers at the John Innes Center and the Earlham Institute are pioneering powerful single-cell visualization techniques that could unlock higher yields of global wheat.

7 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Potential new target to treat Parkinson's disease discovered

About 1 million Americans suffer from Parkinson's disease, with around 90,000 new cases diagnosed each year, according to the Parkinson's Foundation. The chronic, degenerative brain disorder destroys dopamine-producing cells ...

7 hours ago in Neuroscience