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A new study explores using VR and AI to improve public speaking skills and reduce anxiety. PresentationPro simulates realistic presentation settings with AI-driven audience avatars that provide real-time feedback. This a...

While the push to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is spurring alternatives to petroleum in other sectors, phasing out plastic, particularly for medical applications, will be very tough.

We may never run out of oil, though known reserves are expected to last for about 50 years, current estimates suggest.

As we age, our brain naturally becomes more insulin resistant, disrupting neuron communication and leading to cognitive decline and neurodegeneration. Researchers studied how acute insulin resistance impacts neuronal fun...

Manduka has produced an excellent, environmentally-conscious yoga mat offering exceptional comfort and support.

Researchers discovered that certain neurons not only replay past experiences but also anticipate future events during sleep. By studying rats' hippocampal activity, they found that neurons stabilize spatial representatio...

A new study uncovers a key biological process targeted by SSRIs, suggesting new clinical applications. The study found that SSRIs affect membrane trafficking in cells, which might explain their broader effects. Remarkabl...

Biomarkers are small molecules of interest to researchers, because they can indicate underlying diseases, often even before symptoms even appear. However, detecting these markers can be challenging as they are often pres...

If matter falls into one end of a wormhole, it could heat up in a tornado of plasma hot enough to initiate nuclear fusion - and come blasting out the other end

Following a Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of all-cause mortality by 23% in U.S. women over 25 years. The diet's benefits include lower cancer and cardiovascular mortality, linked to positive changes in metabolism, ...

A new study compared the amount of music and speech infants hear at home. Researchers found that infants are exposed to more speech than music, with the gap increasing as they grow.

A simple statistical test can quickly guide humanitarian efforts in areas like Gaza and Ukraine impacted by war - and it could perform as well as more expensive, AI-powered methods

A new study using stem cell-based models reveals how early human embryo cells decide between forming the fetus or the supporting yolk sac. Understanding this decision is crucial as the yolk sac is essential for later dev...

Queen Asian hornets found in East Sussex this year are a genetic match to a 2023 nest, suggesting the invasive species is becoming established in the UK

Stimulating the brain's serotonin center, the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN), activates areas responsible for behavior and motivation. This discovery, using opto-functional MRI in awake mice, highlights serotonin's significa...

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have achieved a significant milestone in optical imaging technology. A new all-optical complex field imager has been developed, capable of capturing both am...

A small modeling study suggests that some patients with severe traumatic brain injury may have recovered had they been kept on life support for longer.

The true nature of time has eluded physicists for centuries, but a new theoretical model suggests it may only exist due to entanglement between quantum objects

Mutations in "junk DNA" could be responsible for rare genetic cases of intellectual disability, new research hints.

Like whale blubber, oil as a dominant source of energy will gradually be phased out over the next decades. Here's what that transition may look like.

A new proof-of-concept device trapped solar radiation and used it to heat an object to a blistering 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 degrees Celsius), raising hopes that steel furnaces could be powered by solar energy.

A simulation-generated image reveals how charge distributions and gas densities vary in the plasma that floats across our universe