Researchers publish real-time data trying to understand what happens when people lose their balance: Among older adults, voice recorders are effective at capturing the circumstances and context in which they lost their balance and potentially fell…

Understanding how smiling influences relationship building during real-life conversations

Research finds dietary zinc inhibits antimicrobial resistance (AMR) gene transmission: Bacteria transferred plasmids with AMR genes in the presence of zinc may result in reduced or nonexistent rates of AMR…

Early foster care gave poor women power, 17th-century records reveal: Rare collection of surviving petitions submitted to the Lancashire quarter sessions courts between 1660 and 1720 give voice to some of the most inaccessible women in history

Scientists build one of the highest resolution maps yet of California plants: AI model predicts the distribution of 2,221 species of plants, down to scales of a few square meters.

New photonic computing method uses electromagnetic waves to solve partial differential equations rapidly: Researchers develop a network of interconnected waveguides filled with dielectric inserts, which mimics the behavior of traditional circuit elements.

Scientists uncover workings of “batons” in biomolecular relay inside cells

Life on Earth was more diverse than classical theory suggests 800 million years ago, Study finds: Lineages of amoebae and ancestors of plants, algae and animals were already established in the Neoproterozoic period and survived the two glaciations that covered the entire planet.

Study finds lower-income Medicare Advantage beneficiaries are more likely to experience cost-related barriers in accessing dental, vision, and hearing services: Nearly 11% report unmet dental need, 4% reported unmet vision need, and 2 percent reported unmet hearing need because of cost.

Accurate ultrasound test detects 96% of women with ovarian cancer

15-minute city: Why time shouldn’t be the only factor in future city planning

Growing divide: Rural men are living shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts

Estimated 1 million bottles bought every minute and demand is rising, study finds: Between 10% to 78% of bottled water samples contain contaminants, including microplastics, often classified as hormone (endocrine) disruptors…

Climate change likely to increase diarrheal disease hospitalizations by 2100s: Study finds Temperature increases of 1.5 °C to 2 °C could increase hospitalizations by 4.5% to 7.4% in Dhaka…

COVID-19 linked to increased risk of acute kidney disorders: Study finds acute kidney disoder rates corrleated during the second week after infection

Circadian disruption, gut microbiome changes linked to colorectal cancer progression

Study finds family members are most common perpetrators of infant and child homicides in the U.S., Analysis of 44 years of FBI data finds

Dizziness in older adults is linked to higher risk of future falls: Meta-anaylsis finds adults who experience dizziness are over 60% more likely to fall in the future, even considering other factors that might have contributed to a risk of a fall.

New research finds employees feel pressure to work while sick, which has been shown to cost companies billions

Study: Long-term treatment with nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist finerenone estimated to extend event-free survival by up to 3 years among people with heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction.

Food fussiness a largely genetic trait from toddlerhood to adolescence: Study finds genetic differences in the population account for 60% of the variation in food fussiness at 16 months, rising to 74% and over between the ages of three and 13.

Half of heavier drinkers say calorie labels on alcohol would lead to a change in their drinking habits: Study finds heavier drinkers in England would make changes to their drinking if calorie labels for alcohol were introduced

Men in Russia have three times more violations and accidents than women, study of 160,000 published court decisions regarding violations of road rules and vehicle operation issued between 2010 and 2022 finds

Global study shows that most cities receive more rainfall than surrounding rural areas: 60% of global cities have more rainfall than surrounding countryside areas

Spain’s long-necked dinosaur star emerges from a 12,000-fossil find

Pigs may be transmission route of rat hepatitis E to humans: Study finds strain of rat HEV isolated from humans could infect pigs and be transmitted among co-housed animals in farm-like conditions.

Skin cancer incidence in young adults declines: The risk of skin cancer, malignant melanoma, now appears to be decreasing in Sweden in those under 50

Wearable, long-term continuous heart monitors helped identify 52% more cases of atrial fibrillation compared to usual care, but that did not lead to a reduction in hospitalizations due to stroke…

Urbanization has impacted the population genetic structure of the Eurasian red squirrel in Japan within a short period of 30 years

Long-term metastatic melanoma survival dramatically improves on immunotherapy: Study finds half of patients with metastatic melanoma treated with a combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors survive cancer-free for 10 years or more

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