After 250 years, Mount Vesuvius artwork erupts into life

The Mount Vesuvius artwork erupts into life thanks to modern technology and two University of Melbourne engineering students. Credit: University of Melbourne A mechanical artwork designed in 1775 to depict…

Offering self-collection kits at GP appointments could prevent 1,000 women a year from developing cervical cancer

Credit: Anna Tarazevich from Pexels Women who are overdue for cervical cancer screening are most likely to participate in screening when a self-sampling kit is offered by a health care…

1,400-year-old bronze cauldron discovery

Archaeologists have discovered a 1,400-year-old bronze cauldron during excavations in the ancient city of Pergamon, located northwest of the modern city of Bergama, Turkey. Pergamon was a rich and powerful…

EU accuses online giant Temu over sale of ‘illegal’ products

E-commerce platform Temu has 93.7 million average monthly active users in the European Union. The European Union accused Chinese-founded online shopping giant Temu on Monday of breaking the bloc’s digital…

Corticosteroids not superior to placebo for add-on treatment of bacterial keratitis

For the treatment of bacterial keratitis, adjunctive corticosteroids are not superior to placebo and adjunctive corneal cross-linking (CXL) is associated with increased scar size, according to a study published online…

What You Expect Shapes How Much Pain You Feel

Key Questions Answered Q: How do expectations influence pain perception?A: Expectations shaped by external cues (like visual signals) and those shaped by treatment information (like placebo explanations) both reduce pain,…

Women’s Scent During Ovulation Alters Male Stress and Attraction

Key Questions Answered Q: What did the study find about female body odor during ovulation?A: Researchers identified three specific scent compounds that increase during ovulation and found they made armpit…

Single-photon source created using defective tungsten diselenide

Magnetic field enhanced single-photon emission from defects in two-dimensional semiconductors. Credit: Kyoto U / Matsuda lab As the demand for more secure data transmission increases, conventional communication technologies are facing…

Curved neural networks enable AI memory recall through geometric design

Explosive memory recall, illustrated through children playing on a curved neural landscape. Credit: Robin Hoshino A new international study has introduced Curved Neural Networks—a new type of AI memory architecture…

Lunar dust mitigation requires collaboration and lots of tests

Drs. Zhei, Dove, and Elgohary examine the test chamber to be used for the testing. Credit: University of Central Florida / Antoine Hart Collaboration has always been a hallmark of…