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…

Physicists show tensor mesons play important role in light-on-light scattering

Light is scattered by light—via virtual particles. Credit: Vienna University of Technology Usually, light waves can pass through each other without any resistance. According to the laws of electrodynamics, two…

Dune patterns in California desert hold clues that help researchers map Mars’ shifting sands

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a…

Some killer whales hunt in pairs to maximize their bounty

Grabbing a meal with a friend is way better than dining solo — and killer whales agree. The whales prefer to hunt for herring in pairs, researchers report July 3…