Summary: A new study reveals that placing your smartphone out of reach doesn’t significantly reduce distraction or boost productivity. While participants used their phones less when they were farther away,…
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Researchers identify mutations that can lead to resistance to some chemotherapies
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Investigators at Mass General Brigham have uncovered how resistance to chemotherapies may occur in some cancers. Researchers focused on a pathway that harnesses reactive oxygen species…
Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy
The start-up was founded in 2022 to tackle the waste from Tunisia’s lucrative olive harvest. In a northern Tunisian olive grove, Yassine Khelifi’s small workshop hums as a large machine…
Elon Musk sells X to his own xAI for $33 billion in all-stock deal
Workers install lighting on an “X” sign atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, July 28, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Noah Berger, File Elon Musk has…
Quantum entanglement reveals strange metals’ unique electron behavior at critical point
Qimiao Si is the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice. Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University. Scientists have long sought to unravel the mysteries of…
A total solar eclipse from 2471 B.C. may have shaken Egypt’s cult of the sun
The date is April 1, 2471 B.C., and a total solar eclipse has forced night to fall during the day in Egypt. The sun has morphed into a lifeless black…
Archaeologists find traces of British rule in Florida
Archaeologists excavating in St. Augustine on the northeast coast of Florida have uncovered a rare remnant of British rule: a redoubt, a fortified military outpost constructed in 1781. Founded by…
Study suggests exercise could reduce breast cancer recurrence
Credit: Klaus Nielsen from Pexels Exercise could potentially reduce the recurrence rate of breast cancer, new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found. ECU Ph.D. student Mr. Francesco Bettariga…
Oral contraceptives and smoking shown to impact steroid hormone levels in healthy adults
Steroid hormones and donors clustered by group and sex. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu6094 Steroid hormone levels in healthy adults are influenced by oral contraceptives and smoking, as well…
