Older adults diagnosed with dementia lose their ability to assess how well they manage their finances, according to a recent study I co-authored in The Gerontologist. In comparison, people of…
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June full moon shines on SpaceX Dragon photo of the day for June 12, 2025
The month of June hosted some stunning moon watching in the night sky, as this photo from SpaceX shows. What is it? On June 11, 2025, SpaceX’s X account posted…
Adolescents who smoke or vape may believe tobacco’s perceived coping benefits outweigh accepted health risks
Tobacco use in a variety of forms is common in adolescent life today, with over 2.25 million youth using. Huge progress has been made over the past few decades in…
Negative Surroundings Skew Emotions in People with Depression
Summary: People with depressive symptoms are more likely to interpret neutral images as negative when those images are surrounded by unrelated negative visuals. This emotional “spillover” effect shows how peripheral…
Researchers achieve record-breaking RF GaN-on-Si transistor performance for high-efficiency 6G power amplifiers
Cross-sectional TEM image of the gate structure in imec’s GaN-on-silicon transistor. The image shows the finely etched gate region that enables the device’s e-mode operation. Credit: imec Imec researchers have…
New way of measuring blood pressure could be a lifeline for thousands of people
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new method improving the accuracy of interpreting blood pressure measurements taken at the ankle could be crucial for people who cannot have their arm blood…
Prolonged use of desogestrel pill linked to small increased brain tumor risk
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Taking the progestogen-only contraceptive pill desogestrel continuously for more than five years is associated with a small increased risk of developing a type of brain tumor…
How Serotonin Circuits Learn from Motion to Regulate Behavior
Summary: Scientists have uncovered how serotonergic neurons in larval zebrafish process visual information tied to movement to determine when and how much serotonin to release. This neuromodulator fine-tunes the fish’s…
Why the moon shimmers with shiny glass beads
SEM images of features on the surface of 74001 black glass beads. Credit: Icarus (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116607 The study combined a variety of techniques—atom probe tomography, scanning electron microscopy, transmission…
