Wearable devices detect circadian disturbances that predict frailty risk in older adults

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Wearable devices can be used to measure a variety of signs and signals related to our health. A new study by researchers from Brigham and Women’s…

In Mexico, building a rail rival to the Panama Canal

The government hopes the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Interoceanic Corridor (CIIT) will see 300,000 cargo containers transit every year by rail, with 1.4 million — about 33 million tons — by…

New studies of brain activity explain benefits of electroconvulsive therapy

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock therapy, involves inducing a brief seizure in the brain using controlled doses of electricity. While ECT is highly effective…

Meta to appeal over tough EU curbs on digital giants

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Facebook owner Meta said on Wednesday that it would appeal the inclusion of its Messenger and Marketplace products in tough curbs on digital giants that the…

US regulator greenlights Starship’s next launch on Friday

Starship, which stands 394 feet (120 meters) tall, produces 16.7 million pounds (74.3 Meganewtons) of thrust, more than double that of the Saturn V rockets used to send Apollo astronauts…

New ‘patch’ uses natural body motion to fix disk herniation

3D reconstruction of a TARP. Credit: Penn Medicine A new biologic “patch” that is activated by a person’s natural motion could be the key to fixing herniated disks in people’s…

Fake IDs for sale on the dark web

Internet crime. Credit: University of Technology Sydney. AI generated. Counterfeit Australian identity documents, especially driver’s licenses, rank among some of the most frequently listed and sold identity documents on anonymous…

The universe is expanding faster than theory predicts—physicists are trying to explain the mismatch

The James Webb Space Telescope’s deep field image shows a universe full of sparkling galaxies. Credit: NASA/STScI Astronomers have known for decades that the universe is expanding. When they use…

Scientists set the stage for quantum chemistry in space on NASA’s cold atom lab

Research demonstrates new type of ferromagnetism with completely different alignment of magnetic moments

In the moiré material produced at ETH, the electron spins are disordered if there is exactly one electron per lattice site (left). As soon as there are more electrons than…