Summary: Long-term stress, measured through hair cortisol, may help predict mental health risks in children living with chronic physical illnesses. In a four-year study of 244 children, researchers found that…
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Malaysia’s largest island state aims to be region’s ‘green battery’
A Sarawak Energy charging station in Kuching on the island of Borneo. Malaysia’s verdant, river-crossed state of Sarawak is charging ahead with plans to become a regional “green battery,” but…
A tool advancing the capabilities of previous robot hand technology
The MOTIF hand, the robotic hand developed by the researchers. Credit: Zhou et al Growing up, we learn to push just hard enough to move a box and to avoid…
Color-changing strip enables affordable nanoplastic analysis using ordinary microscope
The optical sieve nanoplastic particles fall into holes of the appropriate size in the test strip. The color of the holes changes. The new color provides information about the size…
US electric grids under pressure from energy-hungry data centers are changing strategy
High-voltage transmission lines provide electricity to data centers in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia, on Sunday, July 16, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File With the explosive growth of Big…
OpenAI reaches new agreement with Microsoft to change its corporate structure
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain OpenAI has reached a new tentative agreement with Microsoft and said its nonprofit, which technically controls its business, will now be given a $100 billion equity…
Apple deepens its ties to a Kentucky plant that produces cover glass for iPhone and Apple Watch
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Corning CEO Wendell Weeks walk during a tour of Corning’s iPhone glass manufacturing facility Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Harrodsburg, Ky. Credit: AP Photo/Jon Cherry…
PET Tracer Maps Synapse Loss After Spinal Cord Injury
Summary: Researchers developed a new PET tracer capable of measuring synapse loss after spinal cord injury, offering insights into both spinal and brain changes. In rat models, the tracer revealed…
Rented e-bicycles present more danger than e-scooters in cities, study reveals
For those who want to rent the safest vehicle, thus far the e-bicycle has seemed to be the best choice. But a recently published study from Chalmers University of Technology,…
Evaluation of liquefaction resistance in chemically treated soils
Researchers explore the potential of stress-controlled and strain-controlled cyclic triaxial testing for liquefaction resistance evaluation of chemically treated soils. Credit: Professor Shinya Inazumi , Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259012302502938X?via%3Dihub…
