What do brains and the stock market have in common? While this might sound like a set-up for a joke, new research from U-M researchers reveals that the behaviors of brains and economies during crises can be explained using observations common in…
The Big Bang theory has dominated our understanding of the universe’s origin for almost 100 years. It describes a moment when all of space, time, and energy were born from a single infinitely dense point. But what if it’s not like that? What…
Every 27 minutes, someone in Australia is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Best known for its tremors, movement and balance issues, it also brings another, often overlooked burden—persistent pain.
Companion chatbots featured fewer safeguards related to adolescent health crises than general-assistant chatbots, according to a research letter published online Oct. 23 in JAMA Network Open.
Today, astronomers are able to predict a solar eclipse to the minute using sophisticated computer programming that combines Newton’s laws of motion with the positions and speeds of the Earth and moon, plus data on their orbits and inclination….
A new observational study compared the risk for severe gastrointestinal adverse events across dulaglutide, semaglutide, and tirzepatide in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The study found that the medications have similar gastrointestinal…
Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) linguists have analyzed murals in Lithuania’s second-largest city as elements of a “linguistic landscape”—a concept that views language as both visual and spatial. Their study reveals that street art in…
High Mountain Asia (HMA), the source region of major Asian rivers, plays a vital role in sustaining downstream water and ecosystem security. Over the past 50 years, summer precipitation in HMA has exhibited a dipole pattern—drying in the south…
Scientists from University of Sydney and start-up Dewpoint Innovations have created a porous polymer coating that reflects up to 97% of sunlight and radiates heat into the air, keeping surfaces up to 6 degrees cooler than the surrounding air…
One of the most iconic ecosystems of the Peruvian plateau, the Junín Lake basin, suffers from “critical” levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium contamination, leading to health risks including cancer, according to new analysis.