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Social media food shows like Mukbang are changing how people eat

The rise of digital food shows is reshaping eating behaviors in Korea, with significant effects on dining out and late-night eating in single-person households.

10 Oct 2025

Drinking soft drinks may fuel depression by altering gut bacteria

A study links soft drink consumption to increased depression risk, highlighting gut microbiome changes, particularly in women. Learn more about the findings.

10 Oct 2025

New smartphone diary app boosts Japanese workers’ engagement

Research reveals WEDiary, a smartphone-based diary, enhances work engagement among Japanese employees, promoting positive reflections and job satisfaction.

10 Oct 2025

Sleep strengthens memories we choose to keep

This study examines how sleep influences memory, revealing the interplay between emotional cues and intentional recall in memory consolidation processes.

10 Oct 2025

Can too much exercise strain the heart?

The concept of ‘heartbeat consumption’ is introduced as a valuable metric that provides insights into the possible adverse effects of intense exercise.

10 Oct 2025

AZoNetwork joins CPD Certification Service, offering accreditation to attendees of digital scientific events

AZoNetwork, a leading digital marketing platform for science, healthcare, and engineering companies, has recently obtained membership in the CPD Certification Service.

10 Oct 2025

Personalized chatbot feedback encourages teens to drink less sugar

Researchers investigate how teenagers respond to a personalized chatbot intervention designed to reduce their sugar intake.

10 Oct 2025

Health risks of consuming unboiled raw milk often underestimated

Raw milk (untreated milk) enjoys a certain popularity, but poses health risks. To avoid food poisoning, it should be boiled before drinking.

10 Oct 2025

New insights into malaria proteins offer pathway to blocking parasite transmission

Using millions of microscope images magnified up to 130,000 times, researchers from Radboud university medical center and Toronto have unraveled the structure of two key proteins in the malaria parasite.

10 Oct 2025

Study finds lower vaccine uptake in children from certain socioeconomic and migration backgrounds

In the Netherlands, the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) was established in 1957. This programme provides free and voluntary vaccinations against 13 serious infectious diseases and has drastically reduced child and young adult mortality across the country.

10 Oct 2025

Harvard researchers augment LLM to create expert diagnostic system

Except for one key aspect, the setup is a familiar one in medicine: An expert diagnostician presents a particularly challenging case to a roomful of colleagues, carefully walking them through the patient's symptoms and initial test results.

10 Oct 2025

Study finds reduced vertical loading in stroller running

For many parents with young children, getting back into a running routine means dragging out the jogging stroller. While it's no surprise that pushing a bulky three-wheeler can feel harder and change the way you run, a new study led by researchers from Penn State Berks found that runners experience less impact per step, reducing their overall risk for injury.

10 Oct 2025

UCLA scientists uncover the role of DGRs in structuring the infant gut microbiome

Everywhere you go, you carry a population of microbes in your gastrointestinal tract that outnumber the human cells making up your body.

10 Oct 2025

Scalable synthetic biology revolutionizes targeted therapy with logic-gate proteins

Targeted drug delivery is a powerful and promising area of medicine. Therapies that pinpoint the exact areas of the body where they're needed - and nowhere they're not - can reduce the medicine dosage and avoid potentially harmful "off target" effects elsewhere in the body.

10 Oct 2025