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Medical Xpress

Autism may have two distinct subtypes based on brain connectivity patterns
Fasting after 60 changes more than waistlines, exposing a trade-off many dieters never see coming
Vitamin A poisonings rose almost 40% as measles misinformation spread in 2025
Smartphone unlock can measure heart rate, potentially bringing health monitoring to billions worldwide
1 in 5 teens turn to AI chatbots for mental health advice, but a majority of them keep it secret
One wrong mouse swap exposes how social learning shapes future choices
Ranking high blood pressure drug combinations from most to least tolerated
Major surgery may accelerate memory loss in 1 in 7 older adults
How aging reshapes sensorimotor learning: Older adults may lose explicit strategy but gain implicit adaptation
Inside Alzheimer's neurons, tau may set off a genetic chain reaction that ends in cell death

Tech Xplore

Engineering
Plastic waste yields jet fuel through new process costing as little as $1 per kilogram
Energy & Green Tech
Atomic swap can improve phosphate cathodes for high-energy sodium-ion batteries
Hardware
3D silicon circuits bring denser computer chips closer to reality
Electronics & Semiconductors
AI and ultralow-energy lasers enable an ultrafast authentication system
Engineering
Sorting out a dielectric mismatch boosts perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells' efficiency and durability
Electronics & Semiconductors
Low-power, flexible radio-frequency transistors break 100 GHz barrier
Hardware
New light-based switch could cut chip energy use and speed future AI photonics
Energy & Green Tech
100% renewable energy by 2050? A global model maps the way forward
Software
Smartphones may soon be able to track hidden objects using LiDAR
Robotics
New framework helps robots turn complex language into precise 3D actions