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Medical Xpress / How intersections of race, education, and socioeconomic status may predict unequal greenspace exposure

A new study suggests that considering these factors jointly can capture a more accurate representation of disparities in residential greenspace exposure, driven by structural racism and decades of disinvestment in marginalized ...

18 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Roman soldiers defending Hadrian's Wall were infected by parasites, study finds

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall, has shown that the occupants were infected by three types of intestinal parasite—roundworm, whipworm, and Giardia duodenalis.

Dec 18, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / HHS cuts funding for American Academy of Pediatrics' programs

The U.S. government has ended several health grants to one of the nation's largest pediatricians' groups, a move the organization says could hurt children and families across the country.

11 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Football-field-sized balloon takes flight over Antarctica in quest for dark matter answers

A scientific experiment aimed at detecting dark matter in space launched from Antarctica on December 15, with significant contributions from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

13 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Bazinga! Physicists crack a 'Big Bang Theory' problem that could help explain dark matter

A professor at the University of Cincinnati and his colleagues have figured out something two of America's most famous fictional physicists couldn't: how to theoretically produce subatomic particles called axions in fusion ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Space station research supports new FDA-approved cancer therapy

NASA opens the International Space Station for scientists and researchers, inviting them to use the benefits of microgravity for private industry research, technology demonstrations, and more. Today, half of the crew's time ...

13 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Dialog / Hidden threats in the dark: Alarming levels of human-made debris in Mediterranean sea caves

Just when we thought we had described all the possible marine environmental recipients of plastic pollution, new research comes in to overturn the picture.

Dec 18, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Private donors pledge $1 billion for world's largest particle accelerator

Europe's physics lab CERN on Thursday said private donors had pledged $1 billion toward the construction of a new particle accelerator that would be by far the world's biggest.

Dec 18, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Dark matter search narrows as detector sets new limits and spots solar neutrinos

Australian researchers have played a central role in a landmark result from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment in South Dakota—the world's most sensitive dark matter detector. Today, scientists working on the experiment report ...

Dec 15, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Laser light and the quantum nature of gravity: Proposed experiment could measure graviton energy exchange

When two black holes merge or two neutron stars collide, gravitational waves can be generated. They spread at the speed of light and cause tiny distortions in space-time. Albert Einstein predicted their existence, and the ...

Dec 16, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / 2.8 days to disaster: Why we are running out of time in low earth orbit

A "House of Cards" is a wonderful English phrase that it seems is now primarily associated with a Netflix political drama. However, its original meaning is of a system that is fundamentally unstable. It's also the term Sarah ...

Dec 15, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Dialog / The moon-forming event: Why it was by explosive ejection rather than a giant impact

One of the oldest unsolved riddles in planetary science concerns the origin of the moon. Over a century ago, George Darwin proposed that tidal and centrifugal forces on a rapidly rotating proto-Earth caused the moon to be ...

Dec 15, 2025 in Astronomy & Space