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Phys.org / Crop droughts set to worsen—even as rainfall increases

Europe and western North America will experience more frequent and severe crop droughts as Earth warms, even in places where yearly rainfall increases.

19 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Nutritional monitoring eases celiac symptoms in children, yet social challenges persist

According to a recent study by researchers at the University of the Basque Country (EHU), raising social awareness is essential to improving the well-being of celiac individuals.

9 hours ago in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / Study finds radiation therapy administered before surgery rarely shrinks retroperitoneal sarcoma tumors

According to new research, radiation therapy administered before surgery rarely produces favorable responses in patients with retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS), a rare and aggressive cancer that forms in the abdomen. The study ...

9 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / 2025 was third hottest year on record: climate monitors

The planet logged its third hottest year on record in 2025, extending a run of unprecedented heat, with no relief expected in 2026, global climate monitors said Wednesday.

19 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / In patients' homes, medical students learn what textbooks miss—new study

For many medical students, the earliest years of training are heavy on textbooks and light on real patient contact. But a new study suggests that meaningful clinical learning can begin much earlier, not in hospitals, but ...

4 hours ago in Other
Phys.org / Eleven novel factors essential for mouse zygote development discovered

A research team led by Associate Professor Hirofumi Nishizono and graduate student Masaki Kato from the Research Support Center at the Medical Research Institute of Kanazawa Medical University has identified eleven novel ...

10 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Peering below Callisto's icy crust with ALMA

What exists beneath the surface of Jupiter's icy moon, Callisto? This is what a recent study accepted by The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the subsurface composition of Callisto, ...

11 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Time warp: How marketers express time can affect what consumers buy

Which feels further back in time: the year 2016, or 10 years ago? And which feels closer: 2036, or 10 years from now?

18 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / For some Jewish women, 'passing' as Christian during the Holocaust could mean survival, but it left scars all the same

Travel case in hand, dressed in fashionable clothing and wearing a practiced, coquettish smile, Hela Schüpper Rufeisen sat aboard the train to Warsaw, Poland. No one on board would have suspected that beneath the coat of ...

10 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Pregnant people with IBD show heightened inflammation in vaginal mucosa

Pregnant individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have higher levels of pro-inflammatory immune molecules, known as cytokines, in their vaginal mucosa than their healthy counterparts, according to a new study by ...

10 hours ago in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / Measuring movement creates a new way to map indoor air pollution

University of Birmingham scientists have developed a new way of measuring and analyzing indoor air pollution that—in initial trials—has established a clear link between office occupancy, physical activity, and air quality.

19 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Blood metabolite signature offers improved prediction of type 2 diabetes risk

Diabetes, a metabolic disease, is on the rise worldwide, and over 90% of cases are type 2 diabetes, where the body does not effectively respond to insulin.

19 hours ago in Diabetes