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Medical Xpress / Plastic surgeons urge waiting until age 19 for gender surgery

A major group of U.S. plastic surgeons is now urging doctors to delay gender transition surgeries for young patients until they are at least 19 years old.

19 hours ago in Surgery
Medical Xpress / New paper urges caution as FDA plans to phase out animal testing in drug development

Replacing animal testing with alternate methodologies in preclinical drug trials holds potential for the development of cheaper, safer pharmaceuticals as well as alleviating animal suffering. But according to a new paper ...

20 hours ago in Medical research
Medical Xpress / Psychosocial and community factors are strongly linked to diet quality among rural adults, study finds

A large cross-sectional study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, examined how psychosocial and environmental factors relate to diet quality among 2,420 adults living in rural and micropolitan communities ...

19 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Research team finds E. coli, other pathogens in Potomac River after sewage spill

Following one of the largest sewage spills in U.S. history, University of Maryland researchers have detected high levels of fecal-related bacteria and disease-causing pathogens in the Potomac River, raising urgent public ...

23 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Scientists outline case for next-generation ocean iron fertilization field trials

A team of ocean and climate researchers is calling for a new generation of carefully designed ocean iron fertilization (OIF) field trials to determine whether this marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) method can safely and ...

22 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Overactive immune cells can worsen heart failure. Targeting them could offer new treatments

Around 64 million people worldwide suffer from heart failure, and nearly half die within the first five years of diagnosis due to a lack of effective treatments to stop the disease from getting worse.

20 hours ago in Cardiology
Phys.org / How to close the justice gap: What a health-linked legal model showed in three years

A three-year study has found that legal services work best when they are designed with communities, delivered face-to-face and closely linked to health and well-being, offering important lessons for improving access to justice ...

22 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Why has SpaceX not launched from Kennedy Space Center this year?

SpaceX launched 26 missions from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A in 2025, including four human spaceflight missions. That era is coming to an end. A massive crane was put in place this week with speculation it will ...

23 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / 'Dispersal-driven' evolution fuels diversity at the air-liquid interface

As in a batch of kombucha or a barrel of sherry, microbes can assemble into a mat-like layer at the boundary between air and liquid. In laboratory culture, the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 is widely known for doing ...

21 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / A 'crazy' dice proof leads to a new understanding of a fundamental law of physics

Right now, molecules in the air are moving around you in chaotic and unpredictable ways. To make sense of such systems, physicists use a law known as the Boltzmann distribution, which, rather than describe exactly where each ...

Feb 5, 2026 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / AI-powered solar aquaculture reveals a scalable pathway for food, energy and climate action

Researchers in Taiwan demonstrate that installing solar panels above clam ponds can simultaneously support aquaculture and renewable energy under increasing climate stress. Using real-world farm data, the study shows that ...

23 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Removing southern African fences may help wildlife and boost economy

Fences intended to protect cattle from catching diseases from wildlife and other livestock in southern Africa are in disrepair, restrict wild animal migrations and likely intensify human-elephant conflict—but a plan to ...

23 hours ago in Biology