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Phys.org / Whales may divide resources to co-exist under pressures from climate change

The North Atlantic Ocean is warming up. Higher temperatures and increased human activity in the region can trigger abrupt changes in marine ecosystems, for example, how species are distributed and what they eat.

Jan 23, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Biofilm streamers harden under flow, making bacterial infections harder to treat

Whether in the human body or on surfaces, bacteria protect themselves from outside attackers using biofilms. Physicist Eleonora Secchi is researching how these slime-like protective films are formed, with the aim of making ...

Jan 22, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / CAR T cells with boosted BACH2 protein can fight cancer more effectively

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered that increasing the levels of a protein called BACH2 makes engineered cancer-fighting immune cells behave more like stem cells, improving their therapeutic effectiveness. ...

Jan 23, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / New strategies help slow myopia progression in children and teens

By 2050, an estimated 50% of the world's population will be nearsighted, and nearly a billion people will suffer from severe myopia. To understand this alarming trend, Langis Michaud is doing a thorough review of medical ...

Jan 24, 2026 in Ophthalmology
Phys.org / Ancient giant kangaroos could hop to it when they needed to, hindlimb study suggests

Giant ancestors of modern-day kangaroos—which previous research has estimated could weigh up to 250 kilograms—may have been able to hop in short bursts, according to research published in Scientific Reports.

Jan 22, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / An electrically powered source of entangled light on a chip

Quantum technologies are cutting-edge systems that can process, transfer, or store information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, particularly a phenomenon known as quantum entanglement. Entanglement entails a correlation ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Dietary supplement may protect against inflammation-related injury and death by enhancing kidney function

As soon as you are wounded—whether from grabbing a hot pan or contracting the flu—you begin a unique journey through variable symptoms toward either recovery or death. This journey is called your disease trajectory, and ...

Jan 22, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / A shark's energy reserves are linked to how far it travels, suggests new study

For years, researchers have tagged sharks in the world's oceans to learn where they go, how they migrate and where they feed. While these tags have given us a wealth of data about their lives, many questions still remain. ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Uncovering cancer's hidden oncRNA signatures: From discovery to liquid biopsy

After being described in 2018, researchers knew they had something interesting with T3p, a single small RNA found in breast cancer but absent from normal tissue. The molecule took the team on a six-year journey to systematically ...

Jan 23, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Radicalism, extremism, fundamentalism: International study finds numerous commonalities—and certain differences

From a social sciences perspective, people with radical, extremist, or fundamentalist attitudes are similar in some respects: In most cases, they are younger and less educated men who feel that they are not taken seriously ...

Jan 24, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Muscle loss during cervical cancer treatment linked to sixfold higher death risk

Women with cervical cancer who experience significant muscle loss during treatment die at six times the rate of those who maintain muscle mass, according to an international review of 23 studies involving more than 4,000 ...

Jan 24, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Chimpanzees are better at solving resource dilemmas in larger, more tolerant groups

Despite being one of the most cooperative species on the planet, humans routinely fail to manage shared resources sustainably. We overfish from the oceans, burn fossil fuels, and over-prescribe antibiotics; behaviors that ...

Jan 22, 2026 in Biology