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Phys.org / Urban canals can cut temperatures by more than 2°C during heat waves

New research from The University of Manchester has found that urban canals can cool their immediate surroundings by more than 2°C during heat waves.

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Higher doses of common fertility drug linked to pregnancy risks

About 1 in 6 people experience infertility, with irregular or absent ovulation among the most common causes. The drug clomiphene citrate has long been a mainstay of fertility treatment, but a growing body of University of ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How heatstroke kills—it can still be deadly after your body cools down

Europe is in the grip of yet another deadly heat wave. Over 10,000 excess deaths were recorded during late June 2026 alone—and the toll keeps climbing.

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Physicians report negative impacts of abortion bans across pregnancy care

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision allowed states to enact laws that ban or severely restrict abortion. Four years later, a study led by Harvard Medical School researchers ...

22 hours ago
Phys.org / Drought and the war in Ukraine changed what families in Kenya could afford to eat

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 had an almost immediate impact on global energy markets and the movement of food around the world. During the first year of the conflict, international crude oil and natural gas ...

23 hours ago
Tech Xplore / AI is flooding the online book market with poor translations—here's how to spot them

If you're buying literature in translation online, buyer beware. You may unknowingly be buying low-quality AI-assisted translations presented as the work of a professional.

22 hours ago
Tech Xplore / What happens when AI runs out of pictures?

A hospital may only ever collect a few dozen scans of a rare condition—for example, an unusual tumor. The radiology department wants software to flag this on a scan—not to replace a specialist, but to ensure a hospital without ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Falling folic acid supplement uptake threatens progress on children's health, experts warn

Declining use of folic acid supplements before pregnancy is undermining progress in preventing serious birth defects, health experts say.

23 hours ago
Phys.org / As charitable food aid expands, new study raises questions for food security policy

As food insecurity persists across high-income countries, charitable organizations and food banks are playing an increasingly important role in helping households access food. A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...

15 hours ago
Phys.org / Cosmic filaments help set first limits on dark matter's decay into gravitons

Composing some 85% of the universe's total mass, dark matter betrays its presence only through gravity, unlike ordinary matter. Yet through new research published in Physical Review D, a team led by David Dunsky of New York ...

Aug 9, 2026
Phys.org / Sixteen AI-designed viruses offer a new route against drug-resistant bacteria

In a world first, scientists led by a team from Stanford University have created 16 viable viruses that do not exist in nature and were designed by AI. Their experiment, which is published in Science, could help in the fight ...

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Kidney dialysis: Here's what you need to know

Dialysis is a lifesaving medical treatment for people whose kidneys can no longer efficiently filter waste, toxins and excess fluids from the blood.

20 hours ago