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Medical Xpress / When everyday tasks become harder: Early clues to Alzheimer's disease
For many older adults, life is full of routines. Making breakfast, paying bills, shopping, driving, managing appointments and keeping track of medications are tasks done almost automatically. For most, these routines run ...
Medical Xpress / Living in historically redlined neighborhoods may reduce one's ability to conceive
Living in a historically redlined neighborhood may reduce a person's ability to become pregnant, according to two new studies led by researchers at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). Published in the American ...
Medical Xpress / The US is driving a public health emergency of international concern, say researchers
The Trump administration's decision to halt most US foreign aid and development work constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under international law, argue experts in The BMJ.
Medical Xpress / Experts propose 10-year trial testing GLP-1 drugs to prevent obesity-related cancers
In new research to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May), a global panel of 21 obesity and cancer experts suggest that to test the potential efficacy of the new generation ...
Phys.org / One species or two? Understanding the Formosan legless lizard
A research team from the National Taiwan Normal University has clarified the status of a secretive reptile. Led by Si-Min Lin, the team focused on the Formosan legless lizard, scientifically known as Dopasia formosensis. ...
Medical Xpress / Gone but not forgotten: How fuzzy memories improve decision‑making
You've only been in the shopping center for a few minutes, but back in the car park, you suddenly freeze. Where did I park? The memory feels gone. You guess and start to head left. Then you see the sign—"Blue Zone 1"—and ...
Tech Xplore / Robots take the heat for humans maintaining our biggest solar farms
AI-powered robots are set to track across thousands of kilometers of baked, uneven ground, reducing the danger for maintenance workers on Australia's large-scale solar farms. A successful trial by CSIRO, Australia's national ...
Phys.org / Urban AI should not be understood as a single, inevitable next stage of the smart city, say researchers
Jun Zhang and colleagues have published a new article in Urban Geography arguing that urban AI should not be understood as a single, inevitable next stage of the smart city. Instead, it shows that AI urbanism is a contested ...
Medical Xpress / Brain metastasis study reveals how tumors hijack immune cells
A team from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has discovered a novel way in which tumor cells alter the brain to establish themselves and spread cancer. They also demonstrate that a drug that prevents this ...
Phys.org / What the historic snow drought means for water, wildfires and the future of the West
Across much of the Western United States, winter 2026 was the year the snow never came. Many ski resorts got by with snowmaking but shut down their winter operations early. Fire officials and water supply managers are worried ...
Medical Xpress / Clinical trial finds hormone patches to be effective for locally advanced prostate cancer
Hormone patches are as good at controlling locally advanced prostate cancer as the injections typically used to deliver hormone therapy, according to the results of a large clinical trial led by UCL (University College London) ...
Phys.org / Celluloid: The story of the plastic that made Hollywood
History can sometimes take an unexpected turn. One of these curious, revolutionary twists came in the mid-19th century, when the tale of an unassuming everyday object—the billiard ball—ended in cinematic proportions.
