All News

Phys.org / Hawai'i's last false killer whales threatened by nutritional stress and warming seas

A seven-year collaborative study has revealed alarming fluctuations in the health of Hawaii's endangered insular false killer whales, with some individuals losing nearly a quarter of their body weight in just a few months. ...

Jun 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / Time-slip in AI sepsis models may inflate results, risking under- or overtreatment

AI is already boosting positive outcomes in health care and holds promise for delivering many more. It is important, however, that deployment of AI tools—especially in a life-or-death health care setting—proceeds at a thoughtful ...

Jun 5, 2026
Phys.org / SpaceX denied fast track to S&P 500 after IPO

SpaceX has been denied a fast track into the S&P 500 when the rocket and satellite company goes public, in a ruling that cuts off quick access to one of the biggest pools of Wall Street money.

Jun 6, 2026
Tech Xplore / Grounded in reality, new AI model spots fake images with less training

Artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images have become increasingly more sophisticated than early ones that showed humans with more than five fingers on a hand, making it even harder to determine whether photos are authentic. ...

Jun 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / Common arthritis drugs reduce systemic Sjögren's disease activity in 24 weeks

A combination of two widely available anti-rheumatic drugs offers the first effective and affordable treatment for patients with Sjögren's disease with systemic disease activity, according to new results from a clinical trial ...

Jun 6, 2026
Phys.org / RNA-guided transposon mechanics show use of figure-eight intermediate and direct-transfer route

IS110 transposons are a large, diverse family of bacterial insertion sequences (IS elements)—small, mobile DNA elements that can move from one genomic location to another. They have recently attracted broad interest due to ...

Jun 5, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI fails classic attention test, with longer word lists triggering dramatic accuracy collapse

Giving AI a classic psychological test reveals an inherent weakness in LLM decision-making abilities. Suketu Patel and colleagues explored how transformer-based machine attention differs from human attention by testing AI ...

Jun 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / GLP-1-based meds are linked to fewer heart events in adults with obesity, autoimmune disease

Among adults with both obesity and an autoimmune disease, those taking a glucagon-like peptide-receptor 1 agonist (GLP-1RA) medication had lower rates of emergency department visits and were less likely to experience serious ...

Jun 6, 2026
Phys.org / A giant star may have destroyed itself in one of the universe's rarest explosions

Astronomers may have discovered one of the clearest examples yet of a rare "pair-instability" supernova. It is a catastrophic explosion thought to completely destroy some of the most massive stars in the universe, leaving ...

Jun 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Peach fuzz may hold clues to new chronic itch treatments

Working with mouse models, research led by the University of Michigan has revealed previously hidden biology of how touch-sensitive hairs create itching sensations. This fundamental discovery opens new avenues to better understand ...

Jun 5, 2026
Phys.org / Novel synthetic biomolecule degrades disease-related proteins

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a novel synthetic biomolecular condensate that can degrade intracellular disease-causing proteins, providing a framework for new therapeutic approaches for a wide range of diseases, ...

Jun 4, 2026
Phys.org / US reports second case of dangerous livestock pest

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Friday it has detected a second case of a dangerous livestock pest whose flesh-eating larvae can kill cattle.

Jun 6, 2026