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Medical Xpress / Molecular defect in taste cells causes long-term taste loss after COVID

Scientists have identified molecular and structural changes in taste buds that may explain why a small subset of people experience long-term taste loss after COVID-19 infection. The study, published in Chemical Senses, provides ...

18 hours ago in Medical research
Phys.org / Low fertility may not be an economic threat, researchers argue

In their piece, published in Nature Human Behaviour, IIASA Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar Wolfgang Lutz and IIASA Senior Researcher Guillaume Marois, who is also an associate professor at the Asian Demographic Research ...

21 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Thousands of dead puffins are washing up on Europe's beaches—why it's been such a dangerous winter for seabirds

February 2026 has seen thousands of dead seabirds washing up along the coastlines of the UK, France, Spain and Portugal. There's evidence that these "wrecks" (where large numbers of seabirds are found along beaches) are becoming ...

20 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Eye tests reveal brain trauma in veterans more than a decade after concussions

A study by researchers at the CU Anschutz Marcus Institute for Brain Health suggests that veterans with concussions may continue to show subtle but measurable brain function differences more than a decade after their injury. ...

18 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Temporal dynamics of predatory nematodes in Guam reveal effective biological control of root knot

A newly published study from the University of Guam sheds light on a tiny but powerful ally in the soil and how it could help Guam farmers and growers protect their crops naturally. Published on Dec. 11, 2025, in the journal ...

19 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / No matter your age, don't ignore these colorectal cancer symptoms, surgeons say

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths in people younger than 50. While routine screening is recommended beginning at age 45 for those at average risk, certain symptoms at any age warrant a conversation ...

22 hours ago in Gastroenterology
Medical Xpress / Mosquitoes are back with a bite in SoCal: Why they're nibbling in the winter

Irked residents across Southern California have recently complained to their vector control districts about an onslaught of mosquito activity, many sporting ankle bites to prove it. Local mosquito experts blame the unseasonable ...

18 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / CDC reports on prevalence of obesity, severe obesity in U.S. adults, children

The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity markedly increased among adults and children in the United States from the 1970s and 1980s until now, according to two reports published in the February Health E-Stats, a publication ...

19 hours ago in Overweight & Obesity
Phys.org / Good samaritan or bad: Research supports a more nuanced view of international monetary fund reforms

In many countries, austerity is a hard sell. Loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can provide economic stabilization and financial support for developing countries—with conditions. Recipients typically need ...

21 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / U.S. tops 1,100 measles cases this year as outbreaks grow

Measles cases are climbing rapidly across the United States, with more than 1,100 infections reported in the first two months of this year, data shows.

19 hours ago in Vaccination
Phys.org / How to weigh a killer asteroid at 22 kilometers per second

Estimating a mass for a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) is perhaps the single most important thing to understand about it, after its trajectory. Actually doing so isn't easy though, as the mass for objects in the tens ...

22 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Improve education and transitional support for autistic people to prevent death by suicide, say experts

Suicide in autistic people originates in the inequalities they face across their lives, starting in childhood, and spanning education to employment, and health and social care, a new study by a team at Cambridge and Bournemouth ...

20 hours ago in Autism spectrum disorders