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Medical Xpress / Timing is everything: Why the US gets some drugs faster than other countries

As Washington debates how to rein in soaring prescription drug prices, including proposals that would tie U.S. prices to those paid abroad, a new study led by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health is ...

19 hours ago in Medications
Phys.org / Women have been mapping the world for centuries, and now they're speaking up for the people left out of those maps

Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked.

21 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Did we just see a black hole explode? Physicists think so—and it could explain (almost) everything

In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been impossible. In fact, there are no known sources anywhere in the universe capable of producing such ...

Feb 3, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Synthetic protein potentially improves outcomes for select intracerebral hemorrhage patients

Results from the largest-ever clinical trial of its kind found administering a synthetic protein can reduce bleeding and improve outcomes for certain patients at the highest risk of continued bleeding following a type of ...

21 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / 'Inoculation' helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds

Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and interactive games both improve people's ability to spot AI-generated video and audio that falsely depict politicians, according to a study my colleagues ...

21 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / New report unpacks the crises facing American journalism and offers solutions

Journalism in the United States is in crisis: Local newspapers are shuttering at an alarming rate, large cities that were once served by multiple daily local newspapers now barely sustain one or two major outlets, and the ...

22 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Victoria's mountain ash forests naturally thin their trees. So why do it with machines?

There has been much global discussion about the best ways to manage Earth's forests in an era of climate change and more frequent bushfires.

23 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / I studied 10 years of Instagram posts—here's how social media has changed

Instagram is one of Australia's most popular social media platforms. Almost two in three Aussies have an account.

23 hours ago in Business
Medical Xpress / Initiation of hormone therapy after age 65 remains risky but still works for some women

Hormone therapy (HT) has proven effective for managing hot flashes and other common menopause symptoms, but questions remain about long-term safety, especially in women aged older than 65 years. A new study evaluated the ...

21 hours ago in Endocrinology & Metabolism
Phys.org / How to ensure affordable, safe and culturally grounded housing for Indigenous older adults

A good home, or Minosin Kikiwa in Cree, is the foundation of dignity in later life, according to the Indigenous seniors who spoke to us. Yet "every year the rent goes sky-high and it's tough to be homeless," an anonymous ...

21 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Updated guidelines standardize how tumor response is measured after surgery

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have released updated consensus guidelines and an associated reproducibility study to standardize how pathologists ...

21 hours ago in Surgery
Medical Xpress / 1 in 4 young people using psychotropic drugs are taking dangerous combinations

Use of medications for mental health and behavioral conditions among children and young adults increased steadily for two decades, and about one in four young people taking these medicines were prescribed a combination that ...

20 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry