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Medical Xpress / AI analysis finds no clear brain-structure link to navigation in young adults

Steven Weisberg, a researcher at the University of Texas at Arlington, found that advanced artificial intelligence tools could not uncover a clear link between brain structure and navigation ability in healthy young adults—challenging ...

18 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Young adults often see online hate speech as 'normal,' study finds

Social media users consider it "normal" to encounter online hate speech on social media and see it as part of the online environment. In certain contexts, they find it more normal than in others; for example, when it concerns ...

19 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Where are the doctors? Patients leading the conversation on TikTok about hidradenitis suppurativa in skin of color

A new study published in JMIR Dermatology shows that TikTok has become a major source of education and support for people with skin of color living with hidradenitis suppurativa—a chronic, painful inflammatory skin disease ...

18 hours ago in Inflammatory disorders
Phys.org / Low-smoke solid fuels pose hidden public health risks via elevated ultrafine particle emissions

Air pollution causes millions of premature deaths worldwide each year, with fine particulate matter (PM2.5) identified as a major culprit. In response, countries from Ireland to China have promoted low-smoke or smokeless ...

21 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Growth hormone receptor could serve as possible target for improving lung cancer treatment

Researchers at Ohio University have discovered what may be a new way to fight lung cancer that is resistant to other treatments. The study, published in the International Journal of Molecular Science and led by Goll-Ohio ...

19 hours ago in Immunology
Phys.org / Time to retrain? How to future‑proof your career in the AI age

These days, Gen Z appears to be pivoting toward skilled trades, perhaps driven by a desire for "AI-proof" job security. Many young workers now view blue-collar careers as more stable than office jobs in the face of rapid ...

20 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Tracking mysteries of loss of Y chromosome, cancer

The Y chromosome is among the smallest in the human body and carries the fewest genes. Researchers are paying renewed attention to its role in cancer—specifically, what happens when it vanishes.

19 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Scientists unveil universal aging mechanism in glassy materials

"Glass" has a unique and distinct meaning in physics—one that refers not just to the transparent material we associate with window glass. Instead, it refers to any system that looks solid but is not in true equilibrium ...

21 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Workers who love 'synergizing paradigms' might be bad at their jobs

Employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak like "synergistic leadership," or "growth-hacking paradigms" may struggle with practical decision-making, a new Cornell study reveals. Published in the journal Personality ...

21 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Single dose of non-prescribed Adderall raises blood pressure and heart rate in healthy young adults, finds study

A Mayo Clinic study found that a single 25 mg dose of a combination of amphetamine-dextroamphetamine salts (Adderall) can have measurable cardiovascular effects in healthy young adults. The study aimed to better understand ...

19 hours ago in Medications
Medical Xpress / New drug could boost efforts to wipe out sleeping sickness

A new treatment for sleeping sickness could make it much easier to treat and possibly eliminate the deadly disease.

19 hours ago in Sleep disorders
Phys.org / Superfluids emerge in 2D moiré crystal formed from time, study predicts

Conventional crystals are materials in which atoms arrange themselves in repeating spatial patterns. Time crystals, on the other hand, are phases of matter characterized by repeating motions over time without constantly heating ...

Mar 2, 2026 in Physics