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Medical Xpress / Common diet tips about water intake and spicy foods could be wrong

The common rationale for drinking water at meals is that it physically stretches the stomach, triggering fullness so you don't eat too much. But a new Cornell study found no support for that idea in practice. The paper is ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Are you listening to me? Well, kinda… Research shows people can track more than one conversation at once

Ever wondered how some people seem able to keep up with the conversation they're having while also noticing what's being said across the room? New research suggests this ability isn't simply good hearing but may reflect the ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / Pump that recreates human heartbeat blood flow on lab chips inspired by an accordionist

For more than 25 years, lab-on-a-chip technology has allowed researchers to model human organs and blood vessels using real human cells in artificial microscopic environments. These microphysiological systems (MPS) may replicate ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / GRS 0917+75 is a giant radio galaxy, observations find

European astronomers have conducted optical and radio observations of an enigmatic radio source designated GRS 0917+75. As a result, they found that GRS 0917+75 is a giant radio galaxy and determined its properties. The new ...

Jul 15, 2026
Science X / Deep below the Lost City, scientists uncovered superheated water that may fuel one of Earth's strangest ecosystems

Deep in the Atlantic Ocean, the Lost City hydrothermal field is known for eerie white chimney structures made of carbonate. Alkaline hot springs, loaded with hydrogen and methane, emerge from the seafloor there. Rather than ...

Jul 15, 2026
Phys.org / How ions flow like a liquid through a solid crystal

A research team led by the University of Osaka, working with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), RIKEN and the Institute of Science Tokyo, has uncovered a fundamental mechanism behind ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / Scientists achieve all-electrical control of single-molecule quantum states

Quantum technologies promise revolutionary advances in computing, sensing and information processing. However, controlling individual quantum bits (qubits) at the atomic scale remains a major challenge because conventional ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Immune receptor plays dual role in promoting T-cell exhaustion in cancer

A new Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered how a key immunoregulatory receptor plays an unexpected dual role in promoting T-cell exhaustion during chronic infection and cancer, according to findings published in the ...

Jul 16, 2026
Tech Xplore / Engineers develop robot that judges its surroundings and walks, runs, and jumps like an animal

An era in which robots decide "how to walk" on their own has arrived. A four-legged robot has been developed that, much like a person or an animal, autonomously chooses the appropriate gait strategy for its surroundings—changing ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Heated yoga can ease depressive symptoms, the more you go the better you feel

Heated yoga, or hot yoga, is practiced in a room heated to 32–40°C (90–105°F) and has gained popularity in recent years. The warmth helps loosen your muscles, making it easier to stretch and increasing workout intensity. ...

Jul 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / Before babies can hear, their brains are already wiring for sound

Long before a baby's ears are functional, the brain is already building the circuitry needed for hearing, according to new research from Johns Hopkins University. Published in the journal Science Advances, the study in mice ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / Hybrid material confirms antiferroelectricity can coexist with switchable polarization

Many of the advanced electronic components surrounding us in everyday life rely on polar materials to function. Polar materials have an uneven distribution of electric charge. This gives them a positive and a negative side ...

Jul 16, 2026