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Medical Xpress / Mental health disorders become top global disability cause as cases near 1.2 billion

Mental health disorders are now the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to a major new study.

15 hours ago
Tech Xplore / A robot is helping an ailing couple stay in their home. Are more to come for an aging population?

After outliving Booker T. Bones, their second service dog, Brenda and Brian Marquis still needed help with some of the more difficult parts of daily life.

15 hours ago
Tech Xplore / In Finland, radioactive spent nuclear fuel soon to be buried underground

The elevator display reads "433", the number of meters below ground. The doors slide open, revealing the entrance to what is expected to be the world's first permanent repository for radioactive spent nuclear fuel.

15 hours ago
Phys.org / Biopolymer-based hydrogel formulations for improved seed coating performance

As climate change, soil degradation, and water scarcity place growing pressure on agriculture, scientists are looking for new ways to help crops germinate and grow more efficiently while reducing environmental impact. A new ...

23 hours ago
Phys.org / JWST finds a stellar bar in the early universe that breaks all rules

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a stellar bar in GN20, a massive galaxy seen just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. The new paper was submitted to the preprint server arXiv on May ...

May 31, 2026
Phys.org / Taking dark energy out of the equation: Mathematicians challenge the standard cosmological model of the universe

Mathematicians are challenging the idea that dark energy is responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe. In a new paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, mathematicians from the University of ...

May 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / PET suggests potential chronic traumatic encephalopathy biomarker in living humans

A first-in-class PET imaging approach can accurately detect a biomarker for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a devastating neurodegenerative disease associated with repeated head impact. Rather than waiting until after ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Younger U.S. women of color face rising breast cancer deaths, new study finds

Breast cancer deaths, once concentrated mostly among older women, are now claiming younger women more often, researchers recently reported in the journal npj Breast Cancer.

23 hours ago
Phys.org / Could aliens ever visit Earth? An aerospace scientist unpacks the challenges of interstellar spaceflight

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be unexplained flying objects. These file dumps were the culmination of a process that was set in motion ...

May 27, 2026
Tech Xplore / Single-layer zigzag-type metallic glass film enables precisely tunable emissivity for infrared camouflage

A new study from National Taiwan University reports a single-layer zigzag-type metallic glass film with precisely tunable emissivity for thermal infrared camouflage technology. A glancing-angle deposition method was used ...

23 hours ago
Phys.org / Supermassive black holes could be the universe's biggest planet nurseries

Supermassive black holes are the largest known black holes in the universe, sitting at the center of most large galaxies. They are sometimes described as cosmic monsters because they feed on surrounding gas and dust when ...

May 31, 2026
Medical Xpress / Move more for your health, not just for the scale

With obesity now affecting more than 40% of U.S. adults and fueling rising rates of heart disease, a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association calls for a comprehensive treatment approach that puts physical ...

15 hours ago