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Medical Xpress / Electron microscopy reveals structural adaptations in aging podocytes in rats

The kidneys are vital organs that sustain life by filtering the blood and producing urine. This filtration process takes place in specialized structures called glomeruli, where podocytes play a crucial role by forming the ...

19 hours ago in Endocrinology & Metabolism
Phys.org / The radical world of red-winged fairy wrens

Fairy wrens are everywhere. Go anywhere in Australia and there will be at least one local fairy wren. They're not endangered. In fact, it would be hard to imagine an animal less endangered than fairy wrens. So what do we ...

23 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Proton's width measured to unparalleled precision, narrowing the path to new physics

Physicists in Germany have carried out the most accurate measurement to date of the width of the proton. By examining a previously unexplored energy-level transition in the hydrogen atom, Lothar Maisenbacher and colleagues ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / Bushbabies reclassified as 'near threatened.' Scientists share how to protect these adorable primates

Frank Cuozzo and Michelle Sauther first traveled to South Africa in 2012 to search for some of the most unusual primates on Earth—bushbabies. These animals are nocturnal and small, often around the size of a housecat. Bushbabies ...

14 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Navigation apps can help level the playing field for ride-hail drivers

Technology is making the ride-hail industry more accessible than ever, according to new research published in the Strategic Management Journal. The study, conducted by academics at the National University of Singapore (NUS), ...

23 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Sea level rise worries most Hawaiʻi residents, survey finds

Most Hawaiʻi residents believe sea level rise is already affecting the state, expect major impacts within their lifetimes, and support significant changes to how and where development occurs. At the same time, many remain ...

16 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Negative experiences like divorce or bullying may increase obesity risk in children

Adverse childhood experiences, such as physical or sexual abuse, parental divorce, socioeconomic hardship, neglect or bullying, may increase the risk of obesity in children, according to new University of Georgia research. ...

23 hours ago in Overweight & Obesity
Medical Xpress / FDA-approved drug may reverse T-cell exclusion in fibrolamellar liver cancer

Immunotherapy—which activates the body's own immune system to kill cancer cells—has not worked well against a rare and fatal liver cancer, but a new study finds an existing FDA-approved drug may allow the immunotherapy ...

23 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Tech Xplore / NASA advances high-altitude traffic management

High-altitude flight is getting increasing attention from sectors ranging from telecommunications to emergency response. To make that airspace more accessible, NASA is developing an air traffic management system covering ...

22 hours ago in Hi Tech & Innovation
Phys.org / Atrocities take place in democratic nations as well as autocratic ones—our database has logged them all

Thousands of people were killed by Iranian security forces in days of protests in January 2026. Meanwhile, in the same month, the killing of two protesters in Minneapolis shone a light on the use of fatal force by American ...

15 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Strategic changes in water treatment could prevent disease outbreaks

A new study from researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how strategic changes in water treatment effectively treated a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. For the first time, the study, published ...

Medical Xpress / End of enhanced Obamacare subsidies puts tribal health lifeline at risk

Leonard Bighorn said his mother tried for two years to get help for severe stomach pain through the limited health services available near her home on the Fort Peck Reservation in northeastern Montana.

14 hours ago in Medical economics