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Medical Xpress / More states allow MAID, but many Americans remain misinformed or unsure

Public misunderstanding about medical aid in dying in the United States falls into two distinct categories—misinformation and uncertainty—and each is driven by different forces, according to Rutgers Health researchers.

Feb 21, 2026 in Other
Phys.org / Massive ceramics haul from a 14th-century shipwreck reveals Singapore's trading past

Singapore was a thriving trading hub hundreds of years before popular narratives depicted it as a quiet fishing village, according to a study of the cargo of a centuries-old shipwreck. Sometime during the middle of the 14th ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Pinpointing direction in noisy 2D data: New algorithm could improve imaging, AI, particle research and more

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa student-led team has developed a new algorithm to help scientists determine direction in complex two-dimensional (2D) data, with potential applications ranging from particle physics to machine ...

Feb 20, 2026 in Computer Sciences
Medical Xpress / AI reads clinical notes to forecast colitis-linked colorectal cancer

People with ulcerative colitis (UC), a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, are up to four times more likely to develop colorectal cancer than the general population. Low-grade dysplasia (LGD)—abnormal or precancerous lesions—can ...

Medical Xpress / Kirigami-inspired sensors precisely map activity of neurons in the primate brain

Recent technological advances have opened new exciting possibilities for the development of smart prosthetics, such as artificial limbs, joints or organs that can replace injured, damaged or amputated body parts. These same ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Archived tree cores reveal why boreal forests are getting starved for nitrogen

Despite decades of industrial deposition, nitrogen availability in the boreal forest is steadily declining. In a new study published in Nature, researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences using decades ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Do animals have a future on Hollywood sets?

There is a long and storied history of nonhuman actors, from Luke, the dog of silent star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, to the collies cast in the role of Lassie in film and on television. Bart the Bear racked up over 20 film ...

Feb 21, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Study identifies oaks, dry duff and debris as top power line failure risks

Wildfires and power outages caused by vegetation near powerlines have contributed to some of the state's most destructive fires.

Feb 20, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Bacterial strain from 5,000-year-old cave ice shows resistance against 10 modern antibiotics

Bacteria have evolved to adapt to all of Earth's most extreme conditions, from scorching heat to temperatures well below zero. Ice caves are just one of the environments hosting a variety of microorganisms that represent ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Earliest evidence of indigo-dyed textiles and single-needle knitting discovered in Bronze Age Anatolia

A research team led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Maner from Koç University's Department of Archaeology and History of Art has uncovered remarkable textile fragments at Beycesultan Höyük that rewrite our understanding of ...

Feb 21, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Invisible harms: Drug-related deaths spike after hurricanes and tropical storms

Tropical cyclones, including hurricanes and tropical storms, are linked to increased rates of drug-related deaths up to three months after the storm passes—particularly in higher-income, white communities and among younger ...

Feb 20, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / How the brain balances continuity and segmentation

Life doesn't arrive in neat chapters. It flows, one conversation bleeding into the next, one thought quietly reshaping the one that follows. Yet our brains do something remarkable: they preserve a sense of continuity while ...

Feb 20, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry