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Medical Xpress / Cigarette smoke accelerates eye aging via epigenetic changes, study finds

Through a series of experiments supported by the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) researchers say they have advanced understanding of how smoking damages the eye and contributes to the development ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Ophthalmology
Phys.org / Tackling industry's burdensome bubble problem

In industrial plants around the world, tiny bubbles cause big problems. Bubbles clog filters, disrupt chemical reactions, reduce throughput during biomanufacturing, and can even cause overheating in electronics and nuclear ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Developing personalized vaccines for cancer via machine learning

Yale researchers have developed a machine learning model, called Immunostruct, that can help scientists create more personalized vaccines, including vaccines for cancer. They described the tool in Nature Machine Intelligence ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / A 'Google Earth' for the brain: What a 4D atlas reveals about growth

On the computer screens, the mouse brain is shown from several angles. Then you click, and a small area of the brain is highlighted in color. With the next click, something happens to the color markers. The marked areas change ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / A woman's birthing position isn't a choice, it's a biomechanical strategy

Women's bodies undergo some of the most intense mechanical demands in human physiology during childbirth and yet the science behind this crucial moment in human life has been largely overlooked for as long as modern science ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / Urine tests confirm alcohol consumption in wild African chimpanzees

Aleksey Maro knows far more than he cares to know about the urination habits of chimpanzees. But if you want to measure the alcohol intake of chimps in a Ugandan rain forest, where a breathalyzer is impractical, collecting ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Why breastfeeding's benefits may last years: Immune cells link lactation to long-lasting health

It's widely known that breastfeeding impacts the health of both mother and child, but the underlying biology that leads to these effects has been understudied. In a review article published in Trends in Immunology, researchers ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / Fifteen-year results from clinical trial suggest that follicular lymphoma is curable

Unlike some other forms of lymphoma, advanced stage follicular lymphoma is considered incurable. But a new analysis of long-term data on patients treated for the disease years ago with standard regimens of immunotherapy and ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Immunology
Phys.org / Major gap in Earth's rock record likely due to tectonics—not glaciers

The Great Unconformity is a major gap in Earth's geologic record. The missing layer between Precambrian and Cambrian rocks represents a gap of around a billion years of history. Among much debate surrounding the cause of ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Wildfire smoke linked to rise in violent assaults, 11-year study finds

A new study spanning 11 years of data has revealed a clear link between wildfire smoke pollution and an increase in violent assaults in Seattle. These findings represent the first direct causal evidence that short-term exposure ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Earth
Tech Xplore / Novel cathode design tames distortions to improve lithium-ion batteries

A battery's positive end (cathode) and negative end (anode) are two vital components that largely define how well it can perform. In particular, researchers have focused on improving the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Engineering
Phys.org / Ancient diets reveal surprising survival strategies in prehistoric Poland

An international team of archaeologists and scientists has reconstructed the diets of prehistoric communities from north-central Poland, shedding new light on how people adapted to changing environments and shifting social ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Other Sciences