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Medical Xpress / Study suggests new antibody therapy for tick-borne disease

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a dangerous virus spread by ticks. It transmits Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a serious disease that has been spreading into new regions worldwide. Capable of killing ...

Aug 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Promising new weight loss and diabetes treatment helps burn fat while keeping muscle in preclinical study

Over the past five years, medications called GLP-1s have revolutionized the treatment of metabolic disorders like obesity, diabetes and fatty liver disease. Sold under the brand names Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, ...

Aug 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Common arthritis pill repurposed to boost hair regrowth in alopecia patients

Upadacitinib is a medication widely used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis that works by inhibiting Janus kinase (JAK) enzymes, which are involved in signaling pathways that regulate immune responses. Now, scientists ...

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / China abruptly postpones ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission launch

China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon.

Aug 23, 2026
Phys.org / Lost 'mega-escarpment' across ancient USA may explain Grand Canyon's missing billion years

Scientists have found evidence that a colossal cliff stretching thousands of kilometers across ancient North America may have exposed the heart of the Grand Canyon nearly a billion years before it was carved by the Colorado ...

Aug 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cyberbullying may fuel teen mental health problems through loneliness, study finds

Teenagers who are subjected to online bullying are at greater risk of later emotional and behavioral difficulties, research suggests.

Aug 23, 2026
Phys.org / Physicists entangle quantum memories across a record-breaking 420 km

Optical fibers are already the backbone of global communication systems. Recently, however, physicists have started to explore how their functionality could be boosted further by conveying information via entangled quantum ...

Aug 18, 2026
Phys.org / Mars Curiosity rover discovers massive field of polygons

The surface of Mars is home to some of the most breathtaking and awe-inspiring landscapes in the solar system. This is primarily because the Red Planet lacks several resurfacing processes that Earth possesses, including plate ...

Aug 22, 2026
Phys.org / RNA droplets may have helped start life on Earth

It's one of the origins-of-life chicken-or-egg problems: How could RNA have helped give rise to the first cells before there were cells to contain it?

Aug 20, 2026
Phys.org / Laser-cut aluminum foil could replace costly terahertz polarizers

When physicists at the ARC Centre for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) needed a key component for their terahertz experiments, they ran into a frustrating problem—they needed tiny optical devices, known as wire-grid ...

Aug 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI agents can build consensus on a scale humans can't

Everyone is familiar with the situation: A larger group of people plans to visit a restaurant together, but it can take time and sometimes a great deal of patience to agree on a time and place to meet. The better the participants ...

Aug 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / New brain cell formation stalls in adults with depression, study shows

Findings from a new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons suggest that the trickle of neurons created in the adult hippocampus could be instrumental in preventing depression. ...

Aug 21, 2026