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Medical Xpress / New international study reveals major survival gaps among children with cancer
Every year, more than 200,000 children under the age of 15 are diagnosed with cancer worldwide, and nearly 75,000 die from the disease. Most of these deaths occur in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, even though childhood ...
Phys.org / Australia's climate future: New model goes global
Climate change will shape everything about life in Australia—from the homes we live in and the food we grow to the risks of bushfires, floods, and heat waves. But what will that future look like? We can't know without climate ...
Medical Xpress / New student loan rule could dissuade people from advanced nursing degrees
Zoe Clarke became a hospital registered nurse two and a half years ago, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother.
Phys.org / Researchers revive old pea varieties in huge seed collection: 'An untapped gold mine for the future'
Using a new AI method, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have rediscovered 51 old pea varieties that are no longer used in agriculture but may prove promising for the production of plant-based foods. The method ...
Medical Xpress / FDA weighs strongest black box warning for COVID vaccines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering adding the strongest safety warning available to COVID-19 vaccines.
Medical Xpress / Specific depressive symptoms in midlife linked to increased dementia risk
Six particular depressive symptoms when experienced in midlife predict dementia risk more than two decades later, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.
Phys.org / New York K–12 enrollment down, but charter, homeschool rates double in a decade
New York state's aging population isn't only evident in more graying residents, but in a declining number of school children—down more than a quarter-million over the past decade, according to a new analysis by Cornell ...
Phys.org / New research shows it's never too late to help students learn to read—even in high school
Learning to read is a complex process. It requires children to master and integrate multiple skills, from mapping abstract symbols to the right speech sounds to understanding what all the words mean. This is why reading is ...
Phys.org / At Fort Worth Zoo, scientists gather to fight deadly elephant herpesvirus
On a cool December afternoon at the Fort Worth Zoo, Lady Bird splashes her tiny trunk in a watering hole while her mother, Bluebonnet, and honorary aunt Angel flank her like bodyguards. To zoogoers watching the fuzzy, 3-foot-tall ...
Phys.org / 2025's extreme weather had the jet stream's fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes
The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit particularly hard. These storms claimed hundreds of lives across Texas, Kentucky and several other states and ...
Phys.org / New method detects contaminated bathing water in just 20 minutes
Urbanization and a warmer climate means that more people want to swim in canals, harbors, and urban beaches. However, this means that they may be swimming close to where treated wastewater and stormwater are discharged—including ...
Medical Xpress / Personality traits are powerful predictors of risk of death
A study from the University of Limerick analyzing almost six million person-years of data has revealed that personality traits are linked to longevity and risk of death.
