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Phys.org / Video shows flames flying from NASA plane that touched down without landing gear

A NASA research plane malfunctioned and had to touch down in Texas without landing gear on Tuesday, sliding across the runway on its belly and sending plumes of flame behind it, a video posted to social media showed.

15 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Brain imaging shows when infants understand verbs

New brain imaging research reveals that by 10 months old, infants are already beginning to understand verbs, before they even say their first words. In the first study to directly test infants' understanding of verbs using ...

11 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / 'Goldilocks size' rhodium clusters advance reusable heterogeneous catalysts for hydroformylation

Recent research has demonstrated that a rhodium (Rh) cluster of an optimal, intermediate size—neither too small nor too large—exhibits the highest catalytic activity in hydroformylation reactions. Similar to the concept ...

22 hours ago in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / India says it has contained Nipah virus outbreak as some Asian countries ramp up health screenings

Indian authorities said they had contained a Nipah virus outbreak after confirming two cases in the eastern state of West Bengal, as several Asian countries tightened health screenings and airport surveillance for travelers ...

Phys.org / Health advocates sound alarm as EPA works to loosen pollution standard

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's effort to roll back federal particulate matter pollution standards will harm Michigan residents, particularly those who live near emitters such as manufacturing plants and refineries ...

13 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Russian volcano puts on display in latest eruption

A volcano in Russia's far east on Wednesday spewed ash several kilometers into the sky, authorities said, putting on a spectacular display in its latest eruption.

15 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Team unveils simpler, faster way to make vaccines

UVA Health scientists have developed a promising new way to create vaccines that could be faster, cheaper, and easier to distribute than current options. The University of Virginia School of Medicine's Dr. Steven L. Zeichner ...

12 hours ago in Vaccination
Medical Xpress / Q&A: Can AI understand the human brain better than humans?

More than 7 million people aged 65 and older suffer from Alzheimer's disease in the United States, according to a 2025 report from the Alzheimer's Association. More of the debilitating symptoms could be mitigated or better ...

Phys.org / Thailand uses contraceptive vaccine to limit wild elephant births

Thailand has given a contraceptive vaccine to wild elephants for the first time in an effort to control their ballooning population, a conservation official said on Wednesday.

15 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Subcutaneous delivery of hyaluronidase may boost effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy

Monash University researchers, alongside key partner Halozyme Therapeutics, report findings in support of shifting the way anti-cancer immunotherapy is administered from intravenous administration to subcutaneous administration ...

13 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Investigational blood biomarker panel may improve detection of pancreatic cancer

A four-biomarker blood panel of aminopeptidase N (ANPEP), polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (PIGR), CA19-9, and thrombospondin-2 (THBS2) enhanced the detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) compared to measuring ...

13 hours ago in Genetics
Medical Xpress / New research shows cannabis is effective for acute migraine treatment

In a study, published in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine demonstrate for the first time in a placebo-controlled clinical trial that cannabis ...

13 hours ago in Medical research