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Medical Xpress / The liver's immune cells might be the key to curing hepatitis B

Fifteen years ago, doctors in Europe noticed a remarkable thing happening in people with chronic hepatitis B infections. When patients went off their medications, the virus started to come back—and then some of the patients ...

May 14, 2026
Phys.org / We keep thanking machines and forests for one strange reason, and it is reshaping human bonds

Whether it's artificial intelligence programs or the Amazon rainforest, people often experience gratitude or protectiveness toward non-human entities because they perceive these entities as having good intentions, according ...

May 14, 2026
Phys.org / Attracting young women to careers in construction

As Australia's construction industry faces a critical skills shortage, new research from Adelaide University shows how the industry can better support women and therefore strengthen the future workforce.

May 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Designing better quantum circuits with AI

Researchers from the group of theoretical physicist Hans Briegel have collaborated with NVIDIA to develop an AI method that automatically generates efficient quantum circuits, a key bottleneck in making quantum computers ...

May 14, 2026
Phys.org / Large-scale eDNA survey reveals hidden factors that affect regional fish communities

As climate change and human activities continually ramp up, fish are forced to find ways to adapt. As fish move around to find more suitable habitats as ocean conditions shift, regional fish distributions change—which can ...

May 14, 2026
Tech Xplore / Co-designed robots reveal what health care staff and patients actually need

As robots enter hospitals and care facilities, questions remain about whether they actually make care easier for the people who give and receive it. A new Cornell Tech-led study approaches that challenge by inviting health ...

May 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Wegovy initiation may cut migraine drug use 8% in women after one year

A nationwide study from Denmark presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO2026) in Istanbul, Turkey, shows that use of semaglutide (Wegovy) for weight management is associated with a 7% reduction in the use of triptan-class ...

May 15, 2026
Phys.org / Sex-related differences in hoverfly eyes give insight into their aerodynamic powers

Many male hoverflies have bigger eyes than females, giving them the advantage of better optics and faster photoreceptors in high-speed pursuits to find a preferred partner to breed.

May 14, 2026
Phys.org / Ancient iceberg scratches reveal reverse Great Lakes snowbelt

Buffalo's legendary snowfall totals are largely the result of one unlucky geographic reality: the city sits east of the Great Lakes instead of west. Anyone who has lived through a winter in Buffalo, Cleveland or any snowbelt ...

May 13, 2026
Science X / Are remoras the ocean's weirdest hitchhikers? These suckerfish invade manta rays in the most intimate of places

Remoras (family Echeneidae) are ray-finned fish that are known to attach themselves to large marine animals, such as whales, sharks, and turtles. They get a free ride and sometimes food, and in return, often provide cleaning ...

May 12, 2026
Phys.org / Cut marks on 1.6 million-year-old bones reveal early humans moved prized meat

There is an old adage that goes, "you are what you eat," meaning that the food you consume helps build your body and fuel your mind. The same is true now as it ever was. When it comes to early humans, studying what they ate ...

May 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / Governments may shape what AI chatbots say by shaping the web they learn from

Ask an AI model the same political question in two different languages, and you may get two very different responses. A new study in Nature suggests one reason why: governments can indirectly influence large language models ...

May 13, 2026