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Medical Xpress / AI repurposes routine chest X-rays to catch silent bone loss before fracture

Osteoporosis is a silent disease where bone loss develops gradually before fractures occur. Current clinical screening recommendations mainly focus on older women and selected high-risk groups, leaving some men, younger adults, ...

May 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / Blood test with AI spots four dementia-related brain diseases with 92.3% accuracy

Many people living with dementia never receive an accurate diagnosis, in part because Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and related conditions are notoriously difficult to tell apart and often occur together. Now, ...

May 30, 2026
Phys.org / Electrical pulses reverse aging in sea squirts, offering clues for extending human longevity

A tiny sea creature might hold the secret to reversing the aging process. When treated with a brief series of electrical pulses, sea squirts experience dramatic and long-lasting health improvements that can significantly ...

May 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Gene test can safely spare many breast cancer patients of chemotherapy

Many people with breast cancer can safely avoid chemotherapy with the use of a gene test, potentially sparing them unnecessary side effects without increasing the risk of the cancer returning, a large international clinical ...

May 31, 2026
Phys.org / A trip to the United Arab Emirates' darkest spot reveals a rare view of the Milky Way

The gleaming skyscrapers and bright lights of the United Arab Emirates draw the eyes of all who travel there, a sign of the Arabian Peninsula nation's rapid, oil-fueled development over the last decades into a major hub for ...

May 30, 2026
Phys.org / Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware to Montreal

Reports of an explosion from people across New England on Saturday afternoon sent police agencies and others scrambling to understand what caused a double boom that shook buildings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

May 31, 2026
Phys.org / Pocket-sized device rivals bulky lab machinery in disease and environmental testing

In a major advancement for decentralized health care and environmental monitoring, researchers at Kumamoto University have successfully developed a palm-sized, battery-powered spectrophotometer that matches the performance ...

May 31, 2026
Tech Xplore / Computer scientists clear a path to stream 3D 'volumetric' video

New research by Brown University computer scientists may be a key step in bringing volumetric video—video that can be viewed from virtually any perspective in a 3D scene—to computers and smart televisions.

May 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / An overlooked protein may decide how fast male fertility starts to unravel with age

A study led by researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (IJC) along with researchers from Rutgers University (U.S.) has identified the Sirtuin 7 (SIRT7) ...

May 30, 2026
Phys.org / Saturday Citations: Failure to launch; cellular mortality; heavy weather

Highlights from the last week of May, 2026: A key climate tipping point is disrupting the Arctic Ocean food chain (more of a lowlight, I guess). Scuba-diving tourism may not be the benefit to coral reef systems that we once ...

May 30, 2026
Phys.org / France warns that strong storms could end deadly heat wave

France's weather service warned Saturday that strong storms could mark the end of a record-breaking heat wave blamed for a number of deaths across northern Europe.

May 31, 2026
Phys.org / Ohio wall lizards overcame genetic bottleneck through rapid population boom, genomes reveal

Non-native wall lizards living in Cincinnati, Ohio, have thrived against the odds thanks to an ability to expand their population more quickly than any inbreeding-amplified harmful genes could weaken their chances for survival, ...

May 30, 2026