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Phys.org / Research unveils disparities in hate act experiences

While the number of Californians ages 12 and older who said they experienced a hate act increased in 2024, a new UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) study showed how someone's likelihood to experience a hate act ...

Feb 28, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Curiosity rover captures Martian spiderwebs up close

For about six months, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork, low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy hollows in between. Crisscrossing ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / More than eco-anxiety: Study exposes emotional fallout of climate crisis for youth

A few years ago, researcher Maya Gislason's young child came home from school with her crayon drawing of Earth in 2020 and 2050. "The first was blue and green; the second was a planet on fire," she says. "Her question to ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / CT scans of Inca child sacrifices reveal new details about capacocha rituals

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found and analyzed the remains of these human sacrifices, although not all of them have undergone CT scanning, ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Using high-energy sparks to degrade pollutants without generating waste

A study published in the Chemical Engineering Journal proposes a new approach to environmental remediation of pharmaceutical pollutants in water flows. This approach is based on a phenomenon known as "sparks," which refers ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Chemistry
Phys.org / Mapping gene regulation to better control inflammation, immunity and cancer

To further the quantitative understanding of cellular decision making, Dr. Gregory Reeves and his team in the chemical engineering department have worked to interpret how a transcription factor dictates the alteration of ...

Feb 28, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Ancient diets reveal surprising survival strategies in prehistoric Poland

An international team of archaeologists and scientists has reconstructed the diets of prehistoric communities from north-central Poland, shedding new light on how people adapted to changing environments and shifting social ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Not just drainage: Dural venous sinuses actively regulate brain immunity and fluid flow, study finds

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke investigators at the National Institutes of Health traced meningeal immune activity to dural venous sinuses that actively constrict and dilate, exchange fluid across ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / First-ever in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair shows safe results

A Phase I clinical trial published in The Lancet has shown that combining stem cell therapy with standard fetal surgery before birth is a safe and promising approach to treat myelomeningocele, a severe form of spina bifida. ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Pediatrics
Phys.org / 5,000-year-old bureaucracy: Over 7,000 prehistoric seal impressions uncovered in western Iran

In the journal Antiquity, Dr. Shokouh Khosravi published preliminary findings of the largest known corpus of prehistoric seal impressions in the entire ancient world. The corpus, made up of over 7,000 seal impressions, more ...

Feb 22, 2026 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Researchers develop pre-seeding strategy for improving inverted perovskite solar cells

Regular perovskite solar cells (PSCs)—which place the electron-transport layer beneath the perovskite absorber and the hole-transport layer on top—have limitations with respect to large-scale manufacturing and stability. ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Engineering
Medical Xpress / Infographics about healthy eating can spark interest among unmotivated young adults, study finds

Young adults who are not motivated to eat healthily can still be engaged with the right type of communication, according to new research from the European Food Information Council (EUFIC). Young adults often face unique dietary ...

Feb 28, 2026 in Health