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Medical Xpress / Experimental drug shows promise in reversing high blood pressure's toll on kidneys and heart in mice

High blood pressure affects nearly 1 in 8 people worldwide, and its impact goes far beyond a number on a blood pressure monitor. It can quietly damage the heart, kidneys and brain, making it one of the world's biggest preventable ...

Aug 18, 2026
Phys.org / AI agents coordinate behavior based on majority opinion—even when said opinions are meaningless

A new study published in Science Advances takes a closer look at how AI agents' choices are influenced by their peers. The team found that more advanced models tend to follow the majority when shown other agents' choices, ...

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / Gentle chemical glow helps scientists capture sharper images of living cells

We reach for brighter, better lighting for sharper pictures, whether we're photographing a puppy or a microscopic cell. In most cases, the light comes from outside the object being photographed. A recent study explored a ...

Aug 19, 2026
Phys.org / Turning a quantum battery's environmental sensitivity into an advantage

Quantum batteries, devices that store energy by exploiting quantum mechanical phenomena, could, in principle, be charged faster and more efficiently than classical ones. Despite their potential, connecting these batteries ...

Aug 19, 2026
Phys.org / Astronomers catch hot birth of galaxy cluster more than 11 billion light-years away

Astronomers have detected an enormous cloud of gas tens of millions of degrees hot surrounding one of the most extreme structures known in the early universe. The study offers one of the clearest views yet of a galaxy cluster ...

Aug 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Compound produced after eating pomegranates targets stiff-heart failure pathway, early tests suggest

A compound produced in the body after eating pomegranates improves heart function by up to 80% in a type of heart failure with limited treatment options.

Aug 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI-calculated brain age predicts dementia risk years before doctors can see it

Memory clinics still rely on visual rating scales to assess brain atrophy, yet these tools lack the sensitivity to catch subtle changes associated with early dementia. A measure of how old a person's brain appears on brain ...

Aug 19, 2026
Phys.org / Shrews exhibit reversible size changes in their skulls and noses to get through the winter

Scientists had previously observed that some species of shrews undergo a form of biological plasticity in which their bodies, skulls, brains and some organs shrink in the winter, then regrow in the spring. Now, a new study ...

Aug 19, 2026
Phys.org / Lost 'mega-escarpment' across ancient USA may explain Grand Canyon's missing billion years

Scientists have found evidence that a colossal cliff stretching thousands of kilometers across ancient North America may have exposed the heart of the Grand Canyon nearly a billion years before it was carved by the Colorado ...

Aug 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / High-dose vitamin D may improve cognition among those at risk of dementia, study finds

With more than 7 million Americans living with Alzheimer's dementia—a number projected to reach nearly 13 million by 2050—new Emory University research suggests that higher vitamin D supplement intake may be associated with ...

Aug 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / States enact emergency orders on kratom while awaiting federal rules

States are moving faster and further than federal regulators to get kratom off store shelves, with some banning the herb outright while a pending federal rule targets only one of its chemicals.

Aug 14, 2026
Phys.org / Physicists entangle quantum memories across a record-breaking 420 km

Optical fibers are already the backbone of global communication systems. Recently, however, physicists have started to explore how their functionality could be boosted further by conveying information via entangled quantum ...

Aug 18, 2026