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Medical Xpress / More screen time in childhood associated with better cognitive processing in adolescence

In a study conducted at the Universities of Jyväskylä and Eastern Finland, more screen time since childhood was associated with better cognitive processing in adolescence. According to one of the researchers, we should not ...

Aug 11, 2026
Phys.org / Muon g-2 experiment places new constraints on a forbidden property of muons

A year after its final muon magnetic anomaly announcement, the Muon g-2 collaboration reports a new measurement of a different property of the muon: its electric dipole moment. The work is published on the arXiv preprint ...

Aug 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Breast cancers can recruit bone cells to increase tumor growth

Researchers at WashU Medicine have shown that cells originating in bone and best known for their role in bone formation are recruited to primary breast tumors, where they become cancer-associated fibroblasts, a type of cell ...

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Appetite-suppressing hormone may protect liver from inflammation through newly discovered signaling pathway

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered that a naturally occurring hormone best known for suppressing appetite and promoting weight loss also helps protect the liver from inflammation through a previously unknown ...

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Ebola kills a victim every 30 minutes in DR Congo: UN

The Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now killing a victim every 30 minutes, a top UN humanitarian official said Friday, calling for greater international action.

Aug 15, 2026
Phys.org / New evidence helps solve how earliest birds took flight

The first bird to inhabit Earth used its robust hind legs to make two or three powerful leaps while flapping its way to flight, according to a study by the University of Southampton published in Developmental Biology.

Aug 12, 2026
Phys.org / Late Paleozoic Ice Age warming event hints at potential climate 'tipping point'

Researchers say a spike in temperatures during an ice age 304 million years ago could inform what climate scientists are learning about rapidly changing conditions today.

Aug 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Arthritis origins may begin before birth

Researchers at the Kennedy Institute have discovered that some joints may be more susceptible to inflammatory arthritis before birth, offering new insight into why rheumatoid arthritis attacks particular joints while sparing ...

Aug 12, 2026
Phys.org / 'Starwashing': How space companies use the greenwashing playbook while causing environmental damage

From launchpads to low Earth orbit and beyond, space companies and their affiliates are deploying a familiar marketing tactic—with a new twist. In a space economy projected to reach US$1.8 trillion by 2035, they sell space ...

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Potential language-specific brain network identified

The language network in your brain can be seen, even if you aren't saying a word. For a study published in Nature Communications, researchers used data from more than 1,900 functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans ...

Aug 13, 2026
Phys.org / How a mystery kept in London led to the discovery of a new Ecuadorian frog

Scientists from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador officially described Pristimantis milpe, an abundant and widely distributed species that had been confused with another species for more than a century. To solve ...

Aug 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Sleep could help identify people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease at an earlier stage

What if certain signs of the disease were to manifest subtly during sleep, long before the first memory problems appear? This is the line of inquiry being explored by a team of researchers at ULiège.

Aug 11, 2026