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Medical Xpress / Can AI chatbots make mental health worse? Study identifies five risky patterns

The use of generative AI has become so widespread that ChatGPT is gradually becoming a verb, much like Google and Photoshop. Hundreds of millions of people now use large language model (LLM)-based chatbots for advice on personal, ...

Jul 22, 2026
Phys.org / Young rift flanks suggest Venus remains tectonically active

Venus is an inhospitable place, with temperatures soaring to several hundred degrees Celsius (hundreds of degrees Fahrenheit) and no oceans like those on Earth. Planetary scientists long believed Venus was geologically dormant. ...

Jul 24, 2026
Phys.org / Scientists warn of potential global marine invasive species event linked to idle ships in the Strait of Hormuz

New research from an international team of 24 marine scientists, led by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) and including the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), cautions that thousands ...

Jul 22, 2026
Phys.org / Io's volcanic output offers a 40‑day forecast of plasma density in Jupiter's magnetosphere

A careful statistical comparison of observations recorded by NASA's Juno mission and the Planetary Science Institute's Io Input Output observatory (IoIO) shows that IoIO observations reliably predict the density of Jupiter's ...

Jul 24, 2026
Phys.org / Engineers observe quantum heat waves at room temperature

Efficient heat management in solids is key to advancing the next generation of electronics. However, wave-like heat movement—known as phonon focusing—had been observed only at extremely low, or cryogenic, temperatures, limiting ...

Jul 23, 2026
Phys.org / Chocolate syrup-like fluid stores multiple interacting memories

Animals and electronic devices aren't the only things with memory. Materials can retain memories of past deformations in their microscopic structure. A common example is a crease in a sheet of paper that has been folded then ...

Jul 23, 2026
Phys.org / Why a tiny social media post has mathematicians rethinking AI

As millions of people were coming down from the excitement of the FIFA World Cup final at the start of this week, a different kind of excitement was building within the mathematical community. Levent Alpöge, a mathematician ...

Jul 22, 2026
Phys.org / Fields medal awarded to four young mathematicians

The world of mathematics handed out its most prestigious awards Thursday at a unique moment for the field, as it faces pressure from AI's potential to outpace human calculation.

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / New mechanoresistant cancer cells show how they survive high stress environments

When a cancer cell leaves the original tumor to spread to a new, faraway location, it first has to survive what most cells cannot: periodic high-force moments in the vessels and heart of up to 5,000 dynes per centimeter squared ...

Jul 24, 2026
Phys.org / Moon baboon: New insight into the mind of ancient Egyptians

New research from the University of St Andrews has shed light on baboons, moonlight and their link to an ancient Egyptian deity.

Jul 23, 2026
Phys.org / Gold-catalyzed chemical reaction advances next-generation anticancer prodrugs

Anticancer prodrugs have attracted significant attention from the medical and scientific communities in recent years because of their potential to improve treatment precision while reducing side effects. These drugs are engineered ...

Jul 24, 2026
Phys.org / 'I get caught up in the numbers game': Why useful social media content gets lost online

When Amy posts a photograph of herself on Instagram, she knows what will attract attention. A picture of her in a bikini may receive thousands of views. A post explaining the realities of living with a stoma (an opening in ...

Jul 25, 2026