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Phys.org / How startups can communicate to win over silent audiences online

A new study reveals how entrepreneurs can win support for their ideas from audiences who never speak up. The research shows that the way entrepreneurs engage with a few vocal participants in online discussions can crucially ...

22 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Indoor air pollution is a global health issue, not just a domestic heating one

When indoor air pollution makes the news in western countries, it often feels like a local issue. One week it focuses on wood-burning stoves. Another it is gas cookers or the question of whether people should open their windows ...

23 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Colorado ranks among the highest states in the country for flu

Colorado is in the midst of a record-breaking flu season. In the week ending Dec. 27, 2025, 831 people were hospitalized with influenza—the most since the state started tracking flu cases two decades ago. Hospitalizations ...

21 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Study finds early withdrawal of care may limit recovery in severe brain injury

A new study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine clinical scientists and UPMC neurosurgeons challenges assumptions about early withdrawal of care in patients with severe traumatic brain injury, or TBI. The research, ...

22 hours ago in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Personalized prevention strategies may lower Alzheimer's risk by targeting individual factors

How can we influence whether we develop Alzheimer's disease later in life? Neurodegeneration researchers at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine are systematically examining the factors that trigger the onset of the disease—and ...

Medical Xpress / Why strict diets are a bad idea for long-term weight loss

Those hoping to lose weight this year might be tempted to try to a diet challenge in the hopes of kick-starting their weight loss. But while we might think these kinds of short-term, restrictive diets will help give our waistlines ...

22 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Sinking boreal trees in the deep Arctic Ocean could remove billions of tons of carbon each year

Global efforts to reduce pollution will not be enough to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, scientists say. We will also need to extract over 10 gigatons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year for the ...

Jan 12, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Five healthy habits for longevity in your 40s and 50s

The choices you make in midlife have an outsized impact on your long-term health, Stanford Medicine specialists say.

23 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Cold neutral gas in early universe prompts rethink of galaxy cluster evolution

A small group of young researchers at the Cosmic Dawn Center, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have, through observations of the early stages of an extremely large galaxy cluster's evolution, shown that the ...

Jan 9, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Therapies that target specific type of cell death may be an effective avenue for cancer treatment

Therapies that target the utilization of fat by tumors and activate a type of cell death dependent on fat molecules may be a promising avenue to treat cancer, according to new research by UTHealth Houston.

23 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Exploring the complex relationship between oral health and dementia

Poor oral health may increase dementia risk through both biological and social pathways, as reported by researchers from Science Tokyo. Drawing on recent epidemiologic research, the team highlights how eating and speaking ...

Medical Xpress / South Carolina confirms 124 new measles cases as outbreak on the Arizona-Utah line grows

Health officials in South Carolina confirmed 124 new measles cases since Friday, as the outbreak in the northwestern part of the state balloons following the holidays.