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Medical Xpress / How certain factors affect life expectancy in people with spina bifida
Studies have reported on survival probabilities of people born with open spina bifida, a condition where the spinal cord and nerves are exposed through an opening in the back. Research published in Developmental Medicine ...
Phys.org / How tech-dependency and pandemic isolation have created 'anxious generation'
Unchecked use of technology and pandemic isolation have "reshaped" how teenagers develop—but it's not too late to intervene. This is the stark warning of educator Amber Chandler, who suggests teens are struggling with unprecedented ...
Dialog / Old galaxies in a young universe?
The standard cosmological model (present-day version of "Big Bang," called Lambda-CDM) gives an age of the universe close to 13.8 billion years and much younger when we explore the universe at high-redshift. The redshift ...
Medical Xpress / Measles exposures reported in DC, Disneyland, as virus activity drops in Europe
Attendees of the National March for Life rally in Washington, DC last month may have been exposed to measles.
Phys.org / Afraid of chemistry at school? It's not all the subject's fault
Apart from a few exceptional cases, chemistry is often perceived as difficult, abstract and removed from real life. This affects students' motivation and choices, discouraging them from pursuing academic and professional ...
Medical Xpress / Routine aspirin therapy may prevent severe preeclampsia in at-risk populations
Prescribing daily aspirin at the first prenatal visit to all pregnant patients was associated with an overall reduction in the development of severe preeclampsia, according to new research presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal ...
Phys.org / Football-sized fossil creature may have been one of the first land animals to eat plants
Life on Earth started in the oceans. Sometime around 475 million years ago, plants began making their way from the water onto the land, and it took another 100 million years for the first animals with backbones to join them. ...
Medical Xpress / Northern California reports first measles outbreak since 2020
California reported its first confirmed measles outbreak since 2020 on Feb. 10. The highly contagious disease infected 2,276 people nationwide in 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So far in ...
Phys.org / UK's crumbling canals threatened with collapse
On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.
Medical Xpress / Does a past abortion or miscarriage affect a woman's risk of developing breast cancer?
A prior abortion or miscarriage was not linked with an increased risk of developing pre- or postmenopausal breast cancer in a study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
Medical Xpress / Smokefree generation law could see English smoking prevalence drop below 5% decades earlier than expected
New research, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that smoking prevalence among 12- to 30-year-olds in England could drop below 5% decades earlier than expected, if the government progressively raises ...
Phys.org / Experiment relies on pulsars to probe dark matter waves
Dark matter is a type of matter that is predicted to make up most of the matter in the universe, yet it is very difficult to detect using conventional experimental techniques, as it does not emit, absorb, or reflect light. ...
