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Medical Xpress / Poison center reports of liver injuries rise nearly 400% since 2000, with acetaminophen as a top driver

Calls to poison centers involving liver injuries caused by medications, supplements, alcohol and other substances jumped nearly 400% between 2000 and 2024, according to a new study from UVA Health published in Clinical Gastroenterology ...

Aug 13, 2026
Phys.org / Drug-carrying nanoparticles shrink venous malformations by 70% in mice

Venous malformations are abnormally shaped veins that develop when the cells lining blood vessels grow too fast when they aren't supposed to. Children can be born with them, and as the child grows, the venous malformations ...

Aug 12, 2026
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 / Europe's worst medieval flood highlights risk of successive extreme events

New research involving the University of Liverpool has provided comprehensive insights into the largest flood event in Europe over the past millennium—the flood traditionally known as "St. Mary Magdalene's Flood" of 1342.

Aug 12, 2026
Phys.org / Graphene nanowrinkles could reshape electricity in future ultrathin devices

Rice University researchers have shown that tiny wrinkles in graphene can change the material's electrical properties, providing evidence for flexoelectricity, a phenomenon in which a material generates an electric charge ...

Aug 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Long before adulthood, a chemical mark may quietly shape how the brain handles stress

Stress or trauma during childhood may leave people more vulnerable to mental health struggles and stress later in life. Scientists think one reason could be that early-life stress leaves lasting molecular bookmarks on DNA, ...

Aug 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Most UK adults track health themselves, yet unequal access could widen care gaps

Most people in the UK already monitor their own health and well-being, and an overwhelming majority would be happy to do more if advised by the NHS, according to a new University of Manchester–led study.

Aug 14, 2026
Phys.org / Stellar stream beyond Milky Way offers new tool to map dark matter

In the image above, a faint trail of stars can be seen stretching across the galaxy. These structures, known as globular cluster stellar streams, are coherent stellar structures that retain a record of their dynamical history ...

Aug 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Severe mental illness linked to preventable physical disease and shorter life span

Being diagnosed with a severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can reduce a person's life expectancy by up to 20 years compared with the general population, University of Queensland researchers have ...

Aug 13, 2026
Phys.org / Cosmic filaments help set first limits on dark matter's decay into gravitons

Composing some 85% of the universe's total mass, dark matter betrays its presence only through gravity, unlike ordinary matter. Yet through new research published in Physical Review D, a team led by David Dunsky of New York ...

Aug 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / New spike map shows how SARS-CoV-2 variants dodge key antibodies

Antibodies are an important defense against SARS-CoV-2, but the virus continues to evolve ways to evade them. Now, researchers have mapped how antibodies target a key region of the virus's spike protein, how they neutralize ...

Aug 13, 2026
Phys.org / Microbes turn CO₂ into protein and vitamin B9 at commercially viable prices

Researchers are developing biotechnological processes that enable microbes to produce proteins and vitamins for human consumption using basic chemical ingredients, such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxygen—entirely bypassing ...

Aug 12, 2026