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Medical Xpress / Scientists take crucial step in developing world's first measles treatment

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are the first in the world to characterize human antibodies capable of neutralizing measles virus. These antibodies bind to key sites on measles virus and prevent the ...

May 7, 2026
Phys.org / What makes some couples bounce back from stress so quickly? New clues emerge from cortisol and partner behavior

How partners respond to stress may be as important as the stress itself, according to two new Canadian studies of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and nonbinary couples. Known collectively as sexual and gender diverse ...

May 8, 2026
Phys.org / Magnetic checkerboard separates microparticles by size and sends them along different paths

A team of researchers from the Universities of Tübingen, Bayreuth, and Kassel, and the Polish Academy of Sciences has developed a method for precisely controlling the movement of magnetic microparticles based on their size. ...

May 7, 2026
Phys.org / Tree communities shape hidden energy flows under European forests

Mixing tree species can lead to better growth in the forest—at least above ground. A new study published in Nature shows that mixed forests had lower activity in the complex belowground ecosystems than previously thought. ...

May 7, 2026
Science X / Coffee doesn't just wake you up—a key biological pathway illuminates widespread health effects

For decades, research has linked coffee consumption to longer life and lower risk of chronic disease—but exactly how those benefits occur has remained unclear. Now, new research from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine ...

May 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Study reveals how parenting styles shape babies' willingness to help others

New research from Durham University shows that the way parents instruct and encourage infants to help plays a key role in how helping behavior develops, and that these approaches vary across cultures.

May 8, 2026
Tech Xplore / Beyond human error: Systemic skill management in organizations and the 2005 Fukuchiyama-line derailment accident

Researchers at University of Tsukuba reexamined the causes of the Fukuchiyama Line derailment that occurred in April 2005, analyzing how train drivers acquire and use operational knowledge/skills, and simulating how the railway ...

May 8, 2026
Phys.org / What can singing mice say about human speech?

Speech is a crowning achievement of human evolution, the skill that separates us from every other animal. So, it would stand to reason that evolving this capability required some enormous leap in brain complexity. A study ...

May 6, 2026
Phys.org / Locked in stone for 210 million years, this newly identified crocodile cousin was built to crush larger prey

On a fateful day 210 million years ago, two crocodile cousins about the size of jackals stood side-by-side amid the low ferns of a humid riverbank that would one day become northern New Mexico. One of the crocs, Hesperosuchus ...

May 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / Memristor chip merges memory and computing, cutting AI power use by more than half

With a simple click, your hastily taken photo sharpens, a garbled voice message turns into polished text and a chatbot drafts an email in perfect prose. Today's digital tools, enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI), seem ...

May 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain imaging reveals migraine headache subtypes

They've been described as "brain on fire" or "an ice pick through the head." Migraine headaches affect more than one in 10 Americans, and they're so much worse than a regular headache.

May 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / 'Freedom framing' could be more effective than mandates for vaccine-hesitant Americans

University of Houston researchers are applying the principles of marketing science to public health, proposing that the way vaccines are "framed" could be a factor in overcoming hesitancy.

May 7, 2026