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Medical Xpress / Looking back to protect the future: New insights into influenza immunity

A new study from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity shows that seasonal influenza vaccination does more than protect against viruses circulating that year; it can also prime the immune system to respond ...

Apr 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / Wary of news media, Silicon Valley builds its own

When OpenAI acquired the tech podcast TBPN this week, it wasn't just buying a show—it was buying a message.

Apr 4, 2026
Phys.org / NASA's Artemis II mission launches on first crewed lunar flyby in 50 years

Four astronauts blasted off aboard a massive NASA rocket Wednesday on a long-anticipated journey around the moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.

Apr 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / The challenge of delivering evidence‑based medicine in children's care

It is easy to overlook the fact that over 90% of medical treatments are not backed by strong evidence. People can find it frustrating—even infuriating—when a review concludes that the evidence for a treatment is too weak ...

Apr 4, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI benchmark helps robots plan and complete their chores in the real world

No matter how sophisticated they are, robots can often be indecisive and struggle with multi-step chores in the real world. For example, if you tell a robot to tidy a messy room, it might understand the goal but not know ...

Mar 29, 2026
Phys.org / Protostars 'sneeze' and produce rings of gas and magnetic flux as they grow

Researchers have uncovered new insights into the early development of baby stars. As published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, a research team from Kyushu University and Kagawa University reports that during the early ...

Apr 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / How disinfectants influence microbes across hospital rooms

Just because a topical antiseptic is swabbed on the skin doesn't mean it stays on the skin. In a new study, Northwestern University scientists studied how a powerful antiseptic, called chlorhexidine, affects bacteria in hospital ...

Apr 2, 2026
Phys.org / Nature's photocopiers caught 'doodling'—scientists say it could revolutionize how DNA is written

New research has discovered that the molecular machines responsible for copying our DNA have a surprising hidden talent—an ability to create entirely new and highly sophisticated DNA sequences from scratch. The study, led ...

Apr 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / First functional brain atlas shows how communication networks change from infancy to old age

If you want to know more about how the human brain matures and changes over time, you can now consult the first comprehensive atlas that maps brain organization from infancy all the way through to advanced old age. To create ...

Mar 29, 2026
Phys.org / Time lapse video shows trees give visual clues as they rehydrate each spring

With the arrival of spring a few weeks ago, new buds and colors on the trees started to appear. Along with that new growth, a UBC Okanagan researcher has determined that some trees in spring also provide simple, visual clues—raised ...

Apr 1, 2026
Phys.org / Webb eyes a pair of planet-forming disks

This month's NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month offers us a two-for-one on brand new stars—with some potential planets thrown in as well. This visual highlights Webb's views of the protoplanetary ...

Apr 3, 2026
Phys.org / Watering smarter, not more: A modern-day robotic divining rod

Advanced technology can help farmers get to the root of a growing problem—overwatering in an era of increasing drought and water scarcity. A new UC Riverside system can map soil moisture tree by tree, so growers water only ...

Apr 2, 2026