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Phys.org / Rescue satellite gets close to NASA's doomed telescope, even if it can't save it

A private spacecraft that was supposed to provide a lifeline to NASA's Swift Observatory managed to get close to the sinking telescope and even snap photos two weeks after the rescue was abandoned.

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / Completing the connectome: How pursuing a map of the fly brain rewired neuroscience

When researchers at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus set out to create a map of all the neurons in the fruit fly brain in 2008, many in the scientific community thought they were out of their minds.

Sep 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / Endometriosis can elude diagnosis for years. What to know about the disease and new ways to find it

When Zoë Armstrong got an ultrasound report showing signs of endometriosis, she called her mom and cried. After years of suffering and seeking help from doctors, she finally had an answer.

Sep 6, 2026
Phys.org / Archaea as 'flexitarians': Ammonia-oxidizing microbes also feed on amino acids

Symbiotic ammonia-oxidizing archaea in marine sponges are not strict specialists but true "flexitarians." A team led by microbiologists Bettina Glasl and Katharina Kitzinger from the University of Vienna, in collaboration ...

Sep 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Key path to Alzheimer's-like brain damage starts outside the brain

Immune cells that normally protect the body from damage by attacking foreign or infected cells are found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders at much higher levels than in healthy brains. ...

Sep 3, 2026
Phys.org / AI suggests new physics experiments that could outperform human-designed setups

Research means asking questions of the universe. For centuries, clever minds have advanced science by devising ingenious experiments designed so their results reveal something about the laws of nature as clearly and unambiguously ...

Sep 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI may help identify breast cancers missed by mammograms, but clinical benefit remains uncertain

Artificial intelligence may help radiologists identify subtle signs of breast cancers that are missed during routine mammograms, and some AI systems may even identify patterns associated with an increased risk of cancer before ...

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / Embedded platinum channels bring nanoscale spin-based thermoelectric conversion to bulk materials

A joint research team from NIMS and the University of Tokyo has developed a new composite in which three-dimensional nano-interfaces are distributed throughout the material by coating the surfaces of magnetic-insulator powders ...

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / Neutron bone imaging brings T. rex to life

A broken rib from Scotty, the largest T. rex skeleton discovered, is helping scientists uncover new information about life on Earth 66 million years ago. Scotty's rib preserves something rarely seen in the fossil record: ...

Sep 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / Traumatic brain injury recovery follows different neurological paths with age

Conventional wisdom holds that younger brains are better equipped to recover from injury. Their greater flexibility allows them to adapt, rebuild connections and compensate for damage in ways older brains often cannot. But ...

Sep 5, 2026
Phys.org / Traces of nearly 4 million coins reveal how Rome achieved economic integration

For centuries, the study of ancient history relied primarily on interpreting classical texts and examining inscriptions and archaeological remains at their sites of origin or in museums. In recent years, however, a little-known ...

Sep 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / Psilocybin prevents chemotherapy-related nerve injury and associated symptoms in preclinical models

In a breakthrough study, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered that psilocybin given before chemotherapy prevented the onset of nerve injury in preclinical models, even after repeated ...

Sep 3, 2026