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Phys.org / Dolphins know how to avoid troublesome males by listening for their 'names'

When female bottlenose dolphins want to avoid males known for pushy mating behaviors, they listen out for their unique signature whistles. That's the suggestion of a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Jun 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Inhibiting high levels of leukemia ABCD1 protein with jojoba could lead to new treatment option

University of Guelph research published in the journal publication Blood has uncovered a surprising weakness in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that a compound in a common skin care ingredient may be able to target.

Jun 17, 2026
Phys.org / Superconducting TES array X-ray spectrometer goes into operation at BESSY II

Europe's first and only TES spectrometer at a synchrotron source is now in operation at BESSY II, developed within a collaboration between the HZB, the MPI-CEC (Mühlheim-an-der-Ruhr, Germany) and the NIST (Boulder, Colorado, ...

Jun 17, 2026
Phys.org / LOFAR reveals spike-like repeating radio burst pairs in the solar corona

The solar atmosphere is a turbulent and magnetized environment, with the release of magnetic energy readily manifesting as emission across the electromagnetic spectrum. Solar radio emission dominates the radio sky, with the ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Multilingual benchmark evaluates how well AI interprets clinical text and health records in nine languages

Researchers at Mass General Brigham recently developed BRIDGE, a multilingual benchmark that evaluates how well large language models (LLMs) understand clinical patient care text, including language used in electronic health ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI model proves to be a heavyweight in tumor assessment: Mesothelioma patients and physicians benefit

Physicians and researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have developed an AI model that outperforms physicians in evaluating treatment response in pleural mesothelioma. Far more accurate than the current international ...

Jun 17, 2026
Phys.org / Radar echoes from Europa reveal secrets beneath the ice

A team of scientists has used NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar and the U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Telescope (NSF GBT) to carry out the most extensive radar study to date of Europa, the ocean world orbiting ...

Jun 17, 2026
Phys.org / From 718 options to one standout, catalyst screening method reveals durable RuO₂ candidate

Why settle for a trial-and-error approach, reviewing an almost endless number of combinations, when you can systematically narrow the list to something more manageable using established data and knowledge?

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Amyloid precursor protein protects neurons during nuclear waste disposal

Researchers at Niigata University's Brain Research Institute have uncovered a new function of amyloid precursor protein (APP), a molecule long studied as the precursor to amyloid-β (Aβ) in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study ...

Jun 17, 2026
Phys.org / Dark matter cannot be ruled out as cause of gamma ray glow at the Milky Way's center, machine learning shows

An international research collaboration between the University of Vienna and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States has used machine learning to re-examine one of the most debated signals in astrophysics. ...

Jun 17, 2026
Phys.org / Young disk around WRAY 15-1880 may contain a primitive planetary system

Italian astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to perform polarimetric observations of the star WRAY 15-1880 and its young circumstellar disk. Results of the new observations, presented June 10 on the arXiv ...

Jun 16, 2026
Phys.org / Thawing permafrost may trigger overlooked carbon sink in rivers

A new study published in Nature shows that rock weathering increasingly counteracts river CO2 emissions as permafrost degrades. The study was carried out by a collaborative team of researchers from Umeå University in Sweden ...

Jun 17, 2026