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Phys.org / 5,000-year-old bureaucracy: Over 7,000 prehistoric seal impressions uncovered in western Iran

In the journal Antiquity, Dr. Shokouh Khosravi published preliminary findings of the largest known corpus of prehistoric seal impressions in the entire ancient world. The corpus, made up of over 7,000 seal impressions, more ...

Feb 22, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Perioperative enfortumab vedotin + pembrolizumab tied to improved outcomes with bladder cancer

Perioperative enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab and surgery lead to significantly better outcomes among patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who are ineligible for cisplatin-based chemotherapy compared with surgery ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Middle-aged men are most vulnerable to faster aging due to 'forever chemicals,' study finds

PFAS have wide-ranging toxic effects. Now, researchers have found that two non-legacy PFAS, namely perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA), appear to speed up biological aging in middle-aged men, ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Genetics
Phys.org / Apollo moon rocks reveal lunar magnetic field was briefly stronger than Earth's

Researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, have resolved a long-standing debate about the strength of the moon's magnetic field. For decades, scientists have argued about whether the moon had ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / A 'Google Earth' for the brain: What a 4D atlas reveals about growth

On the computer screens, the mouse brain is shown from several angles. Then you click, and a small area of the brain is highlighted in color. With the next click, something happens to the color markers. The marked areas change ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Laser heat therapy plus immunotherapy may dramatically improve survival for those with deadly brain cancer

High-grade astrocytoma, which includes glioblastoma, is a fast-growing, aggressive brain cancer that often returns after the tumor is removed, making it difficult to treat. Patients with recurrent high-grade astrocytoma typically ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Fifteen-year results from clinical trial suggest that follicular lymphoma is curable

Unlike some other forms of lymphoma, advanced stage follicular lymphoma is considered incurable. But a new analysis of long-term data on patients treated for the disease years ago with standard regimens of immunotherapy and ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Engineered protein markers read living brain gene activity in monkeys via blood

Gene therapy has been successfully used to treat a number of diseases, including immune deficiencies, hereditary blindness, hemophilia and, recently, Huntington's disease, a fatal neurological disorder.

Feb 27, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Coral proxy data reveals century-long slowdown of South China Sea throughflow under global warming

The South China Sea Throughflow (SCSTF) serves as a critical oceanic conveyor belt for heat and freshwater, mediating water exchanges between the South China Sea (SCS) and the Pacific and Indian oceans while regulating key ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Earth
Tech Xplore / Novel cathode design tames distortions to improve lithium-ion batteries

A battery's positive end (cathode) and negative end (anode) are two vital components that largely define how well it can perform. In particular, researchers have focused on improving the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / AI agents have their own social network: Moltbook study tracks topics and toxicity

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) agents, systems that learn to make predictions, generate content or tackle other tasks by analyzing large amounts of data, is becoming increasingly widespread. Some of these systems ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Computer Sciences
Medical Xpress / Why breastfeeding's benefits may last years: Immune cells link lactation to long-lasting health

It's widely known that breastfeeding impacts the health of both mother and child, but the underlying biology that leads to these effects has been understudied. In a review article published in Trends in Immunology, researchers ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Health