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Medical Xpress / Brain-body connection: Expert shares tips to reduce risk of cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease

The same lifestyle choices that reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer can also reduce your risk of cognitive decline. Bryan Woodruff, M.D., a cognitive neurologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, explains the ...

Jul 9, 2026
Phys.org / The Matua people: Sounds and rituals strengthen cross-border sense of community

Professor Carola Lorea of the University of Tübingen's Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology has published a comprehensive academic study on the Matua, a community of 50 million people scattered across India, Bangladesh ...

Jul 9, 2026
Phys.org / Traces of Earth's primordial magma ocean discovered in lava from a modern volcanic eruption

In May 2018, the island of Mayotte, between Madagascar and Mozambique, began to experience a series of earthquakes that led to the discovery of an underwater volcano, now called Fani Maoré. Multiple scientific expeditions ...

Jul 6, 2026
Phys.org / Chemists capture structure of the elusive borylnitrene trapped in a crystal using X-ray

Nitrenes are the ghosts of synthetic chemistry, formed in an instant and gone just as quickly, rearranging into something entirely different. These highly reactive intermediates are widely used in synthesis, yet remain notoriously ...

Jul 6, 2026
Medical Xpress / Lung transplant dramatically improves survival for patients with terminal lung cancer, study finds

A landmark Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA suggests lung transplantation can significantly extend survival in select patients with advanced lung cancer.

Jul 8, 2026
Phys.org / Manganese risk in groundwater affects 200 million people, study shows

Manganese is an essential trace element. However, in excessive concentrations, the metal can cause health problems. Two Eawag researchers have now produced a global risk map for manganese in groundwater. Half of the world's ...

Jul 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Video games might modestly sharpen your memory and other cognitive skills, review suggests

Because video games are a regular part of many people's everyday lives, researchers have spent a lot of time trying to determine whether they are beneficial or detrimental to brain health. A new study, published in Acta Psychologica, ...

Jul 6, 2026
Dialog / Catching hydrogen in the act: Tracking the absorption process over time

If you're looking for hydrogen on the elemental chart, it won't take you long to find it. It is right there at the beginning, the lightest possible material. One electron, one proton—that's it. Simple, minimalistic, the Marie ...

Jul 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Glycoprotein G unlocks genital herpes spread to nerves, revealing vaccine target

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have identified a key protein that allows the virus that causes genital herpes to get into the nervous system. The discovery, made in experiments on mice, could pave the way for ...

Jul 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Food insecurity linked to choice of telehealth abortion

Individuals seeking abortion face considerable challenges, including high costs, logistical difficulties such as travel and dependent care, and fear of stigma. In recent years, access to care has improved through telehealth ...

Jul 9, 2026
Phys.org / Hidden jet from a 'missing-link' black hole lights up the radio sky

Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) have detected an extraordinary burst of radio light from a rare cosmic event in which an intermediate-mass black hole tears apart a star, revealing ...

Jul 8, 2026
Phys.org / The language of play: Hyenas use facial expressions and vocalizations to de-escalate

Scientists observed spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) playing in the wild and found that their precise, sophisticated communication is on par with that of many primate species. Hyenas play and romp with one another at all ...

Jul 8, 2026