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Medical Xpress / Fish scales could be a solution for regenerating the human cornea

Serious diseases affecting the transparent part of the eye, called the cornea, are very difficult to treat because this structure lacks blood vessels and has little capacity for regeneration and repair. Many patients with ...

Mar 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / It's tempting to offload your thinking to AI. Cognitive science shows why that's a bad idea

With so many artificial intelligence (AI) products being offered now, it's increasingly tempting to offload difficult thinking tasks to chatbots, agents and other tools.

Mar 10, 2026
Phys.org / Ocean carbon removal looks promising, but nutrient cycling could curb long-term gains

There is growing interest in the scientific community and private sector in biological approaches to marine carbon dioxide removal—strategies designed to enhance the ocean's natural ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere. ...

Mar 9, 2026
Phys.org / Baltic herring fishing rules may need an update after new genetic mapping

Herring from different parts of the Baltic Sea belong to distinct populations genetically adapted to local differences in salinity and temperature. However, these populations can also mix with each other, according to a new ...

Mar 9, 2026
Phys.org / From carp to crocodilians: Why deliberately introduced freshwater giants may bring hidden risks

More than 40% of extant large freshwater animals (megafauna), including carp, salmonids, crocodilians, turtles, beavers, and hippopotamuses, have been deliberately introduced outside their natural range, often for economic ...

Mar 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researcher disputes claim that multilingualism promotes better brain aging

University of Houston professor of psychology Arturo Hernandez is disputing a high-profile study published in the journal Nature Aging claiming that people who live in multilingual countries show healthier brain aging. Though ...

Mar 9, 2026
Phys.org / AI agent could transform how scientists study weather and climate

Computer scientists and weather scientists have taken the first steps toward creating an AI agent capable of analyzing and answering questions in natural language, such as English, about data from AI-driven weather and climate ...

Mar 10, 2026
Phys.org / Heat does not reduce prosociality, study suggests

High temperatures have long been empirically linked to violence, conflict, and aggression at the societal level—a troubling pattern in a warming world. Alessandra Cassar and colleagues sought to explore the effect of high ...

Mar 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / What makes a hit? On TikTok and Spotify, listeners only partly decide

TikTok is built for people to create and share their own content, so dance music and indie artists fill the platform's Top 100. On Spotify, love songs and music from major record labels dominate its top charts. On both platforms, ...

Mar 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cancer drug reduces early Alzheimer's-like brain hyperconnectivity in lab tests

Neuroscientists at King's College London have pinpointed a mechanism behind the increased neural connectivity observed in the very early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Published in Translational Psychiatry, the study also ...

Mar 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cannabis intoxication disrupts many types of memory

Smoking cannabis can do more than blur memories. It can reshape them. A new Washington State University study found that people who consumed THC were more likely to recall words that were never presented and struggled with ...

Mar 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Review of 153 studies links youth media use to later mental health risks

Children and teenagers who spend more time on digital media are more likely to experience mental health, behavioral and academic difficulties later on, according to a major international review published in JAMA Pediatrics. ...

Mar 10, 2026