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Phys.org / World's first gene edited Culicoides biting midges open door for livestock disease research

Scientists have successfully edited the genome of biting midges, opening the door to new research on how these insects transmit disease. Culicoides biting midges are small blood-feeding insects responsible for spreading important ...

Jul 20, 2026
Phys.org / AI falls short on context and cultural rhetoric in United Nations speech translations

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in translation, questions have been raised about whether it could eventually replace professional interpreters. A joint study led by Lingnan University found ...

Jul 20, 2026
Phys.org / Centuries before farming, hunter-gatherers introduced fish to the Norwegian mountains

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of 7,000-year-old fish traps in the mountains of southern Norway, indicating that fish were intentionally introduced to upland lakes by Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers and showing ...

Jul 19, 2026
Phys.org / Underwater drones discover coral reefs off Benin, long presumed dead, teeming with life

A coral reef, missing and presumed dead, has been found alive and well off the coast of Benin. Surveys in the 1960s, focused on identifying promising fishing areas, flagged a possible deep-water coral reef but assumed it ...

Jul 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Daylight saving time may leave a surprising trace in the eye's smallest blood vessels each spring

For the first time, Northwestern Medicine scientists have detailed how fall and spring daylight saving time transitions affect a person's risk of developing retinal vascular disease. The study is published in Scientific Reports.

Jul 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Severe flooding linked to increased deaths from opioid use in rural Appalachia

Severe flooding may contribute to higher mortality rates from opioid use in rural Appalachia, according to a study by researchers at Penn State. The findings—published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences—are ...

Jul 20, 2026
Phys.org / Study could help event organizers prevent crowd crushes and stampedes

McGill researchers have found that dangerous crowd conditions leading to surges and stampedes may not emerge suddenly but instead develop gradually, as repeated physical contact and pushing accumulate and become synchronized ...

Jul 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / What the brain is doing when we're unaware of our actions

Hal Blumenfeld, MD, Ph.D., the Mark Loughridge and Michele Williams Professor of Neurology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), got out of the pool one afternoon and couldn't find his watch. He was certain he'd left it at the ...

Jul 20, 2026
Tech Xplore / 'Ouroboros' AI system changes what edge devices see video in real time

A research team led by Kyunghan Lee, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University College of Engineering, has developed an artificial intelligence system, "Ouroboros," ...

Jul 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / New study sheds light on how Epstein-Barr virus may contribute to multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that attacks the central nervous system. For years, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been strongly linked to MS, as nearly every person diagnosed with the condition shows ...

Jul 18, 2026
Phys.org / New machine-learning tool improves accuracy of genomics research

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have identified a widespread source of error in a popular method for studying the genome and created a machine-learning tool to correct it. The free tool could improve ...

Jul 20, 2026
Phys.org / Wealthier North Carolina neighborhoods may be hotspots for insecticide-resistant tiger mosquitoes

The choices people make to control mosquitoes in their own backyards may be helping some of those mosquitoes survive the very insecticides meant to kill them, according to two new studies from North Carolina State University. ...

Jul 20, 2026