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Medical Xpress / Results of non-invasive prenatal testing compare well to those from invasive methods, with better safety and cost

While noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has revolutionized prenatal diagnostics by allowing the detection of a number of genetic problems in a fetus, it is currently limited and thus misses many genetic causes of abnormalities. ...

Jun 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / A brain-computer interface that works with—not against—the brain

It might soon be "game over" for the video game controller. Yale researchers have developed a new kind of brain-computer interface (BCI) that lets humans play video games directly with their brains. Using real-time fMRI (functional ...

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Lower dopamine may drive teen risk-taking that fades with age

Teenage risk-taking, such as experimentation with alcohol, cannabis, nicotine and other substances, may reflect a compensatory response to lower baseline dopamine, the brain chemical for reward activity, a new University ...

Jun 11, 2026
Phys.org / Hurricane rainfall and landslide risk are on the rise in Southern California

Climate change could make historically rare tropical storms in Southern California produce significantly more precipitation in the next few decades, and when they strike, landslides are likely to become a bigger risk across ...

Jun 10, 2026
Phys.org / Novel nanowire device offers rapid, noninvasive cancer detection

A research team in Japan has developed an efficient, minimally invasive cancer detection device that uses high-performance zinc oxide nanowires to selectively capture extracellular vesicles (EVs) from bodily fluids.

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Chlamydia vaccine push gets blueprint as key membrane protein structure emerges

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center, working with other U.S. researchers, have uncovered the structure of a key cell membrane protein in a bacterial model for Chlamydia trachomatis, the cause of the world's most ...

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Traditional tertiary teaching models shortchanging neurodivergent students in health care studies

Recent Deakin research into the experiences of neurodivergent students studying for future health care careers showed many experience stigma, inadequate help in classroom and clinical settings, and hard-to-navigate support ...

Jun 12, 2026
Phys.org / Swapping steak for salmon could boost health and reduce emissions

Swapping a beef steak for salmon once a week could save the amount of carbon needed to fly from London Heathrow to Morocco, according to new research by the universities of Bristol and Southampton. The study, published in ...

Jun 12, 2026
Phys.org / Would you buy milk from a gene‑edited cow? Consumers may be more open than you think

As temperatures rise, New Zealand's dairy farmers face a growing challenge: keeping cows cool enough to remain productive. Heat stress can reduce milk production, harm animals and lower the environmental efficiency of dairy ...

Jun 12, 2026
Phys.org / Odds climb for record El Niño as 75% of models predict 2.5C warming

Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service on Wednesday said global forecasters were increasingly confident that a very strong El Niño warming weather pattern could form later this year.

Jun 10, 2026
Phys.org / Cells have a secret power line: How the nucleus gets its own private energy supply from mitochondria

For decades, biologists assumed a cell's energy simply diffused to wherever it was needed. It turns out the most important destination of all has a private delivery line.

Jun 10, 2026
Phys.org / Novel catalyst design boosts solar-driven ammonia production under mild conditions

Sunlight, water, air and metal-organic catalysts—that could be all it takes. TU Wien has shown how catalyst design can be advanced for solar-driven NH3 synthesis. Without this chemical technology, feeding the world as we ...

Jun 10, 2026