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Medical Xpress / How chronic inflammation traps white blood cells in hybrid states and blocks healing

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have uncovered how chronic inflammation disrupts the immune system's ability to heal the body, offering new insight into diseases associated with inflammation ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Inflammatory disorders
Phys.org / Satellite record shows boreal forests expanded 12% and shifted north since 1985

The boreal forest—the world's largest terrestrial biome—is warming faster than any other forest type. To understand the changing dynamics of boreal forests, Min Feng and colleagues analyzed the biome from 1985 to 2020, ...

Feb 9, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / 3D-printed brain models could improve medical research and training

University of Missouri researchers are developing new ways to better simulate the complex nature of human brain tissue. For years, scientists have worked to uncover how the brain responds to mechanical forces and electromagnetic ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Biomedical technology
Phys.org / Researchers rebuild microscopic circadian clock that can control genes

Our circadian clocks play a crucial role in our health and well-being, keeping our 24-hour biological cycles in sync with light and dark exposure. Disruptions in the rhythms of these clocks, as with jet lag and daylight saving ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / New study finds near-universal fentanyl exposure with xylazine in some—but not all—US cities

In the national conversation about overdose, fentanyl is often framed as a single, wide-reaching crisis, but new evidence from five major U.S. cities suggests a more fragmented, complex reality. In an article published in ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Addiction
Phys.org / Egalitarianism among hunter-gatherers? What a food-sharing experiment reveals about self-interest

Hunter-gatherers like the Hadza of Tanzania are famous for their egalitarianism. A resource redistribution experiment conducted with the Hadza suggests many tolerate inequality—as long as it benefits themselves. Published ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Most of Hawaii's birds contribute to avian malaria transmission, study finds

New research on avian malaria, which has decimated Hawaii's beloved birds, explains how non-native birds play a key role in transmission and contribute to the widespread distribution of the disease. This disease threatens ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / When heat flows backwards: A neat solution for hydrodynamic heat transport

When we think about heat traveling through a material, we typically picture diffusive transport, a process that transfers heat from high-temperature to low-temperature as particles and molecules bump into each other, losing ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Gamma-synced brain stimulation can nudge people to behave less selfishly

Stimulating two brain areas, nudging them to collectively fire in the same way, increases a person's ability to behave altruistically, according to a study published in the PLOS Biology by Jie Hu from East China Normal University ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Tiny one- to three-base RNAs could help stop autoimmune inflammation, study suggests

RNA-based medicine is about to take a huge leap forward thanks to the discovery of extremely short RNA fragments with important anti-inflammatory properties. Professor Michael Gantier's latest research, published in Nature ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Immunology
Phys.org / Biofilm made from fish skin could be a sustainable alternative for food packaging

Using the skin of an Amazonian fish known as tambatinga as the raw material, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) and EMBRAPA Pecuária Sudeste—a decentralized unit of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation ...

Feb 9, 2026 in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / Combination treatment may slow disease progression in advanced sarcoma

An oral combination treatment may prevent the progression of advanced leiomyosarcoma, one of the most common subtypes of soft tissue sarcoma, according to a recent study published in The Lancet Oncology. "These findings support ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer