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Phys.org / Building blocks of life discovered in Bennu asteroid rewrite origin story

Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an asteroid called Bennu, delivered to Earth in 2023 by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. How those amino acids—the ...

Feb 9, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Fragile X study uncovers brainwave biomarker bridging humans and mice

Numerous potential treatments for neurological conditions, including autism spectrum disorders, have worked well in lab mice but then disappointed in humans. What would help is a noninvasive, objective readout of treatment ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Tiny worm offers clues to combat chemotherapy neurotoxicity

Chemotherapy remains one of the most powerful tools in the fight against cancer, yet it often comes with significant long-term side effects that can dramatically affect patients' quality of life. Among the most debilitating ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Aggressive brain tumors build protective 'sugar shield' to survive extreme stress

For the first time, researchers have identified a previously unrecognized metabolic defense mechanism in aggressive brain tumors: a sugar-rich shield that surrounds tumor cells and protects them against a particularly destructive ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Established cancer drug can reactivate immunotherapy

Genetically modified immune cells can offer precious additional time to patients with advanced multiple myeloma. However, these therapies lose their impact as the molecules on cancer cells that immune cells recognize gradually ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / 'Dancing molecules' paralysis treatment heals lab-grown human spinal cord organoids

Northwestern University scientists have developed the most advanced organoid model for human spinal cord injury to date. In a new study, the research team used lab-grown human spinal cord organoids—miniature organs derived ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Fermi data help refine orbital parameters of a gamma-ray binary

Using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Chinese astronomers have observed a gamma-ray binary system known as PSR J2032+4127. Results of the new observations, published February 3 on the arXiv preprint server, shed more ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Underestimated wake: Shipping traffic causes more turmoil in the Baltic Sea than expected

Commercial shipping not only affects the Baltic Sea on the surface, but also has a significant impact on the water column and the seabed. A study by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) and Kiel ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Key gene behind drug resistance in small cell lung cancer identified

A research team has discovered a crucial mechanism that underlies chemotherapy resistance and metastasis in small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Their study shows that the silencing of the RASA4 gene through epigenetic mechanisms ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Southern right whales are facing climate-driven decline in Australia

The tide has turned on the conservation success story of the southern right whale. Once considered a global conservation success story, the species is now emerging as a warning signal of how climate change is impacting threatened ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Leading AI models struggle to solve original math problems

Mathematics, like many other scientific endeavors, is increasingly using artificial intelligence. Of course, math is the backbone of AI, but mathematicians are also turning to these tools for tasks like literature searches ...

Feb 9, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Escape from Fukushima: Pig-boar hybrids reveal a genetic fast track in the wake of nuclear disaster

A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when escaped domestic pigs bred with wild boar. The research shows that domestic pig maternal lineages sped ...

Feb 9, 2026 in Biology