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Phys.org / Olives have been essential to life in Italy for at least 6,000 years—far longer than we thought

How far back does the rich history of Italian olives and oil stretch? My new research, published in the American Journal of Archaeology, synthesizing and reevaluating existing archaeological evidence, suggests olive trees ...

Feb 4, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / NASA Langley makes final preparations for Artemis II mission to launch around the moon

When Apollo 17 astronauts returned from the moon in 1972, they visited NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, to thank staff for their contributions to the mission, saying "we stood on the shoulders of giants ...

Feb 5, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Long-period Jupiter-like exoplanet discovered with TESS

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new extrasolar planet transiting a distant star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-6692 b, is the size ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / AI model OpenScholar synthesizes scientific research and cites sources as accurately as human experts

Keeping up with the latest research is vital for scientists, but given that millions of scientific papers are published every year, that can prove difficult. Artificial intelligence systems show promise for quickly synthesizing ...

Feb 4, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / AI tool predicts brain age, cancer survival and other disease signals from unlabeled brain MRIs

Mass General Brigham investigators have developed a robust new artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model that is capable of analyzing brain MRI datasets to perform numerous medical tasks, including identifying brain age, ...

Feb 5, 2026 in Health informatics
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 drugs tied to lower-calorie, lower-sugar food purchases

Researchers at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen reported that starting a GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) coincided with slightly healthier supermarket purchases. Grocery purchases from GLP-1RA users in Denmark contained ...

Feb 3, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / How sleep loss can damage your brain's wiring

Sleep loss damages the fatty insulation protecting the nerve cells in our brain, according to a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research also explains why we often feel ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Neuroscience
Tech Xplore / New design tool 3D-prints woven metamaterials that stretch and fail predictably

Metamaterials—materials whose properties are primarily dictated by their internal microstructure, and not their chemical makeup—have been redefining the engineering materials space for the last decade. To date, however, ...

Feb 4, 2026 in Engineering
Phys.org / Study ties particle pollution from wildfire smoke to 24,100 US deaths per year

Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study.

Feb 4, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Chikungunya vaccine update: Experimental adjuvant-free particles aim to prevent months of joint pain

Griffith University researchers are on the cusp of a new vaccine to prevent chikungunya, a global health threat which attacks human joint tissue. Professor Bernd Rehm, from Griffith's Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, ...

Phys.org / Study: Why Nobel Prize-level materials have yet to reach industry

Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, polluted water, and increasingly strict environmental regulations are driving the search for materials that can efficiently trap pollutants at the molecular level. For more than two ...

Feb 5, 2026 in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / Family dinners may reduce substance-use risk for many adolescents

A new study by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine finds that regular family dinners may help prevent substance use for a majority of U.S. adolescents, but suggests that the strategy is not effective for youth ...

Feb 5, 2026 in Health