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Medical Xpress / Women less likely than men to be offered active medical treatment for the same conditions

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that women are less likely than men with the same medical condition to be offered active management such as surgery, a stent or a strong painkiller.

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / AI reveals novel nighttime feeding behaviors in right whales

Right whales forage near the water's surface at night, putting them at greater risk of potentially fatal collisions with boats, Jay Kirkham at Dalhousie University, Canada, and colleagues report Sept. 16, 2026, in the journal ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Sliding droplets point to charging mechanism beyond mobile ions

Whether on a windowpane at home or during the industrial cleaning of computer chips: droplets sliding over solid surfaces become electrically charged. Yet the physical mechanism behind this charging remains a subject of debate. ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Predominantly online friendships linked to greater support for white nationalism

From social media to the streets of Washington, D.C., the organized white nationalist movement has become more visible in the United States over the past few decades. But the extent of this extremist movement's appeal to ...

Sep 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Your gut bacteria make a molecule that fights a leading cause of food poisoning

What if something produced naturally by your gut bacteria could help fight a dangerous foodborne pathogen? Researchers in Michigan State University's Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology may have found just ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / The local costs of remote sensing: Examining the ethics of laser scanning in tropical forests

Laser scanning, often referred to as lidar, has rapidly transformed how tropical forest regions are studied, monitored and understood across academic disciplines. The technology enables researchers to peer through dense forest ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area

Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area when something that didn't look like the rocks she'd been studying caught her eye. It turned out to be the fossilized tooth ...

Sep 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Patient-specific AI technique could make minimally invasive surgeries safer and more precise

Researchers have created a new technique that accurately and rapidly matches X-rays captured during surgery with a patient's preoperative 3D medical scan. This method could make it easier for clinicians to precisely guide ...

Sep 16, 2026
Tech Xplore / Flexible flight corridors let drones navigate cluttered spaces faster and more safely

Researchers at Durham University have developed a new drone navigation system that enables autonomous aircraft to fly faster, more smoothly and more safely through crowded and obstacle-filled environments. This leads to new ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Conserving just 35% of the nation's waterways could sustain freshwater biodiversity

By evaluating the health of waterways across the U.S., researchers have identified a network encompassing about one-third of rivers and streams that, if conserved and restored, could sustain the nation's freshwater biodiversity ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Dual findings reveal how to control coherence in plasmonic nanolasers

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have uncovered two complementary mechanisms that govern coherence in miniaturized lasers composed of metallic nanoparticle arrays incorporated into an optical gain material, ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Does AI make us smarter or more dependent?

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of how people learn, solve problems and construct knowledge. Yet whether AI strengthens human intelligence or encourages excessive dependence remains an open question.

Sep 17, 2026