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Medical Xpress / Tetris gameplay treatment helps reduce traumatic flashbacks for frontline health care workers

A simple, digital intervention that includes mentally playing Tetris can dramatically reduce intrusive memories of trauma in a month, even to the point of being symptom-free after six months, new research has found.

Feb 19, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Extreme rainfall is worsening algal blooms along South Korea's coast

Extreme rainfall is reshaping coastal waters along South Korea's shoreline, flushing nutrients from land into the sea and fueling the growth of algal blooms. A new multi-year study, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, ...

Feb 15, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / What childhood stress may change about your diet, even if your weight stays normal

How does your childhood impact the food you crave or choose to eat? Beyond the effect of the culture you were raised in, could an event in your infancy make you eat differently today?

Feb 20, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Preventing acute confusion after cardiovascular procedures through prevention

An analysis of approximately 1,604 studies from over three decades proves that delirium is a clinically highly relevant but scientifically often neglected complication in cardiology, and prevention can reduce the incidence ...

Feb 20, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Low-field MRI is safe, feasible and more comfortable for breast screening, finds study

Researchers at Mass General Brigham have demonstrated the technical feasibility of using ultra-low field (ULF) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for breast imaging. With further refinement and evaluation, the technology could ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Radiology & Imaging
Phys.org / Record-breaking Antarctic drill reveals 23 million years of climate history

An international team featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York has drilled the longest ever sediment core from under an ice sheet, providing a record stretching back millions of years that ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Is couples counseling right for me and will the therapist take sides? An expert explains

Should we do couples counseling? Are we happy? Are we both pulling in the same direction? How can we get our spark back?

Feb 20, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / NASA moves forward with Artemis II tanking test that could set up moonshot mission

NASA is set to begin fueling 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellant on the Space Launch System rocket at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday as it moves ahead with a test countdown of the Artemis II mission.

Feb 20, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Quantum simulator reveals statistical localization that keeps most qubit states frozen

In the everyday world, governed by classical physics, the concept of equilibrium reigns. If you put a drop of ink into water, it will eventually evenly mix. If you put a glass of ice water on the kitchen table, it will eventually ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / Plant-based material offers sustainable method of recovering rare earth element

Despite rare earth elements' importance in manufacturing cell phones, magnets and a host of other consumer and commercial electronics, the lack of a sustainable, environmentally friendly approach to obtaining these metals ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Chemistry
Tech Xplore / Why AI may overcomplicate answers: Humans and LLMs show 'addition bias,' often choosing extra steps over subtraction

When making decisions and judgments, humans can fall into common "traps," known as cognitive biases. A cognitive bias is essentially the tendency to process information in a specific way or follow a systematic pattern. One ...

Feb 15, 2026 in Computer Sciences
Medical Xpress / Reading-specific region differs in the dyslexic brain, fMRI study reveals

We see not just with our eyes, but with our brains. A mosaic of specialized areas in a brain region known as the visual cortex interprets different sights, helping us identify everything from solid objects to the faces of ...