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Medical Xpress / The benefits of slow running

A growing body of evidence shows that exercise improves mood and cognitive function. However, much of this evidence comes from cycling, which allows researchers to precisely control exercise intensity in the laboratory.

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / Going beyond simple models of neural networks: Extended mean-field theory offers a better approach

Physics is most readily applied to relatively simple systems: a pendulum, two electrons colliding or the structure of the solar system. But when systems become complicated—when many particles interact with one another, in ...

Aug 27, 2026
Phys.org / Why some earthquakes caused by fracking come with warning signs

Fracking, the injection of high-pressure fluid to fracture rock and release oil or gas, can trigger earthquakes. While some sites generate small tremors beforehand that may provide an early warning, others produce few or ...

Aug 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Silent artery plaques may appear in one in 13 adults before age 30

Atherosclerosis, the process underlying most cardiovascular diseases, begins long before the first symptoms appear. An international study shows that the disease can already be detected in apparently healthy young adults ...

Aug 29, 2026
Phys.org / ESA JUICE probe targets dark Jovian moon Kallichore in 2031

Jupiter hosts more than 100 moons, with most attention focused on the four Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. This is primarily due to their active geology, including Io being the most volcanically active ...

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / A never-before-seen picture of eagle migrations

In 1899, scientists began tracking avian migration by placing a small ring with an identifier around birds' ankles. Researchers then had to recapture the birds elsewhere, leaving the journey between those points a mystery. ...

Aug 29, 2026
Phys.org / When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal's catastrophic flood

The catastrophic flood that killed hundreds of people in Nepal on Aug. 26, 2026, and left many more missing likely began with falling ice and rock crashing into the river below, but that wasn't the end of the disaster. Days ...

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / Bumblebees may self-medicate when exposed to fungal infections

There is an old saying that nature is the best medicine, and it turns out bumblebees might agree. A new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science suggests that buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) may ...

Aug 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Extended Paxlovid fails to ease long COVID symptoms in 959-person trial

Results from a clinical trial and published today in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases show that the antiviral drug Paxlovid, commonly prescribed to treat acute COVID-19, does not affect long COVID symptoms compared ...

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / The length of your online reviews may help scammers map your friends and target them

On the surface, posting online reviews looks like a win-win activity. It helps both businesses we like and people who might frequent them. But although posting reviews can benefit others, it can also put us all at risk, according ...

Aug 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / Catheter-directed therapy improves pulmonary embolism outcomes

In patients with intermediate-high-risk pulmonary embolism, catheter-directed thrombolysis improved short-term clinical outcomes compared with standard anticoagulation therapy alone, according to results presented today in ...

Aug 31, 2026
Tech Xplore / A humanoid robot's social expressiveness may backfire when it makes mistakes

For robots to be successfully deployed in real-world environments, humans should trust them enough to cooperate with them. Some roboticists have been trying to determine whether users perceive robots that exhibit socially ...

Aug 28, 2026