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Medical Xpress / A single RSV shot emerges as a promising new shield for infants at risk of severe disease

Viral infections that attack the lungs are among the leading reasons infants are hospitalized. A new treatment may offer protection against these infections that is as effective and safe as existing options but requires far ...

Jul 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / New mechanoresistant cancer cells show how they survive high stress environments

When a cancer cell leaves the original tumor to spread to a new, faraway location, it first has to survive what most cells cannot: periodic high-force moments in the vessels and heart of up to 5,000 dynes per centimeter squared ...

Jul 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / PTSD therapy walks patients through past trauma

As anyone who has gone for a walk to ease a troubled mind knows, there's something about motion that helps process distressing memories. Now, University of Alberta researchers have solid evidence that an innovative psychotherapy ...

Jul 25, 2026
Science X / Rising seas could make yesterday's rare coastal floods tomorrow's routine disasters

Think of a tsunami that used to crash over a city once in a lifetime, but now comes crashing every year. Who is guilty? Coastal flooding results when a high tide coincides with a storm surge, waves, and an ocean surface that ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Gold-catalyzed chemical reaction advances next-generation anticancer prodrugs

Anticancer prodrugs have attracted significant attention from the medical and scientific communities in recent years because of their potential to improve treatment precision while reducing side effects. These drugs are engineered ...

Jul 24, 2026
Phys.org / When mothers make the winners: How alpha female lineages dominate hyena clans

In mammals, males are usually stronger and more competitive than females. Males also show greater inequality in reproductive success—the number of offspring they produce—than females. In spotted hyenas, the opposite is true: ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain immunity may undergo a major midlife overhaul linked to neuroinflammation

A new study indicates that the immune cell landscape of the hippocampus, a brain region critical for learning and memory, rapidly undergoes substantial remodeling beginning in midlife. This previously unrecognized shift suggests ...

Jul 23, 2026
Phys.org / Machine learning narrows search for additional particles in the Higgs boson family

What if the Higgs boson found in 2012 is not alone but is the only sibling we have encountered so far? Scientists at CERN discovered the particle that year, and it was a major discovery because it explained how other particles ...

Jul 23, 2026
Phys.org / New research shows how language experience shapes human communication

A Taiwan–led study of Mandarin-speaking learners shows that the sounds we hear and produce are deeply shaped by our prior language experience, offering new insights into how humans learn and use language.

Jul 25, 2026
Phys.org / Combining AI protein design with laboratory evolution improves engineered enzymes

When scientists want to create a protein that can potentially treat disease, one approach is to begin with a different protein and evolve it in the lab, selecting over many generations for versions with a new, desired function.

Jul 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Ripples of activity in the hippocampus prepare the brain for surprising events

The human brain continuously makes predictions about future events. This process helps humans process familiar stimuli while also allowing them to direct particular attention to unexpected or unfamiliar events and derive ...

Jul 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / Get ready for mobile 'stores on wheels.' Research shows they can outperform traditional retail stores

As retailers increasingly embrace artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and autonomous vehicles, a new retail model is beginning to emerge: mobile stores that drive directly to customers instead of waiting for customers ...

Jul 24, 2026