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Medical Xpress / Repurposed drugs may improve treatment for infant leukemia

Three clinically available drugs could pave the way for safer and more effective treatments for one of the most aggressive forms of childhood leukemia, a new study published in the journal HemaSphere suggests.

Apr 27, 2026
Phys.org / It wasn't just water: The hidden force inside Japan's 2011 tsunami changed everything

Mud-rich coastlines could face a greater tsunami risk, at least that may have been the case for the 2011 Tōhoku-oki tsunami that killed more than 19,000 people and led to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. According ...

Apr 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Antisense oligonucleotide strategy reverses HNRNPH2-related neurodevelopmental disorder

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have found that they can reverse the effects of HNRNPH2-related neurodevelopmental disorder using antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) in preclinical models. ASOs are short ...

Apr 26, 2026
Medical Xpress / Where people get their news influences their beliefs about vaccines, survey finds

People who follow "new right" media outlets are more than twice as likely to be vaccine-hesitant compared to those who never engage with those outlets, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds.

Apr 27, 2026
Phys.org / Fluorescent probe lights up centrioles and cilia in living cells across species

Scientists at EPFL have developed CenSpark, a fluorescent probe that makes centrioles and cilia visible inside living cells, helping researchers study cell division, development, and immunity like never before.

Apr 25, 2026
Phys.org / LAMOST maps open cluster NGC 1647, linking broad main sequence to differential reddening

Using the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), astronomers have observed a nearby young open cluster known as NGC 1647. Results of the new observations, presented in a paper published April ...

Apr 24, 2026
Phys.org / Uganda's Python Cave reveals how a Marburg virus outbreak could begin

Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic disease in humans caused by the Marburg virus. It is carried by Egyptian fruit bats and can spread to people after exposure in caves or mines where they ...

Apr 21, 2026
Phys.org / Chernobyl's wildlife: The real story isn't the presence of radiation, it's the absence of humans

"Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds."

Apr 26, 2026
Phys.org / A new route for plasma-based particle accelerators

Plasma, the fourth state of matter, consists of a gas in which electrons are no longer bound to atoms, which allows electricity to flow freely. When beams of particles moving close to the speed of light travel through plasma, ...

Apr 22, 2026
Phys.org / Mysterious gas clouds near Milky Way's black hole now have a likely source

New observations and simulations by a team of researchers led by MPE reveal that a massive binary star near our galaxy's center is responsible for creating a series of enigmatic gas clouds—compact gas clumps that help feed ...

Apr 23, 2026
Phys.org / Neutrinos caught on camera: Testing the first prototype of a new elementary particle detector

Some innovations in physics come from entirely new technologies, others from fresh theoretical insights. Others still take shape by bringing together existing tools in new ways, working out how to combine them to outperform ...

Apr 24, 2026
Phys.org / Inside 18 years of ape minds, a vast record that may upend how human intelligence began

A pioneering project led by researchers from the University of Stirling and the Max Planck Institute has opened the door for new insights into the evolutionary origins of human intelligence, by compiling the largest dataset ...

Apr 25, 2026