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Phys.org / Discarded plastic bottles help save dolphins from fishing nets
Newcastle University researchers have demonstrated that plastic bottles attached to fishing nets can help dolphins detect and avoid being caught and killed in the deadly gear.
Phys.org / Rare inner ear cells point to regenerative hearing treatments
A study by a team of researchers from the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University offers new hope to millions of people with irreversible hearing loss. The researchers identified a unique biological ...
Phys.org / Many students listen to music to focus and stay motivated while they study—but it doesn't always help
Walk into any college library and you will likely see students wearing headphones and listening to music.
Tech Xplore / 100 days on Queensland roads reveal 500 self-driving car safety-critical mistakes
In March, Jensen Huang, chief executive of computer chip giant NVIDIA, declared the "ChatGPT moment" for self-driving cars had arrived. In Australia, Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system is already available on public roads. ...
Phys.org / Cosmic eruption caught in the act by submillimeter array's new fastest response system
On Jan. 26, 2026, the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Maunakea crossed an important threshold for time-domain astronomy. For the first time, scientists from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) demonstrated ...
Medical Xpress / Why 25 minutes may matter in music therapy sessions: Heart-rate synchrony peaks later
New research has discovered the time it takes for a therapist and patient to reach the moment of strongest connection during a therapy session—around 25 minutes. The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, ...
Tech Xplore / Move over, Messi! Robot footballers thrill crowds in South Korea
Thirty seconds before kick-off, humanoid robot footballers in red and blue jerseys await the referee's signal in the South Korean port city of Incheon.
Medical Xpress / Analysis indicates Latinos in U.S. are indispensable to nation's prosperity, health, future
The conventional narrative that Latinos are taking more from the United States than they contribute is not just wrong—it is dangerous. In a new "Medicine and Society" analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine, ...
Medical Xpress / The brain's language network is more extensive than previously thought
For decades, neuroscientists have known that specific regions in the brain's left hemisphere are responsible for processing language. However, a new study by MIT researchers shows that language processing also occurs in many ...
Phys.org / A cataclysmic collision in space provides new clues on astronomy's biggest stalemate
Second only to black holes, neutron stars—incredibly dense star remnants—are the densest objects in the universe. When neutron stars collide, they create ripples in the fabric of space and time that we can detect on Earth.
Phys.org / Bronze Age boat carvings point to maritime links from Iberia to Scandinavia
Bronze Age rock carvings suggest communities across Europe were far more connected than previously thought, according to a new study led by the Department of Archaeology. The research compared ancient rock carvings, or "petroglyphs," ...
Medical Xpress / Novel biomarker beats leading diagnostic blood test at predicting Alzheimer's progression
Small loops of genetic material may be strong indicators of imminent Alzheimer's disease (AD) symptoms. In a new study published in Nature Medicine, researchers showed that elevated levels of certain circular RNAs (circRNAs) ...
