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Medical Xpress / How much of a cancer drug is too much? Patients, researchers challenge FDA-approved dosages

Northwestern University economist Chuck Manski studies decision-making amid uncertainty. That prepared him better than many other cancer patients to decide whether to stay on an immunotherapy treatment that was making him ...

Aug 24, 2026
Phys.org / Hot temperatures can dull blue morpho butterflies' iridescent scales

Blue morpho butterflies have captivated the human eye for centuries. We even have one as an emoji on our phones. In a recent experiment, researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) documented for the ...

Aug 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Fever-like body heat reduces cognitive differences in preclinical autism model

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in communication, social interactions, learning and sensory processing. Past studies have found that when some autistic children ...

Aug 21, 2026
Phys.org / Fish DNA in Ozark streams reveals region's complex geologic history

My students and I encountered a mystery. We were partnering with the Missouri Department of Conservation to monitor for fish presence and abundance in the Missouri Ozarks. We visited half a dozen rivers and streams across ...

Aug 24, 2026
Phys.org / A single lever could ease India's twin agricultural pressures of fertilizer pollution and groundwater stress

A new study from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has shown that redesigning India's cereal cultivation patterns around nitrogen management could ...

Aug 24, 2026
Tech Xplore / Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games

Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday.

Aug 23, 2026
Phys.org / Lost 'mega-escarpment' across ancient USA may explain Grand Canyon's missing billion years

Scientists have found evidence that a colossal cliff stretching thousands of kilometers across ancient North America may have exposed the heart of the Grand Canyon nearly a billion years before it was carved by the Colorado ...

Aug 18, 2026
Tech Xplore / Mechanical engineers identify route to faster-charging, longer-lasting EV batteries

Can electric vehicles charge quickly without sacrificing battery longevity? A KAIST research team has identified a potential solution using a three-dimensional digital twin—a virtual model that recreates the internal microstructure ...

Aug 24, 2026
Phys.org / When to trust the experts? Follow these guidelines to evaluate science on any topic

When should we trust the evidence and the experts who interpret it for us?

Aug 24, 2026
Phys.org / Europe's buildings are designed for a climate that no longer exists—new open dataset offers a fix

The weather files engineers use to design buildings are built from decades of historical measurements. The data can be more than 30 years old. But a building designed today is expected to perform well in 2080, and ideally ...

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Thrombectomy provides 1-year gains for patients with severe stroke

A one-year follow-up analysis of a landmark clinical trial suggests that patients with severe strokes experienced better long-term outcomes after undergoing endovascular thrombectomy compared with medical management alone, ...

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Deep brain stimulation shows potential to improve communication after traumatic brain injury

Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, may help improve speech and swallowing problems caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a new University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study published in Nature Communications.

Aug 22, 2026