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Phys.org / Consumers demand transparency, but is it rewarded?

Transparent supply chains boost consumer trust—if the results are positive. But what if they aren't? A new paper by Kühne Logistics University (KLU), in collaboration with the University of Tennessee and Tilburg University, ...

Sep 13, 2026
Phys.org / Cataract surgery will be needed in space, surgeon predicts

An eye surgeon with a passion for space since childhood predicts that as astronauts start to make journeys to the moon and Mars in the near future, eye surgery in space will eventually become a necessity.

Sep 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Wound-healing peptides curb bacterial colonization in cystic fibrosis airway models

Cystic fibrosis, one of the most common genetic diseases in Switzerland, promotes chronic bacterial infections by impairing the protective barrier of the airways. Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered ...

Sep 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Zidesamtinib demonstrates 93% response rate in ROS1-positive lung cancer

New results from the global phase 1/2 ARROS-1 trial showed clinically meaningful activity with zidesamtinib in patients with advanced or metastatic ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who had not previously received ...

Sep 13, 2026
Phys.org / Ancient bones reveal that cannibalism took different forms in Neolithic Spain

Cannibalism was sometimes on the Neolithic menu, as numerous archaeological discoveries have revealed. But while ancient human bones show the practice took place, far less evidence exists about the forms it may have taken ...

Sep 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Ketamine reveals shifting brain activity patterns linked to depression improvement in older adults

Researchers at Texas A&M University's Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine have identified time-specific patterns of brain activity following ketamine treatment in older adults with treatment-resistant depression.

Sep 12, 2026
Phys.org / NASA's next great observatory could spot oceans on distant worlds

We've found more than 5,500 exoplanets so far. Dozens of them are in the habitable zones of their parent stars, where, at least in theory, they could host an ocean. But we've never definitively found a liquid ocean on another ...

Sep 13, 2026
Phys.org / How one RNA nucleotide switch activates fluorescent dyes

RhoBAST is a tiny RNA molecule that activates fluorescent dyes, enabling researchers to track RNA molecules in living cells with super-resolution. An international collaboration, which includes Ronald Micura and his team ...

Sep 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Amivantamab-chemotherapy demonstrates longest overall survival reported for lung cancer with EGFR mutation

Results from the phase 3 PAPILLON study show that first-line amivantamab plus carboplatin-pemetrexed (amivantamab-chemotherapy) was associated with numerically longer overall survival compared with chemotherapy in patients ...

Sep 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Blood and gene tests predict Alzheimer's symptoms three to six years ahead

Columbia University researchers have identified a way to help predict when people at high risk of developing Alzheimer's are likely to develop their first symptoms, a finding that could help physicians decide when to prescribe ...

Sep 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Women who hit menopause early see faster brain aging and earlier Alzheimer's diagnosis

Menopause is more than just the end of a woman's reproductive years. It brings a cascade of hormonal changes that can affect overall well-being, giving rise to a range of physical and emotional symptoms. A recent study published ...

Sep 9, 2026
Phys.org / A new game demonstrates quantum advantage with provable classical limits

For decades, physicists have worked to prove the strange predictions of quantum mechanics with real experiments. As quantum computers have grown more powerful, researchers have devised increasingly sophisticated ways to test ...

Sep 8, 2026