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Phys.org / Arabian Sea sediments reveal summer and winter monsoons shifted differently after last ice age

High-resolution sediment analyses from the Arabian Sea reveal, for the first time, that summer and winter monsoons respond differently to global climate change. The study enhances understanding of past precipitation patterns ...

Jun 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / Rare aging disorder links 'biological clock' to disease

Scientists have discovered a rare genetic condition that causes people to age at a much faster rate, offering fresh insights into the aging process. The study shows for the first time how a "biological clock" present in every ...

Jun 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / Newfound biomarkers may someday help clinicians better detect—and possibly cure—Lyme disease

Lyme disease can be easiest to treat in its earliest stages, but current tests often miss infections during that critical window and cannot tell whether bacteria are still present or were cleared years ago. New research led ...

Jun 30, 2026
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," ...

Jun 29, 2026
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 ...

Jun 29, 2026
Medical Xpress / Blood biomarkers could measure response to psychotherapy in patients with depression

Research by the Barcelona Institute for Biomedical Research (IIBB), part of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and the Institut de Recerca Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau) provides some of the first evidence that psychological ...

Jun 30, 2026
Phys.org / Plutonium compound unlocks rare topological quantum behavior with potential nuclear science applications

Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, plutonium has been studied closely for more than eight decades. ...

Jun 29, 2026
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 medications linked to fewer deaths and amputations in people with type 2 diabetes and PAD

According to new, independent research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications reduce the number of deaths, amputations and hospitalizations among people with ...

Jul 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Breast milk gives certain gut bacteria a head start

Breast milk helps shape the gut microbiota for longer than previously thought. Researchers from DTU and Rigshospitalet have discovered that sugars in breast milk, which are nondigestible by the infant—so-called human milk ...

Jun 30, 2026
Phys.org / Metal hydride molecule trapped with laser light opens path to ultracold hydrogen

Controlling and trapping molecules, units of a substance consisting of two or more chemically bound atoms, with laser light is significantly more challenging than trapping individual atoms. This is because molecules exhibit ...

Jun 26, 2026
Phys.org / A thermodynamic approach to gravity could explain cosmic acceleration without dark energy

Gravity, the force that attracts objects toward each other, is currently framed by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. This framework describes gravity as the curvature of spacetime, the invisible four-dimensional ...

Jun 25, 2026
Phys.org / Faster tests reveal six fluoropolymer microplastics, including four rarely tracked types

Scientists around the world have been searching food, water and other environmental media for microplastics and for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). But microfluoroplastics (MFPs), the intersection between these ...

Jun 29, 2026