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Phys.org / Why tropical cyclones' rainfall surges before landfall

A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has analyzed 40 years of data covering about 1,500 tropical cyclones and discovered that average rain rates surge by more than 20% in the 60 hours ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / 'Sensory checkpoint' in adult brain keeps remodeling itself long after adolescence, scientists find

The dominant theory in neuroscience has been that the sensory processing circuits in our brain are finalized in early childhood and fixed afterward. A recently published study, however, overturned this widely believed theory, ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Study of 40,000 cases links Somalia migration mainly to water scarcity

A study published in Nature Food by researchers from the Politecnico di Milano and the University of California at Berkeley provides forward-thinking answers to the debate on the role of environmental stresses on migration ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Romance and sexual intimacy don't diminish with age, study suggests

A study by the University of New Hampshire challenges common assumptions about aging and intimacy, revealing that many single adults aged 60 to 83 continue to prioritize sexual activity in their romantic relationships—underscoring ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / How horses whinny: Helium tests reveal whistling while singing mechanism

A horse's whinny is an unusually distinctive mix of sounds including both high and low frequencies. Reporting in Current Biology, researchers demonstrate how horses produce high-frequency sounds that defy their large size ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Assessment of rare 'teenage' planetary system deepens understanding of cosmic evolution

Planetary systems such as our solar system take hundreds of millions of years to evolve. Since humanity has only existed for a sliver of that time, astronomers have only observed planetary systems at birth or, more often, ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / New hip replacements are likely to last at least 25 years, study suggests

Modern hip replacements are nearly twice as likely as older hip replacements to last at least 25 years, suggests a study published in The Lancet. The authors of the systematic review and meta-analysis employed advanced modeling ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Surgery
Phys.org / How immune cells spot viral RNA fast: LGP2 helps MDA5 respond to short dsRNA

A study reveals how two proteins cooperate in a key early step of antiviral detection, as reported by researchers at Science Tokyo. Using cryo-electron microscopy and high-speed atomic force microscopy, they found that LGP2 ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Genetic discovery could lead to faster growing duckweed

Duckweed is the fastest-growing flowering plant, but new knowledge of duckweed genetics discovered by Adelaide University researchers could lead to even faster growing rates. The research team, led by Professor Nikolai Borisjuk ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Study identifies aging-associated mitochondrial circular RNAs

New research profiles mitochondrial circular RNAs in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) from young and old human cohorts and probes how mitochondrial circRNAs and the mitochondrial RNA-binding protein GRSF1 relate ...

Feb 28, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / New method could improve US forecasting of West Nile virus

West Nile virus is the most common mosquito-borne illness in the continental United States and can in rare cases lead to a much more serious disease with an approximately 10% fatality rate. West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease ...

Tech Xplore / New roadmap for evaluating AI morality proposed

Large language models (LLMs) are dealing with an increasing amount of morally sensitive information as people turn to them for medical advice, companionship and therapy. However, they are not exactly known for possessing ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Computer Sciences