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Medical Xpress / Mitochondria mania: Can supercharging your cells help you live longer?

"Longevity science" is on the come up—and "mitochondria" appears to be its newest mascot. The cell's energy-producing center is the talk of TikTok, wellness clinics and newsletters focused on longevity. Influencers peddle ...

Mar 2, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / What decades of research reveal about involuntary substance use treatment, and why evidence points elsewhere

Since President Donald Trump issued a July 2025 executive order aimed at "ending crime and disorder on America's streets," national attention has increasingly focused on involuntary treatment as a response to visible homelessness ...

Mar 2, 2026 in Addiction
Tech Xplore / What to know before asking an AI chatbot for health advice

With hundreds of millions of people turning to chatbots for advice, it was only a matter of time before tech companies began offering programs specifically designed to answer health questions.

Mar 2, 2026 in Machine learning & AI
Phys.org / Current climate pledges may miss Paris targets

International efforts to tackle climate change reached a major milestone with the Paris Agreement, adopted by more than 190 countries. The agreement aims to limit the average global temperature rise to well below 2 °C, preferably ...

Mar 2, 2026 in Earth
Tech Xplore / What the UK's first geothermal power plant means for the nation's electricity supply

More than half of the UK's electrical power was supplied by renewable energy on February 25, 2026.

Mar 2, 2026 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / The screech of peeling sticky tape conceals a rapid train of tiny shockwaves, ultrafast imaging shows

A new experiment has uncovered the mechanism responsible for the screeching sound made by peeling sticky tape. Using a combination of ultrafast imaging and synchronized acoustic recordings, Sigurdur Thoroddsen and colleagues ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / From high‑tech greenhouses to fruit netting: How protected cropping can shield crops from climate extremes

For many of us, food is something we buy at a supermarket or order at a café. We usually give little thought to the complex systems required to produce and deliver it—until they stop working. It's not common to think of ...

Mar 2, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / New York survey suggests solar leases could fund farm investments, not shutdowns

New York state farmers who signed large-scale solar leases were three times more likely to say they'll use the revenue from solar to invest in their farms than to reduce operations, according to a new study. Nearly half of ...

Mar 2, 2026 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / HFC electrolyte delivers energy-dense lithium battery that keeps running at −50 °C

A research team in China has developed an electrolyte using monofluorinated hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) solvents capable of achieving energy densities higher than 700 Wh kg−1 at room temperature and about 400 Wh kg−1 ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / New standardized wave energy prototyping method aims to speed converter development

Converting wave motion into electricity holds enormous potential as a renewable energy source, but a lack of standardized prototyping is holding back technological development. A research team led by University of Michigan ...

Mar 2, 2026 in Engineering
Medical Xpress / International mpox trial finds no clinical benefit from tecovirimat

An international, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III study—the largest of its kind for mpox—found that tecovirimat did not improve clinical outcomes for adults with clade II mpox compared with placebo, ...

Mar 2, 2026 in Medical research
Phys.org / A 'Cosmic Positioning System' in the outer solar system

There have been plenty of attempts to resolve the "Hubble Tension" in cosmology. This feature describes how one of the most important variables in cosmology, the expansion of the universe, takes on different values depending ...

Mar 1, 2026 in Astronomy & Space