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Medical Xpress / How blood biomarkers can predict trauma patient recovery days in advance

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have developed a way to predict how trauma patients will recover, days before complications come to fruition, by analyzing the molecules in their blood. In their study published ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Endocrinology & Metabolism
Phys.org / Root microbes could help oak trees adapt to drought

Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing in Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks growing in a natural woodland found that the trees' above- and below-ground microbiomes were resilient ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Distinct resilience profiles predict psychological outcomes during adversity, study reveals

Higher self-reported levels of resilience were linked to lower anxiety and depression and better coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in PLOS One by Joseph Anthony Pettit of Bangor ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Seven-day buprenorphine injection matches daily tablets for ED opioid treatment

More than 15 years ago, Yale's Gail D'Onofrio started studying the effectiveness of sublingual (under-the-tongue) buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in the emergency department. At the time, buprenorphine ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Medications
Phys.org / Keeping an eagle eye on carbon stored in the ocean

Geologic reservoirs that trapped petroleum for millions of years are now being repurposed to store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. New research is improving how we monitor this storage and verify how much CO2 these reservoirs ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / A kidney drug may help restore fertility in premature ovarian insufficiency

A common kidney medication could be the key to treating a type of infertility that affects up to 3% of women under 40, according to a study published in Science.

Feb 9, 2026 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Tech Xplore / Privacy risk on your wrist: Smartwatch electromagnetic signals may expose users to cyber surveillance

Sometimes, cybersecurity isn't about passwords or computer chips or networks. Instead, it may be about what's on your wrist. New research led by WPI faculty members and students shows that electromagnetic signals from smartwatches ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / Discovery of a possible pulsar in the Milky Way's center could enable unprecedented tests of General Relativity

Researchers from Columbia University and Breakthrough Listen, a scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of civilizations beyond Earth, have published new results from the Breakthrough Listen Galactic Center ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Specialized microscopy enables researchers to visualize the dynamics of myelin swellings

An international research team has gained new insights into the dynamics of myelin swellings in the brain. Myelin swellings are considered as the precursor of lesions in the brain of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). MS ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / How lung tumors use the brain to avoid immune attacks

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine, along with other collaborators, report that lung adenocarcinoma can engage nerve pathways that link the lung to the brainstem ...

Feb 9, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Best diagnostic test for ovarian cancer in premenopausal women identified

Premenopausal women would benefit from a significantly more accurate diagnostic pathway for ovarian cancer, as a new study finds that an advanced ultrasound test, IOTA ADNEX, identified 9 out of 10 cancers in women who took ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Cases of dangerous 'superbug' reported in KY, other states: What one hospital is doing

A "superbug" fungus is spreading in health care facilities across the country, and according to researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, represents a multi-drug resistant threat that requires ...