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Medical Xpress / Dermatologists and oncologists call for overhaul of widely used cancer side-effect grading system

Physicians at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are calling for updates to a widely used system that grades side effects from cancer treatments, warning that current criteria may misclassify the severity of skin-related ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Early detection of type 1 diabetes in children is feasible from routine pediatric care

For ten years, the Fr1da study, coordinated by Helmholtz Munich, has been investigating whether early stages of type 1 diabetes in children can be detected in routine pediatric care. The latest evaluation shows that the screening ...

May 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / Watching the detectors: Researchers probe efficacy—and danger—of AI detection tools

Patrick Traynor, Ph.D., has questions. When the professor and interim chair of the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering saw reports in the media positing that scientific literature ...

May 20, 2026
Phys.org / AI can design cities, but can it understand what matters to people? 10 ways to keep humans in control

Generative AI (GenAI) is a type of artificial intelligence that creates new content—like text, images, or ideas—by learning patterns from existing data. GenAI, particularly through large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT ...

May 21, 2026
Phys.org / Some democracies are struggling to ensure safe drinking water

About two billion people—just under a quarter of the world's population—lack regular access to clean drinking water, and roughly 800,000 people annually die from illnesses associated with unsanitary water.

May 21, 2026
Phys.org / Chemists use sea sponge bacteria to create new molecules for drug discovery

Florida State University chemists have synthesized new molecules derived from bacteria found in a Pacific Ocean sea sponge, a breakthrough for the future of drug development, particularly for rare forms of cancer.

May 19, 2026
Phys.org / Genes without borders: Coral babies can travel vast distances across the Pacific Ocean

The offspring of a common coral branching species set up a new home up to 100 kilometers or more from their parents in one of the longest dispersal distances ever measured, according to new international research.

May 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / How schizophrenia risk may begin: Gene changes reshape signaling in developing neurons

Researchers at King's College London have identified the biological nature and timing of changes in human cortical neurons caused by altering activity of a schizophrenia-associated gene in developing human neurons. This discovery ...

May 20, 2026
Phys.org / New 'Happy-Face' spider species discovered in the Indian Himalayas

Vibrant, tiny, and sporting a bright red grin on its back, the Happy-Face spider is one of the most famous and recognizable arachnids in the world. For over a century, this cheerful-looking creature was thought to be a unique ...

May 19, 2026
Tech Xplore / Error correction tech boosts the 3D printing of big composite parts

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have created a new tool that can catch and correct potential mistakes in real time while 3D printing large plastic parts. The automated ...

May 21, 2026
Phys.org / Insects in the city: Flowers alone may not be enough to sustain them

What renders a city garden attractive to insects such as solitary bees, bumblebees and hoverflies? And how well do they pollinate plants in urban areas? A study by the Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape ...

May 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Strong genetic mutation overrides female protective effects in autism, researchers discover

Autism spectrum disorder affects males far more frequently than females, with diagnoses occurring roughly four times more often in boys. Scientists have long suspected that females may possess biological protective mechanisms ...

May 20, 2026