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Phys.org / Children learn life lessons from movies like Moana

Children not only enjoy watching movies like Moana, but also learn lessons from them and apply those lessons to their own lives. That is the conclusion reached by communication scientists at Radboud University. For example, ...

Jun 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / Alcohol significantly reduces chances of being rescued from drowning, says research

As families get ready for outdoor summer adventures, a Simon Fraser University study has found that alcohol significantly reduces the chance of youths being rescued from drowning. The findings indicate that teenagers are ...

Jun 15, 2026
Phys.org / How directing water flows in the landscape could support groundwater and surface water streams

Researchers at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research have investigated how water from streams can be stored in the aquifer during wet periods. Using an area in the lower Spree catchment in Brandenburg as ...

Jun 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Personal time helps parents feel better and recover from stress

Parents who find time for themselves feel better and show healthier physiological stress patterns on the same day, according to my new research. The findings suggest that even small moments away from daily demands may help ...

Jun 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI robots can go rogue: A researcher on how easily it happens

Earlier this year in Beijing, a humanoid robot crossed a half-marathon finish line in a blistering 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The feat immediately lit up global headlines for shattering the human world record by almost seven ...

Jun 15, 2026
Science X / Could an ancient plant compound hold the key to metabolic harmony?

For centuries, the secrets of traditional medicine were locked away, and only recently have they come to light. Imagine an ordinary yellow plant extract, widely used in Chinese medicine, exerting effects not only on blood ...

Jun 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / CRISPR enzyme precisely detects and shreds DNA in cancer mutations once considered 'undruggable'

In 2020, Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work on the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology that allows scientists to precisely modify DNA by cutting it at specific locations. Six years later, a new ...

Jun 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researcher finds gender gap in kidney transplant referrals

Female patients with kidney failure are significantly less likely to be referred to a transplant center for assessment, according to a new study from ICES, London Health Sciences Center Research Institute (LHSCRI) and Western ...

Jun 15, 2026
Phys.org / Electron matter waves gain ultrafast torque that flips handedness in femtoseconds

Many natural processes, ranging from magnetism to chemical reactions, entail the movement and rotation of particles at very small scales. In quantum mechanics, particles exhibit both particle-like and wave-like behaviors, ...

Jun 11, 2026
Phys.org / The 'right to repair' movement has a point, but consumers should read the warranty fine print first

The "right to repair" movement is gaining steam as consumers push corporations to offer them more freedom to fix products—from cars to dishwashers to toys.

Jun 15, 2026
Phys.org / The galaxy's spin is hiding in the hum of gravitational waves

Picture the Milky Way not as a silent pinwheel of stars but as something that quietly sings. Scattered through it are millions of pairs of dead stars, mostly white dwarfs, whirling around each other and stirring ripples in ...

Jun 15, 2026
Phys.org / International surrogates recruited on social media face emotional control in Georgia's booming childbirth market

Since 2022, Georgia's surrogacy industry has boomed, with oversubscribed clinics now recruiting women from across Central Asia via Instagram and TikTok. New research conducted at the University of Oxford's Centre on Migration, ...

Jun 15, 2026