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Medical Xpress / Specialized bone marrow transplant replaces immune cells beyond the brain in mice

The immune system is made up of specialized cells and proteins that help defend the body from pathogens and cancer. Most of the time, the immune system performs its job remarkably well. However, in some situations, the immune ...

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / Capturing localized protein and metabolic information from a single tissue section

Revealing how proteins and end products of biological activity (metabolites) change within specific tissue functional units during development or in response to environmental factors is beneficial for understanding localized ...

Sep 4, 2026
Tech Xplore / Why did your robotaxi stop? New system helps predict self-driving car mistakes

Self-driving cars are often controlled by deep learning models that sometimes fail in unexpected situations. For instance, the car might inexplicably brake and block the path of an oncoming emergency vehicle. A human driver ...

Sep 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / I'm trying to lose weight. Will exercising make me hungrier and eat more?

We've all been there. You spend an hour at the gym, and before you even reach the locker room, you start thinking about your favorite takeout meal—after all, you've earned it!

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / Researchers test far-ultraviolet light to prevent bird flu in poultry

When a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, tore through U.S. poultry farms in early 2025, farmers culled tens of millions of birds, and egg prices soared.

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / Volunteers fight uphill battle against Indonesian fires

Twice already this week, Indonesian volunteer firefighter Kristoforus Sinyong worked throughout the night fighting some of the blazes that have consumed swaths of the island of Borneo.

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / Ultrafast snapshots reveal the first moments on the way from light to electricity

Physicists at the University of Graz (Austria), in collaboration with colleagues from Marburg University and Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany), have achieved a scientific breakthrough. For the first time, the generation ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Potholes are annoying and dangerous: Now they're political

In Victoria, potholes have become a hot issue in the lead-up to the state election in November. According to the National Transport Research Organization, Victoria has the worst pothole problem in Australia.

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / Nature's color palette explains why everything we see is a mix of red, yellow, green and blue

Biologists and linguists alike have long puzzled over the universal human tendency to see and name colors as a combination of four "pure" hues—red, yellow, green and blue.

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / Hidden protein recycling hubs discovered inside human sperm cells

Researchers at VIB, VUB and the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (UK) have discovered a hidden feature of human sperm cells. Using advanced imaging technologies, they discovered specialized compartments ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Single amino acid swap expands nanoparticle vaccine approach to influenza viruses

Influenza viruses constantly shapeshift to evade recognition by the immune system. This shapeshifting occurs in critical proteins like hemagglutinin (HA), which controls how the virus attaches to human cells before entering ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Climate risk is changing where banks lend—before disaster strikes

Whether buying a home or opening a local business, affordability is no longer the only question people should be asking, says Kristle Romero Cortes, an associate professor. They should also consider what their property might ...

Sep 4, 2026