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Phys.org / Crop droughts set to worsen—even as rainfall increases

Europe and western North America will experience more frequent and severe crop droughts as Earth warms, even in places where yearly rainfall increases.

Jan 14, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / 2025 was third hottest year on record: climate monitors

The planet logged its third hottest year on record in 2025, extending a run of unprecedented heat, with no relief expected in 2026, global climate monitors said Wednesday.

Jan 14, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Governments are rushing to embrace AI: Should they think twice?

Governments across the world want AI to do more of the heavy lifting when it comes to public services. The plan is apparently to make things much more efficient, as algorithms quietly handle a country's day-to-day admin.

Jan 15, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / What are the dangers of the 'lunchtime lipo' procedures marketed online?

Increasing social media ads for "lunchtime liposuction" and other quick cosmetic surgeries are flooding timelines, but increasing complications like the death of 37-year-old Lenia Watson-Burton in San Diego are raising alarms ...

Jan 15, 2026 in Surgery
Phys.org / How greenwashing creates 'false stability' for companies

Companies engaging in 'greenwashing' to appear more favorable to investors, don't achieve durable financial stability in the long term, according to a new Murdoch University study.

Jan 15, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Polyamines guide cellular decisions by altering the phosphoproteomic landscape, study finds

Polyamines are small molecules naturally present in all cells and are critical in guiding cellular decisions, whereas an alteration in the abundance of these metabolites is invariably observed in pathological scenarios such ...

Jan 14, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / A centuries-old debate on how reptiles keep evolving skin bones is finally settled

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

Jan 13, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Tracking glucose is hard: New app makes it easier with gamification

Like many 17-year-olds, Will Coleman was a bundle of energy, playing competitive soccer while juggling classes as a high school junior. So when he started feeling so tired that he wasn't even able to help his dad move furniture ...

Jan 15, 2026 in Diabetes
Medical Xpress / Extremely elevated lipoprotein(a) levels tied to 30-year heart risk in women

Brigham and Women's Hospital investigators link very high lipoprotein(a) with a higher 30-year risk of major cardiovascular events in initially healthy women.

Jan 12, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Blood metabolite signature offers improved prediction of type 2 diabetes risk

Diabetes, a metabolic disease, is on the rise worldwide, and over 90% of cases are type 2 diabetes, where the body does not effectively respond to insulin.

Jan 14, 2026 in Diabetes
Phys.org / Signs of ancient life turn up in an unexpected place

Dr. Rowan Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at the University of Texas at Austin, was walking through the Dadès Valley in the Central High Atlas Mountains of Morocco when she saw something that literally stopped ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / First standalone spin-wave chip operates without external magnets for future telecom

The Politecnico di Milano has created the first integrated and fully tunable device based on spin waves, opening up new possibilities for the telecommunications of the future, far beyond current 5G and 6G standards. The study, ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Physics