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Medical Xpress / Maternal flu and Tdap shots may lower rates of infant hospitalization, ED visits

Maternal influenza and tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccinations are associated with a lower risk for influenza- and pertussis-related hospitalization or emergency department (ED) visits in infants younger ...

Jan 9, 2026 in Pediatrics
Phys.org / House sparrows can help us save endangered species: A mathematical framework for genomic prediction

Researchers are trying to understand why some wild species do better than others over time, as the environment changes.

Jan 6, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Geometry shapes life: Embryo curvature acts as instruction manual for coordinated cell division

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires precise coordination; otherwise, the embryo could develop serious complications. Scientists at ISTA ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Red blood cell changes may explain link between long-term diabetes and vascular damage

The longer a person has type 2 diabetes, the greater the risk of cardiovascular disease. A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Diabetes, shows that changes in red blood cells may be an important ...

Jan 9, 2026 in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / Touch-free health monitoring could breathe new life into health diagnostics

A new development in wireless sensing technology that can reliably screen for five common pulmonary diseases could lead to new forms of touch-free diagnostics.

Phys.org / Climate change accelerates tree deaths across Australian forests, study finds

Australia's forests are losing trees more rapidly as the climate warms, a new study examining decades of data said Tuesday, warning the trend was likely a "widespread phenomenon."

Jan 6, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / How rice viruses manipulate plant defenses to protect insect vectors

Planthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing substantial yield losses worldwide. Notably, their persistent ability to evade natural enemies ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Vitamin C may help protect fertility from a harmful environmental chemical

A new discovery at the University of Missouri reveals that vitamin C may help protect reproductive health from a harmful environmental chemical. Using a fish model, researchers found that exposure to potassium perchlorate, ...

Jan 6, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / AI approach takes optical system design from months to milliseconds

A team of researchers at Penn State have devised a new, streamlined approach to designing metasurfaces, a class of engineered materials that can manipulate light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation with just their ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Nanotechnology
Medical Xpress / Light-triggered microneedle patch could make IVF hormone delivery painless and automated

A McGill University research team has developed a painless, automated way to deliver in vitro fertilization (IVF) hormones using a light-activated microneedle patch, an innovation that could ease one of the most stressful ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / Worms as particle sweepers: How simple movement, not intelligence, drives environmental order

When observing small worms under a microscope, one might observe something very surprising: the worms appear to make a sweeping motion to clean their own environment. Physicists at the University of Amsterdam, Georgia Tech ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / ALMA devours cosmic 'hamburger,' reveals potential for giant planet formation

Have you ever found something unexpected in your hamburger? Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) were surprised to discover the very earliest phases of giant planet formation between the ...

Jan 6, 2026 in Astronomy & Space