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Medical Xpress / FDA advisers dismiss safety warnings, back four peptide treatments

A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted Thursday to let specialized pharmacies produce and sell four peptide treatments the agency banned three years ago.

Jul 24, 2026
Phys.org / Protecting your pets from heat stress: Expert advice

Warm weather often means more time outside with your pets, but higher temperatures also increase the risk of heat stress, which occurs when an animal's body cannot properly cool itself, causing its core temperature to rise.

Jul 24, 2026
Phys.org / Jurassic sea monster was smaller than once thought, but no less formidable

For more than 25 years, Liopleurodon has been one of the world's most recognizable prehistoric marine predators. Immortalized in the BBC's landmark Walking with Dinosaurs series as a colossal 25-meter (82-foot) marine hunter, ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / AI tool predicts how DNA sequences switch on genes across different cell types

Deep learning approaches have transformed how scientists predict the activity and function of DNA sequences in the genome. A new AI tool called Corgi (Context-aware Regulatory Genomics Inference), developed by Martin Vingron's ...

Jul 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / Has AI become too powerful to control?

One of OpenAI's most advanced models broke out of a locked-down test and attacked another company's website—reviving fears that AI systems are slipping beyond their creators' control.

Jul 24, 2026
Phys.org / Novel antibiotic candidates starve resistant bacteria by blocking vitamin supply

Bacteria have spent decades evolving resistance to virtually every antibiotic we have thrown at them. To stay ahead, new drugs must hit targets that existing antibiotics have never touched. A research team at the Helmholtz ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Archaeological dig reveals full extent of Roman villa with intricate mosaic and bath house

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare and intricate polychrome mosaic within the remains of a Roman villa beneath Devon farmland. Made up of thousands of red, white and dark blue-gray cubes, the 12 m2 (129 square feet) mosaic ...

Jul 20, 2026
Phys.org / Solar-powered process turns CO₂ into protein-building amino acids

According to United Nations projections, global food demand could increase by around 60% by 2050, while only about 2% of additional agricultural land is expected to become available. Researchers at the Technical University ...

Jul 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / How a pandemic detour helped researchers uncover clues to a mysterious disease

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down international travel in 2020, Michigan State University researcher Eric Benbow faced a problem. A $2.5 million research project designed to study an environmental pathogen in South America ...

Jul 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Black MS patients dying younger than white ones, study finds

Black people with multiple sclerosis (MS) die from the disease at a younger age than white people, a new study reports.

Jul 24, 2026
Phys.org / UK in pole position to lead key instrument in NASA's hunt for Earth-like worlds

UK astronomers are a step closer to playing a leading role in NASA's search for alien life in the coming decades as they continue developing one of the core instruments of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). The exciting ...

Jul 24, 2026
Phys.org / Combined nanoparticle and internal laser method could make cancer therapy less invasive

In a promising development for cancer treatment, a collaborative research team has overcome two issues that have prevented photothermal therapy, a much less invasive treatment option than surgery and/or radiation, from becoming ...

Jul 22, 2026