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Phys.org / Chernobyl at 40: The lies, the loss and why we can't let go

Some historical events are so catastrophic they resist comprehension. And yet they compel us to try to understand them, again and again.

Apr 23, 2026
Phys.org / Cosmetics from waste? Microbial discovery unlocks greener route to high-value chemical products

Researchers at University of Toronto's Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry have made a key discovery about how certain bacterial strains produce a set of economically valuable chemicals—opening the door ...

Apr 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Clopidogrel seems to outperform aspirin for secondary chronic maintenance therapy

New findings show that switching to clopidogrel, a blood thinner, alone after one year of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) leads to better outcomes than aspirin, even in patients at high risk of bleeding and those who had ...

Apr 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Common lab tests reveal 16 blood biomarkers associated with PTSD

Researchers at Mass General Brigham, the Broad Trauma Initiative, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have identified scalable, blood-based biomarkers associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) across ...

Apr 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / In myasthenia gravis, surgical removal of the thymus gland proves to be effective and economical

In patients with myasthenia gravis, the surgical removal of the thymus gland, called thymectomy, added "quality adjusted life years" to patients and was also cost-effective in comparison to pharmacological treatment alone, ...

Apr 24, 2026
Phys.org / Wild Balkan berries keep gin taste steady as climate shifts

As he threaded his way through the scrub in Serbia's southern hills, Slobodan Velickovic stopped to inspect the small indigo berries that have made the Balkans a key part of the global gin industry.

Apr 24, 2026
Phys.org / Photonic chip generates milliwatt-level UV light, 100 times brighter than before

Researchers from the University of Twente and Harvard University have developed a new way to generate ultraviolet (UV) light on a photonic chip at power levels high enough for real-world use. For the first time, the technique ...

Apr 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Unexpected cancer mutations in brain's immune cells may help fuel Alzheimer's disease

As the body ages, cells naturally accumulate dozens of genetic mutations each year. New research from Boston Children's Hospital, published in Cell, finds that the brain's resident immune cells, microglia, amass mutations ...

Apr 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / Five things to know about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek

As DeepSeek releases its first major new artificial intelligence model in over a year—DeepSeek-V4—here are five things to know about the Chinese startup:

Apr 24, 2026
Phys.org / Rediscovered tracksite reveals large dinosaurs ranged as far as northern Mongolia 120 million years ago

An international research team has rediscovered a dinosaur tracksite in the Saijrakh area of northern Mongolia. The site was originally reported about 70 years ago but had since been lost due to a lack of detailed documentation ...

Apr 20, 2026
Tech Xplore / Do AI language models 'understand' the real world? On a basic level they do, suggests study

Most of what AI chatbots know about the world comes from devouring massive amounts of text from the internet—with all its facts, falsehoods, knowledge and nonsense. Given that input, is it possible that AI language models ...

Apr 22, 2026
Phys.org / For some Americans, their accent isn't just related to where they live

For people living in some parts of the United States, their accent might not just indicate where they live, but also who they think they are. In a small study in rural northwestern Ohio, researchers found that men who had ...

Apr 20, 2026