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Medical Xpress / Global outbreaks may fuel violence against women—but most cases go unmeasured

Violence against women and girls may increase during infectious disease outbreaks—as economic strain, isolation and disrupted services reshape daily life—yet those impacts remain largely unmeasured, according to researchers ...

May 5, 2026
Phys.org / 'What do you want to be?' The spark that helps Indigenous people go to university

Across Australia, universities and governments say increasing the numbers of Indigenous graduates is one of the main priorities in tertiary education.

May 6, 2026
Tech Xplore / Move over cassette tapes, adhesive tape has memory too

Materials can store information about their past—like a crease in a piece of paper that has been unfolded is a "memory" of being folded—that can be retrieved or read out and used for various purposes. In everyday life, combination ...

May 5, 2026
Phys.org / Symmetry says these crystal vibrations can never mix, but an exotic quantum phase rewrites the rules

Symmetry is one of the most fundamental principles in nature. It describes the rules that make an object look unchanged after a rotation, reflection, or other transformations. In materials, symmetry governs how atoms and ...

May 4, 2026
Phys.org / School cell phone bans deliver benefits—but not right away

New research reveals that while bans aren't an instant panacea for problems in U.S. classrooms, schools can achieve positive outcomes with persistence, according to a report published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

May 6, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists find blood-based biomarkers for inflammatory breast cancer

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas at Austin have identified specific blood-based genomic biomarkers that distinguish inflammatory breast cancer from other subtypes, ...

May 6, 2026
Medical Xpress / Poor mental health may shape care quality, confidence and unmet needs across 18 countries

People with self-reported poorer mental health also report worse quality of care and lower confidence in health care systems, according to a study published May 5 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Margaret E. Kruk ...

May 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / A brain mechanism may help slow Parkinson's disease—but only in females

Scientists have identified a protective brain pathway that may help slow the progression of Parkinson's disease by strengthening the brain's own dopamine-producing neurons, but the positive effect was only observed in females.

May 5, 2026
Phys.org / Nutrient imbalance may drive coral disease more than heat stress

Scientists led by the University of Southampton have revealed that an imbalance of nutrients in seawater can cause coral disease—possibly to a greater extent than that from heat stress of warming oceans. New research conducted ...

May 5, 2026
Phys.org / Burned stone, child's bones, and lost jewelry hint at prehistoric mining camp high in the Pyrenees

In the past, scientists thought that prehistoric peoples only traveled briefly through high-altitude mountain areas, rather than staying to take advantage of their resources. But new evidence suggests that, starting about ...

May 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / Even in Japan, robots are a long way from being fully fledged caregivers—here's why

The robot pauses at the edge of the room as an engineer checks its sensors. Then, with a soft mechanical hum, this humanoid machine begins to move. It lifts a mannequin from a bed, slowly and carefully. The engineers hold ...

May 6, 2026
Medical Xpress / This hand-held cancer probe feels what surgeons may miss and changes how tumors are found in real time

Breast cancer impacts over two million women around the world each year. Following radiotherapy or chemotherapy, breast-conserving surgery is the first line of intervention for early-stage breast cancer. This surgery aims ...

May 5, 2026