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Phys.org / Non-biologic processes don't fully explain Mars organics collected by Curiosity, researchers say

In a new study, researchers say that nonbiological sources they considered could not fully account for the abundance of organic compounds in a sample collected on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover. The paper is published in ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / How blood biomarkers can predict trauma patient recovery days in advance

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have developed a way to predict how trauma patients will recover, days before complications come to fruition, by analyzing the molecules in their blood. In their study published ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Endocrinology & Metabolism
Medical Xpress / Doctors discover a simple method to predict the risk of brain tumor recurrence

Meningioma is the most common type of brain tumor. It does not develop in the brain tissue itself, but on the inside of the meninges, the membranes that surround the brain. In most cases, a meningioma is benign. However, ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / The 'Little red dots' observed by Webb were direct-collapse black holes

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed to look back in time and study galaxies that existed shortly after the Big Bang. In so doing, scientists hoped to gain a better understanding of how the universe has evolved ...

Feb 8, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Growth of spreading pancreatic cancer is fueled by 'underappreciated' epigenetic changes, shows study

In a lab-grown cell study focused on potential new treatment targets for halting the spread of most pancreatic cancers, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report they have found that a gene called KLF5 (Krueppel-like factor ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Genetics
Phys.org / Study finds climate change set the stage for devastating wildfires in Argentina and Chile

Human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina's Patagonia region, making the extremely high-risk conditions that led to widespread burning ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Earth
Dialog / How charges invert a long-standing empirical law in glass physics

If you've ever watched a glass blower at work, you've seen a material behaving in a very special way. As it cools, the viscosity of molten glass increases steadily but gradually, allowing it to be shaped without a mold. Physicists ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / Researchers identify key genes controlling rice tiller angle

Rice tiller angle is an important trait affecting population structure, light utilization, planting density, and yield potential. Although several genes affecting tiller angle have been reported, the upstream regulatory networks ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / First whole-heart mapping technology delivers a global view of cardiac arrhythmias in a single beat

Corify Care's proprietary Global Volumetric Mapping technology, described in Communications Medicine, represents a new approach to cardiac electrophysiology. The publication marks the first system capable of mapping all four ...

Feb 13, 2026 in Cardiology
Phys.org / Laser‑written glass chip pushes quantum communication toward practical deployment

As quantum computers continue to advance, many of today's encryption systems face the risk of becoming obsolete. A powerful alternative—quantum cryptography—offers security based on the laws of physics instead of computational ...

Feb 9, 2026 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Aggressive brain tumors build protective 'sugar shield' to survive extreme stress

For the first time, researchers have identified a previously unrecognized metabolic defense mechanism in aggressive brain tumors: a sugar-rich shield that surrounds tumor cells and protects them against a particularly destructive ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Established cancer drug can reactivate immunotherapy

Genetically modified immune cells can offer precious additional time to patients with advanced multiple myeloma. However, these therapies lose their impact as the molecules on cancer cells that immune cells recognize gradually ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer