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Medical Xpress / Nursing home staffing declined in states that protected facilities from COVID-19 malpractice lawsuits, study finds

Nursing homes across the country had less staffing in states where legislatures granted the facilities immunity from COVID-19-related lawsuits filed by patients and their families, according to findings from a new UCLA-led ...

Jun 2, 2026
Phys.org / New route to tailor-made diamond nanoparticles holds promise for quantum applications

Nanodiamonds are tiny diamond particles only a few nanometers in size. Because they are chemically highly stable and can host so-called color centers, optically active defects in the crystal lattice, they are considered promising ...

Jun 3, 2026
Phys.org / What is Godzilla El Niño?

You may have heard the rumors of a "monster El Niño." It's not the first time we've heard forecasts like this in Australia, but this time, they aren't coming out of nowhere. Early signs in the Pacific have been building for ...

Jun 4, 2026
Phys.org / Prescribed burns are lit in Australia's Northern Territory to minimize the severity of fires later in the season

In May and June of most years, NASA satellites typically begin to detect large numbers of wildland fires throughout the Top End and Arnhem Land regions of Australia's Northern Territory. On some days, especially in the afternoon, ...

Jun 5, 2026
Phys.org / From forest to front door: Understanding how wildfire spreads through communities

As California's population boomed—from 10 million in 1950 to over 40 million today—the number of people living in fire-prone areas multiplied. Over the decades, millions of new homes and commercial buildings sprang up to ...

Jun 5, 2026
Phys.org / UN warns world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather

There is an 80% chance of the warming El Niño phenomenon developing between June and August, increasing the risk of extreme weather events, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday.

Jun 2, 2026
Phys.org / Bees can swim and use visual cues to survive water crashes

When a bee crashes into water, it may still be able to swim to safety. New research from Michigan State University confirms that honeybees can propel themselves across the water's surface, and their movement is purposeful ...

Jun 2, 2026
Phys.org / Small Magellanic Cloud is being pulled apart, reshaping how astronomers read its past

Using more than a decade of observations from the VISTA Survey of the Magellanic Clouds (VMC), researchers measured the motions of millions of stars across the Small Magellanic Cloud with unprecedented precision. The new ...

Jun 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Genetic trade-off between youth and longevity uncovered

A new study identifies vgll3 as a key gene that promotes rapid growth and early reproduction while increasing the risk of aging and cancer later in life. The findings provide rare experimental evidence for the theory that ...

Jun 2, 2026
Phys.org / Water-wave tweezers steer tiny 'surfers' without touching them

Summer brings with it the sight of surfers moving seamlessly across wave crests, with ocean waters carrying them along coastlines. A team of scientists has now created a similar phenomenon—with small objects rather than surfers—that ...

Jun 3, 2026
Phys.org / Programmable chemistry unlocks drugs only in target cells, aiming to cut side effects

Potent drugs like chemotherapy can be life-saving, but often with life-threatening side effects. Notably, they can be indiscriminate, killing both cancer cells and healthy cells in one swoop. Increasing a drug's on-target ...

Jun 3, 2026
Phys.org / Ancient cave lion genomes reveal a distinct lineage

A new study on multiple genomes from the extinct cave lion has discovered that it represented a highly distinct evolutionary lineage, which separated from modern lions more than a million years ago. The results also show ...

Jun 3, 2026