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Medical Xpress / How new artificial lung technology could change the game for chronic lung disease

Long-term medical treatment for chronic lung disease has stumped doctors and scientists for years. Now, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have created new artificial lung technology that could drastically change ...

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / Bizarre galactic radio source remains active for two decades with no detectable X-rays

Astronomers have identified a peculiar radio transient in the Milky Way that has remained active for more than two decades, defying the behavior expected of known classes of galactic radio sources. The paper posted to the ...

Sep 14, 2026
Tech Xplore / OpenAI flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely

OpenAI has disclosed six reports of "unexpected or concerning" behavior in artificial-intelligence models as the debate on AI safety becomes increasingly heated.

Sep 17, 2026
Tech Xplore / DNA computer performs 100-bit calculations using heat, water and salt

Researchers at Maynooth University (MU) have developed a first-of-its-kind DNA computer, described as one of the most complex and fastest molecular computers yet reported.

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Speeding glaciers drive half a century of polar ice loss

The longest satellite record ever assembled shows that Greenland and Antarctica have lost 11.3 trillion metric tons of ice since the 1970s, raising global sea level by more than 3 centimeters (1.2 inches)—and that most of ...

Sep 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Boosted Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine strategy significantly reduces tuberculosis relapse, scientists find

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world's leading causes of death, and preventing post-treatment relapse continues to be a major global health challenge. But a new study led by scientists at the Hackensack Meridian Center ...

Sep 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Epstein-Barr virus activity may foreshadow multiple sclerosis attacks

A new study illuminates the connection between the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and multiple sclerosis (MS), pointing to a causal role for reactivation of the virus in triggering MS attacks in people with certain genetic risk ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Not all roads lead to Rome: Research challenges what we think we know about Roman roads

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark, Queen Mary University of London and other European institutions analyzed a data set representing almost 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles) of Roman ...

Sep 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / 'Relax-and-round' method could help grids manage data center power demand

Researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a computational method that could help electric grid operators and data center developers manage power more efficiently as ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Birds basking in natural 'saunas'

New research led by the University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka shows some bird species may be taking advantage of natural geothermal "health spas."

Sep 17, 2026
Dialog / Seeing metastasis before it happens: Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles for premetastatic niche imaging

Cancer is most dangerous not when it starts but when it spreads. Metastasis—the process by which cancer cells travel to and colonize distant organs—is responsible for the vast majority of cancer deaths. The problem is that ...

Sep 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Ancestral diet-inspired pregnancy trial boosts growth in key fetal brain region

A nutrition program for pregnant women inspired by ancestral dietary patterns and adapted to locally available foods in Ecuador increased growth in a key fetal brain region, according to a study led by researchers at Washington ...

Sep 16, 2026