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Phys.org / XENONnT detector narrows the hunt for dark matter

Using a detector filled with nearly 9 metric tons of liquid xenon, researchers have delivered some of the most sensitive dark matter results ever recorded. In the latest analysis from the XENON collaboration, working at the ...

Aug 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Why a doctor saying 'it's normal' can backfire

A new study from the University of California San Diego Rady School of Management suggests that when physicians try to reassure patients by saying their symptoms are "normal," patients may infer that treatment isn't necessary—and ...

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Patient-derived organoids reveal which breast tumors may resist standard therapies

Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new method to predict how different types of breast cancer will respond to treatment, using patient data from the I-SPY2 breast cancer trial and rapid testing on lab-grown ...

Aug 10, 2026
Phys.org / How dogs evolved differently across the globe to match human traits

We call them "man's best friend," and the evidence supports it. Dogs have been found buried alongside humans in graves dating back 14,000 years. They appear in ancient art from every continent, and they feature in the mythology, ...

Aug 9, 2026
Phys.org / An ultramassive white dwarf half Earth's size may hold a rare oxygen-neon core

Astronomers have found evidence that one of the most massive white dwarfs known has an oxygen-neon core instead of the more common carbon-oxygen core. The finding is important because the composition of a white dwarf's core ...

Aug 7, 2026
Phys.org / Climate change could mean four extra hours of extreme heat on hot days

Hot days could gain more than four additional hours of extreme heat by the end of the 21st century under a high-emissions scenario, according to a modeling study published in Nature Climate Change. The findings show that ...

Aug 10, 2026
Phys.org / Large-scale study finds no link between crime and unauthorized immigration

For more than two decades, Charis E. Kubrin has followed the data wherever it leads. As UC Irvine Chancellor's Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, she has built a career studying one of America's most politically charged ...

Aug 11, 2026
Phys.org / Ticklish spots are shared across cultures, but why they are ticklish is more complex than it seems

People from different cultural backgrounds are tickled in remarkably similar ways. They laugh, resist and are usually tickled by family members or friends. They are also ticklish in the same body regions. These are among ...

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI framework decodes how brain regions talk to one another

For decades, neuroscientists have been able to record which parts of the brain show increased electrical activity during a behavior, such as when we form a memory or make a decision. But scientists haven't been able to determine ...

Aug 10, 2026
Phys.org / New catalyst with 75% less platinum promises to reduce the cost of hydrogen fuel cells

The high cost of platinum is one of the main barriers to the wider adoption of hydrogen fuel cells. Now, researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute have developed a catalyst that delivers the same performance while using 75% ...

Aug 9, 2026
Phys.org / Marine heat waves pose hidden threat to human health, researchers warn

The devastating impacts of marine heat waves extend far beyond dying coral reefs and declining fisheries, with new research warning that these extreme ocean-warming events pose a growing threat to human physical and mental ...

Aug 11, 2026
Phys.org / Sorting potatoes with AI

Karevo's AI-powered optical recognition system can sort up to 10 tons of potatoes per hour with 95% accuracy. The founder's journey took him from a potato farm to the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and ultimately to ...

Aug 11, 2026