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Phys.org / Video: The economic pressures that are driving Californians to leave home

Millions of Californians, in every part of the state, live with an uneasy day-to-day preoccupation: Housing is so expensive here, food and gas and utilities are so expensive—would it make sense to pull up stakes and leave ...

Jun 18, 2026
Phys.org / Honeybees adjust their dances based on information reliability, study reveals

A new study demonstrates that honeybees can evaluate the reliability of their own communication, actively adjusting the vigor of their "waggle dance" based on the truthfulness of the information they provide. By manipulating ...

Jun 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Immune cell circuit restores barrier function in inflammatory bowel disease

Scientists have discovered a new protective communication circuit between specialized immune cells in the intestines, a circuit that may be therapeutically targeted to improve inflammatory bowel disease outcomes, according ...

Jun 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Copper drug restores memory and clears toxic Alzheimer's proteins, preclinical study finds

Monash University researchers have found in laboratory experiments that a drug that delivers copper to the brain significantly reduces toxic Alzheimer's proteins and improves long-term spatial memory.

Jun 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / World's largest genetic study of 'moliness' helps unravel mysteries of melanoma

QIMR Berghofer scientists have uncovered hundreds of genes that play a role in the growth of both moles and melanoma, in a discovery that could lead to new ways of preventing and treating the deadliest form of skin cancer. ...

Jun 15, 2026
Phys.org / Chandra tracks M87 black hole's evolving jet in finest X-ray detail yet

An international team of astronomers led by Camille Poitras, a Ph.D. student in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Laval University, has produced the most detailed X-ray view ever obtained of the jet launched by the ...

Jun 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Is 'baby brain' real? A neuroscientist explains

You walk into the kitchen and forget why you're there. You put the milk in the pantry and the keys in the fridge. You lose your train of thought halfway through a sentence. If you've recently had a baby, you might blame all ...

Jun 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Fat surrounding the aorta may play a key role in Marfan syndrome

A team led by researchers from the UAB and the network of biomedical research centers in cardiovascular diseases CIBERCV has demonstrated that the fatty tissue surrounding the aorta actively participates in the regulation ...

Jun 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Infant sleep movements reveal 60-minute cycles of inactivity that lengthen through first year

Infants' activity while sleeping is rhythmic, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. The findings provide crucial insight into sleep cycles of infants in the first year of life. In the largest study of its ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / A new AI framework that can help doctors build better tools

Artificial intelligence can help predict a patient's risk for conditions such as sepsis, heart disease and cancer. But many of these tools fall short in real-life clinical practice because they are difficult for doctors to ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Longer paternal leave tied to lower depression risk in fathers, Swedish study suggests

Fathers who take several months of parental leave have a lower risk of developing depressive symptoms during the early years of their child's life than fathers who take only a short period of leave. This is shown by a new ...

Jun 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Spatial map of bladder cancer reveals hidden tumor environments, new paths toward precision therapy

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a spatial map of muscle-invasive bladder cancer, revealing how tumor cell states, immune environments and therapeutic vulnerabilities are organized ...

Jun 18, 2026