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Phys.org / Heat-shrinking materials get cleaner production route with lower temperatures and finer particles

Among the many modern technologies that shape life today, functional oxide materials are found in almost everything, from advanced electronics to energy-efficient systems. Functional oxides with high-valent metal ions are ...

Jul 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Early access to a cardiac surgical hospital linked to shorter hospitalization for newborns with heart defects

Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects in the United States. For newborns with the most severe defects—those needing lifesaving intervention—later transfer to a cardiac surgical center is linked to longer ...

Jul 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Five-agent AI team could speed clinical trial design using real-world patient records

An artificial intelligence system that operates like a collaborative team of medical experts could accelerate clinical trial design, one of the most difficult steps in drug development, according to a new study by Weill Cornell ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / One in five people will develop cancer in their lifetime, report finds

New findings in a report led by the American Cancer Society (ACS) reveal an urgent picture of a growing global cancer burden and underscore the lifesaving potential of stronger prevention and equitable access to care. According ...

Jul 8, 2026
Phys.org / Tiny carbon rings enable a new form of quantum control

Quantum states can be precisely controlled with the help of tiny carbon rings measuring only a few nanometers in size. This is made possible by a class of rarely used electromagnetic dipoles called toroidal moments. Using ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / One-size-fits-all fetal growth charts often fail to spot at-risk babies, large study finds

One-size-fits-all fetal growth charts used in the NHS to monitor babies' growth before birth often misclassify babies as being either too small or too large, which can lead to missed cases at risk of stillbirth or unnecessary ...

Jul 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC's public health data are creating dangerous blind spots

Public health relies on data—whether it is tracking the effectiveness of a given year's flu vaccine, monitoring blood lead levels around the country or estimating the prevalence of diabetes. These data form the basis for ...

Jul 8, 2026
Phys.org / AI framework could speed battery, combustion and materials research by automating simulations

Computers have made it easier than ever before to design the perfect material for a given problem: Scientists can create a virtual version and simulate how that material will behave. Building these atomically precise simulations, ...

Jul 7, 2026
Phys.org / Another success for Hayabusa 2 as it completes a flyby of asteroid Torifune

Hayabusa 2's primary mission is now well in the past. JAXA's asteroid-sampling spacecraft rendezvoused with asteroid Ryugu in June 2018. It studied the asteroid for 1.5 years and gathered a sample that was returned to Earth ...

Jul 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Sleep problems in dementia care are linked more to emotional well-being than fear of falling

While fear of falling has long been linked to poor sleep among older adults, new research from George Mason University suggests that emotional well-being may be an even stronger predictor of sleep quality for people with ...

Jul 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Neuron silence may predict epileptic seizures milliseconds before onset, could lead to seizure reduction device

After the storm comes the calm. But contrary to the famous proverb, the brain's neurons enter a period of calm before the neuronal storm that is an epileptic seizure. An international team of researchers has now demonstrated ...

Jul 8, 2026
Phys.org / Japan releases snowman-like asteroid image after flyby

Rare images taken by a Japanese space probe during a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid have revealed that the space rock resembled a snowman, scientists said Monday.

Jul 6, 2026