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Medical Xpress / Driving through water is the biggest cause of death during floods—here's how it can happen

With climate change leading to more extreme and prolonged heavy rainfall across the northern hemisphere, flooding is a risk, especially in fall and winter.

Sep 17, 2026
Tech Xplore / Recycled concrete aggregate may help treat acid mine drainage at a lower cost

A study led by Penn State researchers suggests that recycled concrete aggregate and an iron-rich byproduct of steel production could help treat acid mine drainage, the toxic runoff that pollutes thousands of miles of streams ...

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / Climate change is making it easier for invasive species to succeed

In 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico with maximum sustained winds of 250 kilometers per hour (155 mph). It devastated communities and infrastructure, was associated with nearly 3,000 deaths and caused tens ...

Sep 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Many dementia patients don't report their diagnosis, study finds

Most research on the diagnosis of dementia focuses on people who are never diagnosed. But in a new study, Yale researchers look at the other side: people who have been diagnosed but do not know it or do not acknowledge it.

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / Study challenges estimates used to guide Atlantic menhaden fishing

Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), which supports a major commercial fishery along the U.S. East Coast and serves as essential prey for fish, seabirds and marine mammals, may be less able to sustain fishing pressure ...

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / Opt-out AI training plan could weaken Australian copyright protections

The ground is shifting beneath the feet of Australian authors and other creatives. A leaked proposal seen by the ABC suggests the government might grant artificial intelligence (AI) companies access to the copyrighted works ...

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / New analysis reconstructs the dawn of dinosaurs and other reptiles

About 252 million years ago, at the end of the Permian Period, a large proportion of species on Earth rapidly became extinct. After this mass extinction, many groups of organisms began to recover, while reptiles known as ...

Sep 11, 2026
Phys.org / Children from armed forces families have extra educational challenges

Service children are children of current or former armed forces personnel. Being a service child can be a source of pride, resilience and determination. Yet service life brings experiences and challenges their civilian peers ...

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / How much do financial institutions really care about relationships?

How do you measure the value of a relationship? One way is forbearance—what the involved parties would give up to stay together. That's the principle used by Stephen Karolyi, associate professor of finance at the Costello ...

Sep 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Third malaria death in Germany from outbreak tied to Frankfurt Airport

One person died from malaria in Frankfurt and another was infected, local health officials said Thursday, the latest cases in a malaria outbreak linked to the city's airport.

Sep 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Experimental drug shows potential for hard-to-treat heart disease

An experimental drug has been shown to improve symptoms, exercise capacity and heart failure status in patients with an inherited heart disease, according to a pair of newly published studies.

Sep 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Degrading dopants could boost organic semiconductor charge levels 100-fold

Organic semiconductors are carbon-based materials that can conduct electricity and can be used for flexible, lightweight and potentially low-cost electronic devices. While the technology is promising, performance challenges ...

Sep 17, 2026