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Medical Xpress / New review points to faster, safer vaccine development

Viral mimic systems and other tech platforms could enable local testing of vaccine candidates and antiviral therapies. This is important in the context of low-resourced health settings, Africa's focus on increasing its vaccine ...

Tech Xplore / New tech and AI set to take athlete data business to next level

From tracking the trajectory and speed of a footballer's strike to monitoring a Tour de France rider's real-time power output, performance athlete data is deepening its reach in sports, with specialized firms eyeing to score ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Phys.org / Working with robots at work? Why team-based reviews may protect morale

Comparisons and competitiveness among employees have been around as long as there have been workplaces. But those frictions are taking fresh shape as the use of artificial intelligence and robotics starts to spread through ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Junk to high-tech: India bets on e-waste for critical minerals

Hundreds of discarded batteries rattle along a conveyor belt into a crusher in a remote plant in northern India, fueling a multi-billion-dollar industry that is bolstering the country's geopolitical ambitions.

Feb 18, 2026 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / YouTube says brief outage fixed

YouTube said late Tuesday it had fixed a widespread outage that hit hundreds of thousands of users around the world.

Feb 18, 2026 in Internet
Tech Xplore / From automated farm tractors to exam paper grading, AI boosts efficiency for some in India

Farmer Bir Virk tapped the iPad mounted beside his tractor's steering wheel and switched the vehicle to automatic mode. The machine moved forward and began harvesting potatoes on its own in the fields of Karnal, a city in ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Phys.org / Genetic analysis reveals an alternative explanation for the Jomon migration to Japan

It's long been assumed the Jomon people, who had inhabited the Japanese archipelago since around 16,000 years ago, had multiple lineages resulting from different migration routes. But new genetic evidence, including mitochondrial ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Atom-thin ferroelectric transistor can store 3,024 polarization states

Over the past few decades, electronics engineers have been trying to develop new neuromorphic hardware, systems that mirror the organization of neurons in the human brain. These systems could run artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Feb 14, 2026 in Hardware
Phys.org / Study of 65,000 college students links 16 hours a week on social media to higher loneliness

More than half of college students are lonely—and those who use social media the most are particularly likely to feel isolated, a study of tens of thousands of 18 to 24-year-olds in the US shows. Just 16 hours a week—two ...

Feb 16, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / After four days with a robotic leg, people still misread how they walk

The way we understand the movement of our own bodies plays an important role when learning physical skills, from sports to dancing. But a new study finds this phenomenon works very differently for people learning to use robotic ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / If alien signals have already reached Earth, why haven't we seen them?

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp question: if alien signals have already reached Earth without us noticing, what should we realistically ...

Feb 16, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Porous material uses green and blue light to repeatedly store and release CO₂

Scientists at the University of Groningen, led by Nobel laureate Ben Feringa and colleagues, have created a new porous material that captures and releases carbon dioxide using only visible light. The breakthrough could pave ...

Feb 14, 2026 in Chemistry