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Medical Xpress / Household hums below hearing range damage mouse kidneys in five-day experiment

Previous studies have hinted that people surrounded by more environmental noise—low, deep rumblings from air-conditioning units, elevator motors, distant traffic and ventilation ducts—tend to have worse kidney function. But ...

Aug 7, 2026
Tech Xplore / What happens when AI runs out of pictures?

A hospital may only ever collect a few dozen scans of a rare condition—for example, an unusual tumor. The radiology department wants software to flag this on a scan—not to replace a specialist, but to ensure a hospital without ...

Aug 10, 2026
Phys.org / X(2370) emerges as glueball-dominated particle in collider experiments

At the International Conference on High Energy Physics in Brazil, the BESIII Collaboration report that, after 15 years of sustained research, it identified the dominant constituent of the X(2370) as a pseudoscalar glueball ...

Aug 6, 2026
Phys.org / Nocturnal 'coffee frog' discovered in Costa Rica

A tiny greenish, nocturnal frog that thrives in coffee plantations has been discovered in Costa Rica's central Pacific region, where it also faces risks from agrochemicals used in farming.

Aug 8, 2026
Phys.org / Drought and the war in Ukraine changed what families in Kenya could afford to eat

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 had an almost immediate impact on global energy markets and the movement of food around the world. During the first year of the conflict, international crude oil and natural gas ...

Aug 10, 2026
Phys.org / Western Europe experienced hottest June-July on record: EU monitor

Western Europe experienced its hottest June–July on record as climate change fuels a historic summer of heat, drought and wildfires across the region, the EU's global warming monitor said Monday.

Aug 10, 2026
Phys.org / Phages unlock essential vitamin B12 by bursting open gut bacteria

All living organisms need vitamin B12 to form red blood cells and DNA, as well as to build and support brain and nerve cells. But it's hard to come by: Humans don't make it. Animals don't make it. Plants don't make it. In ...

Aug 7, 2026
Phys.org / Gut cells may measure hunger by how watery their insides become

Researchers led by Sa Kan Yoo at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have discovered that the natural turnover of gut cells in fruit flies depends on how much food the flies get, rather than on ...

Aug 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Radiopharmaceutical may benefit patients with metastatic prostate cancer sooner

Earlier use of a targeted radionuclide therapy delays metastatic prostate cancer progression when administered as part of a trio of drugs, according to a Phase III clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, ...

Aug 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Parkinson's-linked α-synuclein blocks protein transport in neurons, disrupting cells' waste recycling

Parkinson's disease affects more than 10 million people worldwide. The disease is characterized by the buildup of abnormal clumps of the protein alpha-synuclein inside brain cells, but scientists have long struggled to understand ...

Aug 7, 2026
Tech Xplore / 'You're a 4 out of 10': The troubling rise of AI appearance ratings

A teenager joins an online video chat. Within seconds, artificial intelligence analyzes their face and gives them a score out of 10 for "attractiveness." They are compared in real time with another user who scores higher ...

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Physicians report negative impacts of abortion bans across pregnancy care

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision allowed states to enact laws that ban or severely restrict abortion. Four years later, a study led by Harvard Medical School researchers ...

Aug 10, 2026