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Phys.org / Tiny particles defy action-reaction symmetry to stay in motion

From schools of fish and flocks of birds to microscopic synthetic particles, many systems in nature and the laboratory consist of individual units or agents that move by consuming energy. These systems are known as active ...

Aug 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Traditional prostate cancer risk factors do not predict hormone therapy benefit, study finds

A new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that while traditional pathological features used to classify aggressive prostate cancer—such as high-grade disease, cancer extending ...

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Solving a mysterious inflammatory fever opens the book on a much bigger story

Three research teams working independently around the world have landed on the same discovery: A single molecular "handshake" inside our cells controls a family of inflammatory diseases, including one of the most common inherited ...

Aug 10, 2026
Phys.org / Corn-stalk sugars feed new bacterial strain designed to make useful chemicals

Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the three major sugars present in corn stalks. While the new multiple-sugar-consuming strain of the bacterium Pseudomonas putida ...

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / New psychedelic candidate may spare the gut while still healing the brain

Psychedelic drugs are best known for altering perception and producing vivid hallucinations, but scientists are increasingly interested in what else they might do. A growing body of research suggests that these mind-altering ...

Aug 5, 2026
Tech Xplore / How scandium can improve the durability of sodium-ion battery electrodes

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are increasingly popular alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. Sodium (Na) is much more abundant in Earth's crust than lithium, creating an opportunity for lower costs. In addition, SIBs offer ...

Aug 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / Electronic skin enables tunable touch and proximity sensing for robots and prosthetics

Recent advances in miniaturized and portable electronics, particularly wearable and flexible devices, have increased the demand for self-powered sensing technologies. Among these, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have ...

Aug 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / New tech adds phone tracking to license plate readers, associating devices with identifiable cars

Imagine that you share a ride to work with the same colleague most mornings. As it passes by a license plate reader, the camera records the car, which can be linked through vehicle records to its registered owner. Beside ...

Aug 11, 2026
Phys.org / This pizza delivery study may change the way sellers view delivery services well beyond the foodservice industry

What can a pizza shop teach us about the dramatic shifts taking place in consumer marketing? Quite a lot, actually. New research focused on pizza delivery has found that consumer impatience is driving so much consumer decision-making ...

Aug 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain immune cell map explains how defenses shift during Alzheimer's progression

The brain's immune cells are increasingly recognized as key players in Alzheimer's disease, but exactly how they change as the disease develops has remained unclear. A new study published in Nature Genetics provides the most ...

Aug 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / Hidden goals can undermine AI teamwork, study finds

Large language models (LLMs), the computational models that underpin conversational agents such as Gemini and ChatGPT, are now widely used by people worldwide to rapidly find information, summarize documents and generate ...

Aug 6, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI and electrolyte engineering open new paths for better batteries

Cornell researchers are using artificial intelligence to speed the search for better battery materials while using a creative approach to chemistry to expand the design space for electrolytes, unlocking new possibilities ...

Aug 10, 2026