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Medical Xpress / Wearable sensors and AI could monitor blood pressure in ICU

Wearable sensors coupled with AI can generate blood pressure readings nearly as accurately as the invasive and risky arterial lines relied on in intensive care units and operating rooms, new work by Johns Hopkins University ...

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / New findings overturn 100-year-old assumption about common bacteria in the lungs

The human body is teeming with more than 35 trillion bacteria, coexisting in microbiomes inside the gut, mouth, lungs, skin and urogenital tract. While it's now clear these microbes are associated with health and disease, ...

Aug 14, 2026
Tech Xplore / Signal-based system brings end-to-end encryption to shared documents

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, EPFL and the CASA Cluster of Excellence have developed a new approach that provides end-to-end encryption for collaborative online documents throughout the ...

Aug 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Intervention program reduces children's anxiety and improves functional ability

A new follow-up study examined the efficacy of the Master Your Worries program developed by the Research Center for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku in Finland. It involved 465 Finnish children ages 10–13 who showed ...

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / Satellite constellations could create spiraling space debris

To date, close to 30,000 satellites have been launched into Earth's orbit, leading to mounting concerns over the debris created when they collide. In a new analysis posted to the preprint server arXiv, Hugh Lewis of the University ...

Aug 12, 2026
Phys.org / Is bird flu infecting humans? How would we know?

Bird flu is circulating among birds on the Australian mainland. So, with the confirmed number of detections growing, you may be wondering about the risk of birds infecting humans.

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / Poor genetic health threatens many species—but it's fixable

By the early 1990s, there were only around 20 Florida panthers left on the planet.

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / Miami's largest tree canopies deliver most cooling, monitoring data suggests

People rarely give much thought to the trees around them—until there aren't any. Not when they're driving past them. Not when they're scrolling on a park bench. But on a sweltering Miami afternoon, when the sidewalk feels ...

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / Making computer science more accessible beyond English

When Siddhartha Jayanti sat down to write the first computer science paper in Telugu, an Indian language with approximately 100 million speakers, he realized he first had to solve a problem that had little to do with computing. ...

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / River shipping emits nearly one-quarter of global shipping CO₂, analysis finds

River and canal ships generate roughly a quarter of the world's shipping carbon dioxide emissions, according to new research published in Nature Climate Change. And that's despite the fact that these bodies of water make ...

Aug 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Air pollution linked to distinct brain changes in regions vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease

Exposure to common forms of outdoor air pollution may be linked to structural changes in brain regions that are especially vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study led by researchers from the USC Mark and ...

Aug 17, 2026
Science X / Why eye contact may help babies learn: A hidden link between two brains

Have you ever noticed how babies get hooked the moment someone makes eye contact with them? That eye contact is not only cute; it may also send a powerful message to a baby. For years, scientists have been investigating whether ...

Aug 12, 2026