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Medical Xpress / Inside the cerebellum, unique neurons predict the timing of future events

Humans and other animals constantly make predictions about future events based on previous experiences and their perceptions of the surrounding environment. This predictive process is described by a mathematical framework ...

May 14, 2026
Science X / Grasslands are facing a threat of poisonous plant takeover—but there's a surprising upside

Grasslands provide food for millions of grazing animals across the world, but overgrazing along with climate change make these valuable ecosystems vulnerable to invaders. In particular, certain species of poisonous plants ...

May 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Open-access tool decodes DNA change patterns in breast cancer

A study led by Dr. Jason Pitt, Principal Investigator at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore), has identified eight new "signatures" of DNA patterns (gains and/or losses) in breast cancer. By analyzing ...

May 18, 2026
Tech Xplore / Dark patterns on the web are designed to manipulate you. Why aren't they all illegal?

You open a free app to do one simple thing. Before you even start, a full-screen message asks whether you want to try the paid version. The "Start free trial" button is large, bright and hard to miss. The option to keep using ...

May 18, 2026
Phys.org / Encroaching world threatens India's last 'uncontacted' tribe

One of the last outsiders to make authorized visits to India's only "uncontacted" tribe says it may be time to reconnect with the isolated people—in order to shield them from an encroaching world.

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Primary care is seeing more children's mental health needs, led by a surge in anxiety

A new study led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston University, Boston Medical Center, UMass Chan Medical School, and Brown University finds that children's mental health concerns are appearing ...

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / ATS: City-Wide mold intervention can reduce ED asthma visits

A city-wide mold intervention in public housing can reduce asthma emergency department (ED) visits, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2026 International Conference, held from May 15 to 20 in ...

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / What you need to know about the Ebola outbreak that has the WHO concerned

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a public health emergency of international concern.

May 18, 2026
Phys.org / A fresh approach to peppermint: 250 new variants could boost flavor and fight disease

The genomics of peppermint are not as fresh as their flavor but scientists from the University of California, Davis, have found a way to breathe new genetic variation into the species. The findings, published in the Proceedings ...

May 14, 2026
Phys.org / When we took 37 strangers into the urban bush, their loneliness began to ease

One in three Australians says they are lonely. To be lonely is to feel a lack of adequate social connection. Loneliness is about feeling disconnected from others or unable to form the kinds of relationships people need to ...

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / An American doctor is among the newest cases in rare Ebola outbreak in Congo

An American doctor in Congo is among the newly confirmed cases in an outbreak of a rare variant of the Ebola virus with no approved vaccines or therapeutics, Congolese officials said Monday. Deaths have surpassed 100 in two ...

May 18, 2026
Phys.org / Smart soil design to stop Australia's underground water pipelines from corroding

Engineers are rethinking the soil surrounding buried pipelines in a bid to help reduce Australia's billion-dollar annual corrosion problem and extend the lifespan of critical infrastructure. The Monash research, published ...

May 18, 2026