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Medical Xpress / How medical education can revive the physician–scientist pipeline

The physician–scientist has long occupied a unique place in medicine—bridging the laboratory and the clinic, translating scientific discoveries into innovative patient care. But that role is becoming increasingly rare. The ...

May 20, 2026
Phys.org / Is listening to music while studying a helpful habit or hidden distraction?

New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has shed light on why so many students listen to background music while studying, and whether it helps or hinders their focus.

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researcher develops 'smart, tiny bubbles' to treat cancer and heart disease

A cell 500 times thinner than a human hair could heal hearts and kill cancer cells, thanks to a patent-pending technology created by a University of Central Florida researcher and now licensed to a university donor in hopes ...

May 21, 2026
Phys.org / Human cells can exchange genomic DNA that alters cell behavior

Scientists at Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered that large pieces of DNA can transfer directly between human cells, and the DNA can persist and change how the recipient ...

May 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / High prevalence of hantavirus in some areas of the Pacific Northwest

The Sin Nombre virus—a hantavirus that can cause a deadly respiratory disease in humans—may be more widespread among rodent populations in parts of the Pacific Northwest than previously recognized. A recent study conducted ...

May 21, 2026
Phys.org / Intrepid tails—fluke photos confirm humpback whales mount 14,000 km open ocean crossing to breeding grounds

An international team of scientists have documented, for the first time, humpback whales traveling between breeding grounds in eastern Australia and Brazil, crossing more than 14,000 kilometers of open ocean. The findings ...

May 19, 2026
Phys.org / Galactic collision may have reset Milky Way disk 11 billion years ago

A new study led by researchers at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) reveals how the disks of galaxies like the Milky Way are affected ...

May 18, 2026
Phys.org / Lab fish cycles are hours out of sync with natural ones, researchers discover

When researchers moved medaka—a fish commonly used in experiments—out of the lab and into more natural conditions, their reproductive clock shifted by hours, suggesting that laboratory findings may not fully capture their ...

May 20, 2026
Phys.org / Extreme Lunar conditions need an extreme test rig

When people eventually head to the moon for long-term exploration and habitation, they'll need equipment and spacesuits made of well-tested materials. That's where NASA's Lunar Environment Test Rig (LESTR) comes in handy. ...

May 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / Public support for the energy transition is driven by emotions, say researchers

What psychological factors influence public support for decarbonization policies? A team at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has developed an artificial intelligence–based model to predict the level of public support for ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / How dead tumor cells could make chemotherapy and radiotherapy work better

As tumors outgrow their blood and nutrient supplies, or respond to treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy, individual cancer cells die, exposing their internal scaffolds. These dead cells are an abundant source of ...

May 20, 2026
Phys.org / Findings reconsider the existence of Europa's vapor plumes

Looking back at 14 years of Hubble telescope data for Jupiter's moon Europa has given Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists a better understanding of its tenuous atmosphere. The findings have cast doubt on previous ...

May 18, 2026