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Medical Xpress / Is a baby's heart defect hereditary? A NOTCH1 methylation test may clarify

One to two out of every 100 newborn babies are born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD), yet the exact cause remains unclear. Human geneticists at the University Medicine Oldenburg (Germany) have now presented a new method ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Hormone therapy may not benefit most men receiving radiotherapy after prostate surgery, study finds

A new study led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators suggests that adding hormone therapy to postoperative radiotherapy may provide little survival benefit for most men with prostate cancer, especially ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Evidence points to early goat and sheep dairy consumption in Neolithic Iran

Approximately 9,000 years ago, human communities in Southwest Asia underwent a dramatic transformation, known as the Neolithic revolution. This period was marked by pronounced changes in how they lived and sourced food, with ...

Feb 20, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Frozen blueberry recall issued across four states for Listeria

Close to 56,000 pounds of frozen blueberries have been recalled after testing raised concerns about possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Feb 26, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / Quantum computers go high-dimensional with a four-state photon gate

The collaboration of TU Wien with research groups in China has resulted in a crucial building block for a new kind of quantum computer: The realization of a novel type of quantum logic gate makes it possible to carry out ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / Nine-city study finds richer neighborhoods get more sidewalk shade

One of the best forms of heat relief is pretty simple: trees. In cities, as studies have documented, more tree cover lowers surface temperatures and heat-related health risks. However, as a new study led by MIT researchers ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Scientists develop vitamin A-enriched tomato to fight global deficiency

University of Florida scientists have developed a tomato packed with significantly higher levels of vitamin A, a breakthrough that could help combat one of the world's most widespread nutritional deficiencies. In research ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Disadvantaged communities have decreased access to dialysis facilities, according to research

As community disadvantage increases, access to dialysis facilities decreases, according to a research letter published online Feb. 23 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Yu-Chu Shen, Ph.D., from the Department of Defense Management ...

Phys.org / Iron Age massacre targeted women and children, new research reveals

New research has revealed that women and children were deliberately targeted in one of the largest prehistoric mass killings discovered in Europe. Archaeological investigations at the Gomolava burial sites in northern Serbia ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Peatland lakes in Congo Basin release carbon that is thousands of years old

Researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered for the first time that large blackwater lakes in the extensive peatlands of the central Congo Basin are releasing ancient carbon. To date, climate researchers had assumed that ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Earth
Tech Xplore / Chatbots overemphasize sociodemographic stereotypes, researchers report

People interact with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots, which can be trained to take on certain demographic attributes like age and race, for information, entertainment, technical help, learning, emotional support, ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Machine learning & AI
Phys.org / Challenging assumptions behind Africa's Green Revolution efforts and calls for farmer-centered development models

A new study examining small-scale farming in Tanzania argues that major agricultural development initiatives, including the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), are built on flawed assumptions about how rural ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Biology