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Tech Xplore / Laser speed in 3D printing tunes atomic structure of high-entropy alloys

Next-generation technology requires next-generation materials that can be tailored to exact mission requirements. Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has already revolutionized industries like aerospace engineering by ...

Jan 21, 2026 in Engineering
Phys.org / Fossil shorebirds reveal Australia's ancient wetlands lost to climate change

Flinders University paleontology researchers—with local fossil experts—have discovered how prolific shorebirds, including the Plains-wanderer, once lived across South Australia's South-East during wetter times up to 60,000 ...

Jan 21, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Trees, not grass and other greenery, associated with lower heart disease risk in cities

A multi-institutional study led by the University of California, Davis, finds that living in urban areas with a higher percentage of visible trees is associated with a 4% decrease in cardiovascular disease. By comparison, ...

Jan 21, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / ALMA reveals teenage years of new worlds

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery. The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS), using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Bats use 'acoustic flow velocity' to navigate complex environments in darkness

A long-standing mystery about how wild bats navigate complex environments in complete darkness with remarkable precision, has been solved in a new University of Bristol-led study. The findings are published in Proceedings ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Surgery beats medical therapy in type 2 diabetes, regardless of social deprivation: Study

For adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D), surgery is superior to medical therapy for reducing hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels and achieving weight loss, regardless of social deprivation, according to a study published online Jan. ...

Jan 23, 2026 in Diabetes
Phys.org / A two-week leap in breeding: Antarctic penguins' striking climate adaptation

A decade-long study led by Penguin Watch, at the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University, has uncovered a record shift in the breeding season of Antarctic penguins, likely in response to climate change.

Jan 20, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Donated blood has a shelf life, and a new test tracks how it ages

A new, fast and easy test could revolutionize blood transfusions, giving blood centers and hospitals a reliable way to monitor the quality of red blood cells after they sit for weeks in storage.

Jan 21, 2026 in Biomedical technology
Medical Xpress / Scientists uncover hidden cells fueling brain cancer—and a drug that could stop them

A team of Canadian scientists has uncovered a new way to slow the growth of glioblastoma, the most aggressive and currently incurable form of brain cancer—and identified an existing medication that could treat it.

Jan 21, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / How early cell membranes may have shaped the origins of life

Modern cells are complex chemical entities with cytoskeletons, finely regulated internal and external molecules, and genetic material that determines nearly every aspect of their functioning. This complexity allows cells ...

Jan 21, 2026 in Chemistry
Phys.org / The last spiny dormouse in Europe

Today, only one species of the spiny dormouse survives, in southern India. However, the oldest spiny dormouse in evolutionary history, a member of the rodent family, was found in sediment dating back 17.5 to 13.3 million ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Positive interactions dominate among marine microbes, six-year study reveals

A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ocean's smallest organisms interact.

Jan 21, 2026 in Biology