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Medical Xpress / Will dietary fiber help digestion? It might depend on your gut bacteria

Doctors recommend dietary fiber for healthy digestion, but to benefit from it, people not only need specific species of gut bacteria but also the right strains of those bacteria to process the starches, according to a new ...

Jul 27, 2026
Phys.org / Spain safari park animals grazed calmly amid 'terror' of fire

The bison carried on grazing peacefully as the flames approached, imperturbable despite the fires ravaging the land around their wildlife park west of Madrid.

Jul 31, 2026
Medical Xpress / New guideline on managing adult bronchiectasis

The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) has released a new clinical guideline on the management of adult bronchiectasis. Published in the journal CHEST, the guideline contains 13 evidence-based recommendations intended ...

Jul 31, 2026
Phys.org / Small ants that evict coffee pests may gain reproductive boost while protecting crops

Ants are known allies in the fight against coffee pests known as coffee berry borers. Now, a discovery made by Jonathan "Jonno" Morris while he was a University of Michigan graduate student has revealed there may be a new ...

Jul 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Human tissue model tracks glioblastoma invasion cell by cell

Glioblastoma is a malignant brain tumor and is among the most aggressive cancers in humans. Despite multimodal therapy with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, there is still no cure. A major reason is the tumor's invasive ...

Jul 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Leaky gut might make food allergies worse

A "leaky gut" might increase the severity of food allergies, according to new research conducted in mice and published in The Journal of Immunology. The researchers found that changes to the gut microbiome in mice were linked ...

Jul 31, 2026
Phys.org / Reenvisioning sexual health with perspectives from the Global South

Sexual and reproductive health has largely been shaped by perspectives from wealthier developed nations in the Global North. To correct this imbalance, public health experts call for centering Global South knowledge, lived ...

Jul 31, 2026
Tech Xplore / Melt it, spin it, use it again. This new recyclable yarn is as strong and stretchy as spandex-based yarns

After a closet cleanout, what options are there for recycling our old threads? Not many. Apart from bringing used clothes to a donation center, there is no process for recycling textiles like there is for bottles and cans. ...

Jul 27, 2026
Tech Xplore / Future-aware AI doubles robot speed in pick-and-place tasks

A new method developed by MIT researchers makes robots better at thinking ahead while they are acting, leading to smoother motions and quicker reactions. The research is published on the arXiv preprint server.

Jul 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Why eGoT gets better answers: Teaching AI to connect the dots across domains

Ever notice how chatbots often insist on making up an answer instead of admitting defeat? Like a student desperately scribbling nonsense to avoid handing in a blank page, large language models (LLMs) seem to live by the make-it-up-as-you-go ...

Jul 31, 2026
Phys.org / Industrial poultry farming is accelerating the spread of a major foodborne disease

A new study by the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research at the University of Oxford reveals that industrial poultry farming has led to a more than 100-fold increase in the movement of Campylobacter, allowing ...

Jul 27, 2026
Phys.org / One LED produces four stable colors at room temperature

Full-color displays normally require separate red, green and blue light emitters. A team from the University of Osaka and Ritsumeikan University has demonstrated another approach: a single light-emitting layer that produces ...

Jul 30, 2026