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Phys.org / Ice island survives run-in with Joe Island

Summer is prime iceberg season in Greenland's glacier-fed fjords, and 2026 was no exception. Especially notable was the berg that broke from Petermann Glacier along Greenland's northwest coast in August. Roughly the size ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Study: Reservoir management system could save California $150 million every year

A new study from the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego finds that improved weather and water forecasts could help California gain more value from existing ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Nepal's devastating floods won't be the last as the region's mountains heat up

On the morning of Aug. 26, a section of mountain near Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal suddenly collapsed.

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Single cell map helps predict childhood Crohn's severity and treatment response

Researchers have created a detailed map of childhood Crohn's disease before and after treatment to help understand disease progression. The study, published in eLife, is described by the editors as an important study that ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / What is public interest technology? An expert on data and policy explains how it helps people in need

Every year, millions of people who qualify for food assistance never get it. The money exists and they meet the eligibility rules, but they don't know that the program exists or whether they qualify. For others, the application ...

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Catheter ablation does not improve quality of life related to atrial fibrillation

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) did not significantly improve AF-related quality of life compared with a sham procedure, despite reducing AF recurrence. These were the main findings of the PVI-SHAM-AF trial ...

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / For a century, journalists have had a voluntary ethics code. Editors are giving it an AI-era reboot

Walk into a corner of a newsroom somewhere and you can often find it affixed to a bulletin board, perhaps peeking out from behind the coffee pot: the Society of Professional Journalists's Code of Ethics. It's less than a ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / UK chalks up hottest summer on record for second year running

Britain experienced its hottest summer on record for the second year in a row, the UK's national weather agency announced Tuesday, after weeks of successive heat waves and widespread drought conditions.

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / A full-control strategy could cut simulated mpox infections by 97.8%, suggests mathematical model

Mpox (formerly monkeypox), a viral zoonotic disease, remains a global public health concern because it can spread between animals and humans and among people. While measures like vaccination, treatment, quarantine and public ...

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 RAs produce significant weight loss in adults without diabetes, with newer treatments showing greater results

An updated systematic review evaluating the efficacy and safety of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and coagonists among adults with overweight or obesity without diabetes found that, among currently ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Going beyond simple models of neural networks: Extended mean-field theory offers a better approach

Physics is most readily applied to relatively simple systems: a pendulum, two electrons colliding or the structure of the solar system. But when systems become complicated—when many particles interact with one another, in ...

Aug 27, 2026
Phys.org / Anti-influenza therapies that target the host

A drug that targets the host rather than the virus could get around the problem of antiviral resistance. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people die of seasonal influenza caused by infection with influenza A and B viruses.

Sep 1, 2026