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Medical Xpress / AMH fertility tests surge but cannot predict natural pregnancy

Increasing numbers of Australian women are using a blood test to assess their fertility, but new research suggests it may not provide the answers many are looking for. A study led by Flinders University and published in the ...

Sep 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Study answers long-debated structural question of primate cone photoreceptors

For more than 60 years, scientists have debated a basic structural question about cone photoreceptors, the cells that let vertebrates see color: Are their light-sensing disk membranes closed off inside the cell, or are they ...

Sep 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Keeping elite women's basketball players healthy during international competition

Two UCLA Health doctors, both faculty in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and team physicians for UCLA Athletics and professional sports teams, are accompanying the 2026 ...

Sep 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Does thin air slow the mind? New research on skiers' mental reactions

In mogul skiing, a fraction of a second can make all the difference. A momentary lapse in attention, a misjudged turn or a delayed decision can turn a smooth sequence into a mistake or even a disaster.

Sep 9, 2026
Phys.org / X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy reveals the surface chemistry of bio-based hybrid materials

Just a few atomic layers at the surface can strongly influence how effectively a material binds pollutants from water or how efficiently a photocatalyst responds to light. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied ...

Sep 9, 2026
Tech Xplore / Kill the cookie banner, digital rights groups urge EU

It's time for the European Union to kill those pesky cookie banners seeking users' consent on websites, nearly 20 groups and academics demanded Thursday.

Sep 10, 2026
Phys.org / Artemis II moonshot commander and pilot are hanging up their astronaut suits at NASA

The two NASA astronauts who led the Artemis II moonshot earlier this year are stepping away from spaceflight.

Sep 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researchers lead statewide effort to reduce cancer risk for firefighters

Inside the hazard simulation lab at Iowa State University, Guowen Song watches a column of engineered smoke curl upward from a controlled burn.

Sep 10, 2026
Phys.org / Critically endangered pygmy raccoons observed making their own paper toys

Some of the most intriguing scientific breakthroughs happen when researchers aren't explicitly looking for them. Take, for example, the pygmy raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus), a critically endangered species that lives only on ...

Sep 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Immune protein loss may drive rare stomach lymphoma in H. pylori infections

Roughly half the world's population is infected with the stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which is responsible for about 90% of gastric cancers. However, until now, it has been unclear why some H. pylori infections ...

Sep 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Newly discovered stem cell reveals potential drug target for spinal stenosis

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for Special Surgery have discovered the unspecialized stem cells that give rise to the body's tendons and ligaments, the tissues connecting muscles and bones.

Sep 7, 2026
Phys.org / Excavations at Prado Vargas now span 140 square meters of a Neanderthal layer

The 2026 field season at Prado Vargas Cave, located in the village of Cornejo in the northern province of Burgos, Spain, within the Ojo Guareña karst complex, has expanded the excavation of Neanderthal sublevel 4D by 32 square ...

Sep 7, 2026