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Medical Xpress / New AI-powered robotic system performs heart ultrasounds without guidance

A Concordia-led team of researchers has developed a new AI-driven robotic system that can perform cardiac ultrasound scans autonomously. The researchers say this approach could expand access to cardiac imaging in remote or ...

Apr 30, 2026
Phys.org / How giants that vanished 10,000 years ago triggered ripple effects that are still felt today

Between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, many of the world's largest mammals disappeared. Picture creatures like saber-toothed cats with 7-inch fangs and elephant-sized sloths. Woolly mammoths whose curved tusks grew longer than ...

Apr 27, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI-assisted approach identifies IRS4 as a promising drug target in multiple solid tumors

Leveraging AI capabilities combined with genetic data led St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators to predict new cancer drug targets that carry a limited risk of side effects. For their study, published in Science ...

Apr 30, 2026
Phys.org / With a swipe of a magnet, microscopic 'magno-bots' perform complex maneuvers

Under a microscope, a bouquet of lollipop-like structures, each smaller than a grain of sand, waves gently in a Petri dish of liquid. Suddenly, they snap together, like the jaws of a Venus flytrap, as a scientist waves a ...

Apr 28, 2026
Phys.org / Natural rubber process boosts tire toughness about tenfold while preserving stiffness

Natural rubber, tapped from trees as latex, is the world's most widely used bio-elastomer. Comprising long molecular chains that make it pliable and stretchy yet highly resistant to cracking and strain, natural rubber is ...

Apr 28, 2026
Phys.org / Report links biodiversity collapse to risks for financial systems and food security

A new report from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) warns that biodiversity loss, alongside climate shocks and geopolitical conflict, is disrupting our food system, risking catastrophic ...

Apr 30, 2026
Phys.org / Two whale groups separated by seas—but not by genes, study finds

A paper in Genome Biology and Evolution discovers that the endangered Mediterranean fin whale is not completely isolated from Atlantic groups. Both Atlantic and Mediterranean populations have declined for the past 200,000 ...

Apr 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Doomscrolling: Tips to stop the scroll, protect your mental health

"I should stop." Have you ever said those words to yourself as you scrolled through one disheartening online post after another? This phenomenon is popularly known as doomscrolling. You may wonder: Why is it so difficult ...

Apr 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / Predicting genetic risk for type 1 diabetes just got more accurate thanks to machine learning study

In people with type 1 diabetes (T1D), the immune system shuts down the body's ability to make the hormone insulin, responsible for regulating blood sugar and providing cells with glucose to produce energy. As a result, they ...

Apr 30, 2026
Phys.org / Beer and cannabis could share 'sex switch,' study finds

Researchers at University College Dublin have identified a genetic "switch" that determines the sex of cannabis plants, and found the same system may exist in hops. The study, published in New Phytologist, pinpoints a specific ...

Apr 27, 2026
Phys.org / Room-temperature vibrations could transform how industry makes graphene

Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for creating 2D materials that runs at room temperature and increases production rates tenfold over current methods, without using toxic solvents. Scientists led by Dr. Jason ...

Apr 27, 2026
Phys.org / How deceptive content reached millions of voters during the 2020 US elections

Over the past decades, the diffusion of fake news and other deceptive content on social media platforms has become a heated topic of debate. Some past studies have explored the broad impact of online misinformation, while ...

Apr 24, 2026