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Phys.org / Precision measurement under impact—when the balance itself becomes the object of measurement

How do you take measurements using one of the most sensitive scales in the world? Researchers at TU Wien have demonstrated how the measurement process affects not only the object being measured but also the scale itself, ...

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Living with cats does not worsen asthma in children, suggests study

Asthma is the most common chronic disease and one of the main causes of hospitalization among children. The Global Asthma Network has estimated that its global prevalence is 9.1% for children and 11.0% for adolescents, but ...

Jun 10, 2026
Phys.org / Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life

People's knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire on a once-forested hillside, or a ghostly white coral reef, may evoke tragedy and despair. But in nature, most plants ...

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Novel therapy may reverse autism-related brain deficits, study suggests

Researchers have identified a promising new therapeutic strategy for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A research team led by Director KIM Eunjoon of the IBS Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions has now identified a promising ...

Jun 9, 2026
Phys.org / Q&A: Expert offers insight on stopping the New World screwworm

NC State University entomologist Maxwell Scott is among a handful of people worldwide with the most thorough understanding of the genetics and life cycle of the New World screwworm, a blowfly that lays its eggs in wounds ...

Jun 11, 2026
Phys.org / Firms with independent board members are more willing to challenge risky CEO pay structures, says new research

The study, published in European Financial Management, focused on "inside debt," which includes pensions and deferred compensation awarded to chief executives. Unlike bonuses or shares, these payments can encourage CEOs to ...

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Is the Ebola quarantine in the US legal? Expert weighs in

Countries across the globe are on high alert as health workers race to contain an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Central and East Africa that has killed more than 100 people and infected almost 570, according to data from ...

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Nursing job turnover has nearly doubled since the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic did not push nurses out of hospitals or other care settings as feared, but nurses left their primary jobs at nearly double the rate from 2018 to 2022, finds a University of Michigan study. The study, ...

Jun 11, 2026
Phys.org / Municipal governments are often slow to act, except when FIFA comes to town

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicking off, millions of soccer fans around the world will be following the tournament taking place across 16 host cities in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover new details in type 2 diabetes development

Researchers at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine have discovered new information about how type 2 diabetes develops and how future treatments may help protect insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. ...

Jun 11, 2026
Phys.org / Adélie penguins use colony cues to switch foraging sites if their previous trip was unsuccessful

Many animals live in groups. Among seabirds in particular, most species form colonies during the breeding season. Although coloniality entails costs, such as increased competition for food and disease transmission, its repeated ...

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Augmented reality system could make medical ultrasounds easier to interpret

Interpreting medical ultrasound images is a difficult task, requiring a technician to look at 2D images and mentally arrange them into a 3D representation of what the tissue looks like. To make that job easier, MIT researchers ...

Jun 10, 2026