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Phys.org / Webb spots the birth of a giant galaxy and a supermassive black hole

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to catch an extraordinary glimpse of a massive galaxy taking shape in the early universe. They identified a compact group of at least six galaxies that are likely to merge ...

Jun 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Targeted IL-15 drug in patient testing revives exhausted T cells without triggering severe inflammation

For some people, cancer immunotherapies are life-changing. These treatments can turn the body's own immune system against a tumor, either eliminating it or shrinking it enough to make surgery possible. But these therapies ...

Jun 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Mom's good heart health lowers risk of baby's developmental delays

Want to give your baby the best start in life? Then tend to your heart health, both prior to and during pregnancy, a new study says.

Jun 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Study finds psychological and urogenital menopause symptoms similar regardless of timing of menopause

There has been a lot of discussion about how the age at menopause can affect menopause symptoms. A new study compared the prevalence and severity of menopause symptoms in women experiencing menopause around the average age ...

Jun 24, 2026
Phys.org / Local species trends may flag global extinction risk, global study finds

New research from the University of St. Andrews has shown that higher extinction risk is associated with a higher frequency of decreasing local prevalence of species, in an analysis of one of the most comprehensive long-term ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Arctic shipping alters cloud formation, study finds

A study led by the EPFL suggests that shipping emissions influence climate-relevant cloud formation and may affect regional climate processes far beyond the polar region.

Jun 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Medicare's AI push snarls patients and doctors in errors and delays

Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City for an epidural in his ...

Jun 24, 2026
Science X / Deep in Libya's Sahara, tiny primate fossils are rewriting how our ancient cousins got to Africa

Hidden beneath the scorched expanse of the central Libyan Sahara lies a prehistoric graveyard that was once a lush, green gateway to a continent. For decades, the origin of Africa's higher primates has been one of evolution's ...

Jun 20, 2026
Phys.org / Artificial light is keeping reef fish awake, and the effects may ripple across coral reefs

Artificial light spilling into coastal waters from cities, ports, roads and hotels is disrupting sleep in coral reef fish and is associated with changes in markers linked to brain health, according to a new study from Bar-Ilan ...

Jun 22, 2026
Tech Xplore / Airbus to inspect 16 A380s after cracks found on plane wings

Airbus on Tuesday said it would inspect 16 A380 planes, five of them immediately, after cracks were found in a key wing component on aircraft used by Emirates and Qantas.

Jun 24, 2026
Tech Xplore / Food waste can become jet fuel through simpler refining and 50-50 blending

The aviation industry accounts for a large portion of global greenhouse gas emissions. Biobased, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) can mitigate climate impacts, but transitioning to SAF faces critical supply chain constraints. ...

Jun 22, 2026
Phys.org / Powerful seismic waves from Japan's 2011 earthquake struck Earth's core and bounced back up, moving the island eastward

In 2011, Japan reeled from the effects of a devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake. But unnoticed in the chaos resulting from the quake, its major aftershocks and the tsunami it caused, something strange happened. About 16 ...

Jun 19, 2026