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Medical Xpress / Community water fluoridation not linked to lower birth weight, large US study finds

A new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health finds that community water fluoridation (CWF) is not associated with significant changes in birth weight—a widely accepted indicator of infant health ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / Virtual histography: From tissue section to 3D image

Histology is one of the foundations of modern diagnostics. When physicians want to determine whether tissue is pathologically altered, they rely on microscopic tissue analysis: They cut the tissue into ultrathin sections, ...

Jan 21, 2026 in Radiology & Imaging
Phys.org / 3D mapping of fault beneath Marmara Sea reveals likely sites for future earthquakes

According to researchers from Science Tokyo, a new three-dimensional model of the fault beneath the Marmara Sea in Turkey reveals where a future major earthquake could take place. Using electromagnetic measurements, the team ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Most would recommend RSV immunizations for older and pregnant people, survey finds

Amid a surprisingly severe flu season and a COVID-19 resurgence, those highly contagious respiratory illnesses are drawing the largest share of media coverage and public attention. But it is also the season for another respiratory ...

Phys.org / The last spiny dormouse in Europe

Today, only one species of the spiny dormouse survives, in southern India. However, the oldest spiny dormouse in evolutionary history, a member of the rodent family, was found in sediment dating back 17.5 to 13.3 million ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Polar weather on Jupiter and Saturn hints at the planets' interior details

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two planets host very different types of polar vortices, which are huge atmospheric whirlpools that rotate ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / New AI uncovers hidden patterns in biomedical knowledge graphs

A new artificial intelligence (AI) method called BioPathNet helps researchers systematically search large biological data networks for hidden connections—from gene functions and disease mechanisms to potential therapeutic ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Health informatics
Phys.org / Studying massive and mysterious young protostars with Hubble

Baby pictures are some of a family's most cherished artifacts. The same thing can be said of the Hubble Space Telescope and the infant stars it immortalizes in its scientific portraits. But while we know how babies are conceived ...

Jan 21, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / From ancient Rome to today, war-makers have talked constantly about peace

In a week filled with news about President Donald Trump's aggressive moves to take control of Greenland, the world got a window into his thinking about the concept of "peace."

Jan 21, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / With planning, birds and floating solar can coexist

Solar panels on bodies of water in the northeastern U.S. might generate renewable energy but could also carry risks for birds, especially waterbirds. Now a new study provides a data-informed approach to siting floating solar ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Physicists employ AI labmates to supercharge LED light control

In 2023, a team of physicists from Sandia National Laboratories announced a major discovery: a way to steer LED light. If refined, it could mean someday replacing lasers with cheaper, smaller, more energy-efficient LEDs in ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / Sinking salty ice suggests pathway for life-sustaining conditions in Europa's ocean

A recent study by geophysicists at Washington State University offers insight into how nutrients may reach the subsurface ocean of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons and a leading candidate for extraterrestrial life in the solar ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Astronomy & Space