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Medical Xpress / One daily drink no longer looks harmless, as alcohol's risks rewrite moderate drinking rules

Even what many Americans consider moderate drinking is linked to an increased risk of death, disability, and chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease, according to a new study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol ...

Jun 9, 2026
Phys.org / Brain removal in Iron Age Scotland burial reveals far-reaching family ties

It is difficult to identify funerary practices in Iron Age (c. 800 BC–AD 43) Britain, as human remains rarely survive. However, evidence is particularly prominent in north-west Scotland, because environmental conditions support ...

Jun 9, 2026
Phys.org / Freshwater boundary breach deepens as climate and land use amplify extremes

Human activities have significantly altered the freshwater cycle, threatening its ability to support vital climatic and ecological Earth system processes. A new study led by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland ...

Jun 9, 2026
Phys.org / Did this star eat its planets? A new study offers clues on 'chemical paradox' of a binary system

Astronomers have investigated a puzzling binary star system in which two stars that may have formed together now show dramatically different chemical compositions. The new study, uploaded to the arXiv preprint server on May ...

Jun 5, 2026
Tech Xplore / Fuel costs alone won't spark Australia's EV transition

As Australian motorists continue to grapple with rising fuel prices and electric vehicle (EV) sales steadily increase across the country, new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that petrol costs alone are ...

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Social media use linked to poorer mental health in early adolescence

Adolescents who spend at least two hours a day on social media are more likely to experience depressive symptoms and poorer well-being, with the strongest effects in early adolescence, according to new research.

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Joint Korea-Japan research finds no evidence linking mobile phone radio frequency exposure to cancer

A large-scale international collaborative animal study found no statistically significant association between long-term exposure to radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMF) emitted by mobile phones and the incidence ...

Jun 11, 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
Medical Xpress / When cannabis feels within reach, teens are far likelier to start using it

Led by Marie-Pierre Sylvestre, a professor at the School of Public Health at the Université de Montréal, the researchers drew on Quebec data from COMPASS, a pan-Canadian longitudinal study of the health behaviors of secondary ...

Jun 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users

Betting that people will soon grow more comfortable having artificial intelligence agents shop for groceries, plane tickets or diapers on their behalf, payments giant Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded its payment network ...

Jun 11, 2026
Phys.org / Insights into soil fertility help guide more targeted fertilizer strategies for long-term soil management

A study published in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, led by University of Queensland researchers, provides important insights into the fate of sulfur in soil, an essential nutrient for crop growth. Where sulfur ends ...

Jun 11, 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