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Phys.org / Shallow Indonesian quake damages houses, injures residents

A shallow 4.9-magitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia overnight, damaging dozens of homes and injuring multiple people, an official said Thursday.

Apr 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researchers find new target to sensitize pancreatic tumors to immunotherapy

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified an epigenetic target for replication stress, called DPY30, that could sensitize pancreatic tumors to immunotherapy and serve as a predictive ...

Apr 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Pediatric influenza vaccination prevents hospitalizations across seasons

In pediatric patients, influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) varied across 2021 to 2024 seasons, but did help prevent influenza-associated hospitalizations and outpatient visits, according to a study published online April ...

Apr 8, 2026
Phys.org / Quantum ground state of rotation achieved for the first time in two dimensions

Quantum mechanics tells us that a particle can never be perfectly still. But how precisely can it be oriented? A research team at the University of Vienna, together with colleagues at TU Wien and Ulm University, has now cooled ...

Apr 6, 2026
Phys.org / If you're a perfectionist at work, your boss's expectations may matter more than your own, research finds

If you're among the 93% of people who struggle with perfectionism at work, new research suggests that your experience may depend less on your own high standards and more on whether those standards meet your supervisor's expectations. ...

Apr 8, 2026
Phys.org / A roadmap for atomic force microscopy use in next-generation semiconductor and energy materials research

For smartphones and computers to become smaller and faster, technologies capable of precisely controlling electrical properties at the nanoscale—beyond what is visible to the naked eye—are essential. In particular, ferroelectric ...

Apr 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Diabetes drug metformin may echo the benefits of exercise in prostate cancer care

A new study has found that metformin, a widely prescribed diabetes drug, may mimic one of exercise's core biological effects in men with prostate cancer, raising levels of a molecule tied to energy balance and weight control ...

Apr 6, 2026
Phys.org / Why some bosses reward 'dark traits' at work, and what it costs later

If you ever wondered why the most ruthless characters in corporate dramas, such as Succession, keep rising to the top, new research from the UBC Sauder School of Business suggests that dynamic is not just a TV trope. The ...

Apr 8, 2026
Tech Xplore / Wind and solar may help Ecuador avoid repeat of its 2024 power crisis

Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium and Yachay Tech University in Ecuador have come to a surprising conclusion: wind and solar energy, often criticized for their lack of predictability and dependence ...

Apr 7, 2026
Phys.org / Scientists identify potential new target for disrupting mosquito reproduction

A longstanding mystery in mosquito biology has been solved, opening a potential new path for controlling mosquitoes and the diseases they spread. For decades, scientists believed that juvenile hormone, a chemical signal essential ...

Apr 6, 2026
Phys.org / How the octopus uses its 'taste by touch' sensory system to feel out potential mates

A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory system and can even couple at arm's length without actually seeing each other. In a study featured ...

Apr 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Physical activity and appropriate sleep linked to subsequent lower dementia risk

An estimated 55 million people live with dementia worldwide, and both its prevalence and cost are expected to increase, with global costs projected to reach $2 trillion dollars by 2030. Current treatments for preventing or ...

Apr 8, 2026