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Medical Xpress / How high‑quality friendship supports teen well-being

Are friends important to teens' lives? Absolutely.

Sep 3, 2026
Phys.org / Why Britons disagree about poverty: They draw the line differently

People with different political beliefs do not only disagree about how much poverty exists in Britain but they also differ over whether the same material circumstances should be defined as poverty, according to new research ...

Sep 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / New guidance introduces framework for assessing cardiovascular risk and fitness for duty in tactical athletes

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading medical cause of duty-related deaths among tactical athletes, including military personnel, firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical responders, astronauts and ...

Sep 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / MS therapy uses patients' red blood cells to curb autoimmune attacks without broadly suppressing immunity

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that particularly affects young adults. The disease is driven by immune cells—primarily what are known as T lymphocytes. These cells normally fight off ...

Sep 1, 2026
Tech Xplore / New probabilistic method improves how robots localize and map familiar objects

Reliable navigation, place recognition and object interaction require autonomous robots to maintain precise environmental maps. Semantic simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) adds meaning to a robot's map by representing ...

Sep 3, 2026
Phys.org / Single amino acid swap expands nanoparticle vaccine approach to influenza viruses

Influenza viruses constantly shapeshift to evade recognition by the immune system. This shapeshifting occurs in critical proteins like hemagglutinin (HA), which controls how the virus attaches to human cells before entering ...

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency may raise preterm birth risk, genetic analysis suggests

Researchers at the University of Oulu have identified alpha-1 antitrypsin as a potential target for preventing spontaneous preterm birth. In a large genetic study of more than 200,000 mothers, a variant in the SERPINA1 gene, ...

Sep 3, 2026
Phys.org / Looking back to forecast the future of lobster

For generations, the lobster fishery has been central to the cultural and economic identity of Maine and Atlantic Canada. Predicting what the future holds for the species—and the people who depend on it—has long been a priority ...

Sep 3, 2026
Tech Xplore / Nature-inspired 3D printing could improve large-scale renewable energy storage

Researchers have created a 3D-printed electrode that could help make it easier and safer to store large amounts of renewable energy generated by wind and solar farms.

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Bees see the world in more ways than previously thought

The honey bee has held a special place in vision research. It is one of the best-studied insects, and much of what scientists know about how bees perceive the world is based on studies of honey bees.

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / A never-before-seen picture of eagle migrations

In 1899, scientists began tracking avian migration by placing a small ring with an identifier around birds' ankles. Researchers then had to recapture the birds elsewhere, leaving the journey between those points a mystery. ...

Aug 29, 2026
Phys.org / Hidden protein recycling hubs discovered inside human sperm cells

Researchers at VIB, VUB and the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (UK) have discovered a hidden feature of human sperm cells. Using advanced imaging technologies, they discovered specialized compartments ...

Sep 1, 2026