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Phys.org / Drought and the war in Ukraine changed what families in Kenya could afford to eat

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 had an almost immediate impact on global energy markets and the movement of food around the world. During the first year of the conflict, international crude oil and natural gas ...

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain activity reveals two stages of visual processing before conscious perception

Seeing feels immediate; we open our eyes and the world seems to appear as a continuous stream. But some visual illusions show that events occurring later can change how we perceive what happened earlier, suggesting that the ...

Aug 7, 2026
Phys.org / Rare ultra-magnetic star may be key to solving 90-year old quantum cold case

Astronomers may have just confirmed one of the quirkiest aspects of quantum mechanics: that seemingly empty space can alter the behavior of light. This phenomenon, called "vacuum birefringence," was first predicted nearly ...

Aug 6, 2026
Medical Xpress / Study points to new target for treating aggressive brain cancer

Glioblastoma remains one of the deadliest cancers, with limited treatment advances and tumors that often resist radiation and chemotherapy. New research from The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center–Arthur G. ...

Aug 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Study suggests experimental drug dismantles 2 key proteins that help tumors survive, adapt and resist treatment

Scientists from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center report that the investigational anticancer agent FL118 functions as a dual molecular glue degrader that directly targets and degrades the proteins DDX5 and UbE2T, two ...

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Barbie and Ken get a reality check after 30 years

She's the blonde bombshell and he's her square-jawed sidekick. But nearly 70 years after the impossibly perfect Barbie and Ken made their debut, a new study from Adelaide University and UNSW Sydney shows the iconic pair are ...

Aug 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Physicians report negative impacts of abortion bans across pregnancy care

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision allowed states to enact laws that ban or severely restrict abortion. Four years later, a study led by Harvard Medical School researchers ...

Aug 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / 'You're a 4 out of 10': The troubling rise of AI appearance ratings

A teenager joins an online video chat. Within seconds, artificial intelligence analyzes their face and gives them a score out of 10 for "attractiveness." They are compared in real time with another user who scores higher ...

Aug 10, 2026
Phys.org / Birdsong and whale song show patterns similar to human language

An international team of researchers has uncovered a previously undetected structure in the birdsong of Bengalese finches that has the same statistical patterns found in human languages.

Aug 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / DIY peptide injections are risky

DIY peptide injections, which promise to boost everything from weight loss and muscle-building to longevity and sexual health, are a high-risk wellness fad that keeps growing.

Aug 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI is flooding the online book market with poor translations—here's how to spot them

If you're buying literature in translation online, buyer beware. You may unknowingly be buying low-quality AI-assisted translations presented as the work of a professional.

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Higher doses of common fertility drug linked to pregnancy risks

About 1 in 6 people experience infertility, with irregular or absent ovulation among the most common causes. The drug clomiphene citrate has long been a mainstay of fertility treatment, but a growing body of University of ...

Aug 10, 2026