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Medical Xpress / Light-triggered arrhythmia reveals rapid brain oxygen shifts in mice

An irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, leads to inefficient pumping of blood by the heart, which then prevents blood and oxygen from getting to the body's other organs. When blood and oxygen flow poorly to the brain, the ...

Jun 5, 2026
Phys.org / SpaceX denied fast track to S&P 500 after IPO

SpaceX has been denied a fast track into the S&P 500 when the rocket and satellite company goes public, in a ruling that cuts off quick access to one of the biggest pools of Wall Street money.

Jun 6, 2026
Phys.org / Ultrafast laser shrinks to chip scale, potentially lowering costs for diagnostics and atomic clocks

Ultrafast lasers emit pulses lasting only a few hundred femtoseconds (quadrillionths of a second). These flashes of light power applications from precision micromachining to eye surgery to optical frequency combs, the Nobel ...

Jun 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / Two common IV fluids perform equally well for treating septic shock in kids

A randomized clinical trial conducted across five countries in 47 pediatric emergency departments, including Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, established that both commonly used IV fluids for treating ...

Jun 5, 2026
Phys.org / AI-guided catalyst turns CO₂ and waste into fertilizer at industrially relevant rates

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a computation-guided strategy to produce urea more efficiently from carbon dioxide and nitrate. By combining large language models, density functional ...

Jun 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Low-dose aspirin may offset premature birth risk linked to extreme heat

Mounting evidence links extreme heat to preterm (often called premature) birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth, indicating that rising temperatures are contributing to worse health outcomes for pregnant people and newborns. ...

Jun 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / Infections are major 'health hazard' for people with diabetes

Infections should be considered a "health hazard" in people living with diabetes, with experts warning that current clinical guidelines fail to reflect a substantial but underrecognized burden of illness, hospitalization ...

Jun 6, 2026
Medical Xpress / First leishmaniasis vaccine enters phase one trial as disease spreads to US

A phase 1 clinical trial testing the safety of a leishmaniasis vaccine is set to begin in the coming months—the first vaccine created to protect against the disfiguring skin disease common in tropical regions of the world ...

Jun 6, 2026
Medical Xpress / Blood test spots 14 proteins that predict lung cancer risk up to five years early

As we age, our cells acquire cancer-causing mutations, but mutations alone are rarely enough to start a tumor. An environmental trigger, such as exposure to air pollution from sources such as combustion engines, coal burning ...

Jun 4, 2026
Phys.org / SpaceX signs pre-IPO deal to provide AI computing to Google

SpaceX on Friday signed a blockbuster cloud computing agreement under which Google will pay the Elon Musk-founded rocket company $920 million per month for access to a massive cluster of AI chips, according to a disclosure ...

Jun 6, 2026
Phys.org / Japan's new seafloor record could sharpen megathrust earthquake warnings in Nankai Trough

Off the southern coast of Japan, the Philippine Sea Plate lies underneath the Japanese mainland. The locked tectonic plates threaten to unleash a catastrophic megathrust earthquake, likely within the next few decades. Given ...

Jun 3, 2026
Phys.org / Overarming America: Game theory explores how fear and social pressure drive gun purchases

A Dartmouth College study is the first to map the interplay of personal choice and social networks that has led to the United States being one of the world's most heavily armed countries, with 120 firearms for every 100 people. ...

Jun 3, 2026