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Tech Xplore / Oyster cement: Scientists study shellfish to make stronger, faster-curing building material

Building upon the chemistry that oysters use in miles-long reefs, scientists have found a way to create cement that is stronger and cures faster. Jonathan Wilker, a professor of chemistry in Purdue University's College of ...

May 5, 2026
Phys.org / Dairy farms in California may transmit H5N1 virus through multiple sources

The H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in over 700 herds of dairy cows in California, the largest dairy-producing state in the U.S. A study published in PLOS Biology led by Seema S. Lakdawala ...

May 5, 2026
Phys.org / Chemistry-aware AI can generate millions of plausible new molecules

Finding and developing new molecules is one of the great research endeavors of modern chemistry. From the development of new drugs to the creation of more sustainable materials, everything depends on finding new combinations ...

May 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / Machine learning reveals two main Parkinson's types and five subgroups

A new study led by researchers from VIB and KU Leuven shows that Parkinson's disease can be divided into distinct subtypes, helping explain why a single treatment does not work for all patients. Using a machine-learning-driven ...

May 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / Combination therapy with stem cell-derived immune cells boosts anti-cancer response

Cancer immunotherapy is built on a simple but powerful idea: the immune system can recognize and destroy cancer cells if it is properly activated. In many patients, however, this response is too weak or too slow to be effective. ...

May 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Hantavirus on the Hondius: what we know

The MV Hondius cruise ship, hit by a rare hantavirus outbreak believed to have killed three people, is sailing from Cape Verde toward the Spanish island of Tenerife where isolating passengers and crew will be finally be evacuated.

May 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Lung cancer screening rates up, yet remain low

A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that lung cancer screening rates among eligible U.S. adults have improved in recent years, but fewer than one in four are getting ...

May 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Avoidable health care harm hits prisoners in England up to 67 times harder

Prisoners in England are 41 to 67 times more likely to experience avoidable harms as a result of poor health care than the general public, suggest the findings of a case note review of medical records, published online in ...

May 7, 2026
Phys.org / Study says trees counter half the world's urban heating, but not in the places that need it most

Trees are countering nearly half the urban heating from pavement and buildings in the world's cities, but they're not doing enough cooling in hotter, poorer cities where it's needed the most as the world warms, a new study ...

May 6, 2026
Tech Xplore / Is Richard Dawkins right about Claude? No—but it's not surprising AI chatbots feel conscious to us

In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious.

May 7, 2026
Phys.org / Digitizing microscope slides can uncover billions of fossils for natural history

Approximately 145 million: That's the number of specimens—including plants, animals, minerals, and human artifacts—curators estimate are held in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. However, these estimates ...

May 5, 2026
Phys.org / Time-varying magnetic fields can engineer exotic quantum matter

Quantum technology has promising potential to revolutionize how large and complex amounts of information are processed. While already in use primarily in laboratory and research settings globally, quantum technologies are ...

May 4, 2026