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Phys.org / New clustering method uncovers hidden regularities in data

One dataset, one model? This approach does not always produce the most useful insights, as a dataset often contains many different relationships. To better understand them, researchers at the Paluno Research Institute in ...

Sep 2, 2026
Phys.org / More trees are needed to cool down European cities in heat waves—but they must be planted near homes

Heat waves claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people in Europe's capital cities this summer as they experienced record temperatures.

Sep 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Atlas of the brain's striatum could guide researchers to new drug treatments

A region of the brain called the striatum is critical for many cognitive and motor functions, including decision-making, movement control, habit formation and reward processing. It also plays a role in addiction and is significantly ...

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Lab-grown tissue reveals how inflammation may drive heart relaxation failure

Scientists study the underlying causes of a disease or test potential new drugs in animal models or cells obtained from human biopsy specimens before clinical trials. However, disease models in animals do not mimic actual ...

Sep 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / LDL-cholesterol lowering medication linked to lower mortality in high-risk patients

Mass General Brigham Heart and Vascular Institute researchers have found that high-risk patients who had not previously experienced a heart attack or stroke had a lower risk of death after taking the cholesterol-lowering ...

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / UN report finds 1.5°C warming limit likely to be exceeded by 2030

For more than a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C.

Sep 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / OpenAI to launch new model with 'stronger safeguards' after hack

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday it was preparing to release its newest powerful model, known as Astra, after implementing "stronger safeguards" following a rogue cyberattack involving a different AI model.

Sep 2, 2026
Phys.org / Femtosecond nano-imaging reveals ultrafast optical control of phonon polaritons

A collaborative research team has successfully visualized in real space the ultrafast optical modulation of hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPhPs) in a van der Waals heterostructure composed of hBN and WS2. The research is ...

Aug 31, 2026
Medical Xpress / Neuropsychologist finds gaps between treatment and science of ALS, dementia in her own family

For A. Campbell Sullivan, PsyD, this time it's personal. As a neuropsychologist and clinical associate professor of neurology at the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio, ...

Sep 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / US judge rejects bid to break up Google's ad business

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday refused to force Google to sell a division of its digital advertising business, rejecting the government's push to break up part of the company's ad empire.

Sep 2, 2026
Phys.org / How can we improve school attendance?

Poor school attendance can negatively affect young people's behavior and future health. It is a growing public health concern because rates of persistent school absence have risen considerably and remained high in some parts ...

Sep 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / New method puts a twist on creating efficient micromixers

"Micromixer" might just sound like a fancy name for a tiny blender, but mixing liquids at the microliter scale is no simple task. Micromixers are essential components of microfluidic devices widely used across the pharmaceutical, ...

Sep 1, 2026