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Medical Xpress / How stress hormone receptors alter the brain and behavior: Zebrafish study provides insights

Stress, the body's natural response to different types of challenges and daily problems, is an inherently harmless state experienced by most people worldwide. While short-term stress is a common experience and can even be ...

Jan 11, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Young people risk drifting into serious online offenses through a slippery slope of high-risk digital behavior

New findings from the University of East London show that online risk-taking is widespread among young people, with behaviors such as digital piracy, accessing risky online spaces or engaging with harmful content having a ...

Jan 14, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / First galaxy-wide wobbling black hole jet discovered in a disk galaxy

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have uncovered the largest and most extended stream of super-heated gas ever observed flowing from a nearby galaxy, providing the clearest evidence yet ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Study: Cross-border merger and acquisition activity predicts changes in economic growth, foreign exchange returns

In a world facing rising economic uncertainty and instability, look to cross-border investment activity for solid clues about what's next for economic growth and foreign exchange rates.

Jan 15, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Handmade learning: Students weave sustainability lessons into rag rugs

Rag rugs, the kind Grandma used to make from worn-out sheets and bits of cloth, may seem like relics from a bygone era, but they hold valuable modern-day lessons.

Jan 14, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Magnetic fields slow carbon migration in iron by altering energy barriers, study shows

Professor Dallas Trinkle and colleagues have provided the first quantitative explanation for how magnetic fields slow carbon atom movement through iron, a phenomenon first observed in the 1970s but never fully understood. ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / New tool lets anyone audit a country's methane claims

For years, countries have told the United Nations how much methane they emit using a kind of bottom-up bookkeeping: Count the cows and oil barrels, estimate the volume of trash, and multiply by standard emission factors.

Jan 13, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Organisms in the Atacama Desert soil are remarkably diverse, study shows

A new study shows that resilient and remarkably diverse populations of organisms can persist in the soil despite harsh and extremely dry conditions. An international team led by researchers from the University of Cologne, ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Birding enthusiasts can help songbirds avoid Salmonella epidemics

UCLA biologists are developing a tool to predict when deadly Salmonella outbreaks are likely to happen in wild songbird populations so that people can protect their feathered friends by taking down bird feeders at the right ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Quantum-dot device can generate multiple frequency-entangled photons

Researchers have designed a new device that can efficiently create multiple frequency-entangled photons, a feat that cannot be achieved with today's optical devices. The new approach could open a path to more powerful quantum ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / How the Tibetan Plateau-Himalayan uplift shaped Asian summer monsoons

Research from Monash University reveals the climate history behind Asia's summer monsoon—Earth's most influential climate system. In a new study published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, an international team of ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Study finds non-hallucinogenic psilocybin neural receptor: A novel target for treating depression and anxiety

Psilocybin—the psychedelic compound that occurs naturally in certain "magic" mushroom species—has been shown in trials to provide long-term treatment for depression and anxiety. But the chemical's hallucinogenic effects ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry