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Medical Xpress / Big data and human height: Scientists develop algorithm to boost biobank data retrieval and analysis

Extracting and analyzing relevant medical information from large-scale databases such as biobanks poses considerable challenges. To exploit such "big data," attempts have focused on large sampling algorithms that model individual ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Health informatics
Medical Xpress / Blood and urine DNA tests may help some bladder cancer patients avoid surgery

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have reported promising findings that may help redefine treatment for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, a potentially aggressive form of the disease traditionally ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Antipathy toward snakes? Your parents likely talked you into that at an early age

A study of more than 100 kindergarten-age children suggests kids tend to think of snakes differently than they do other animals and that hearing negative or objectifying language about the slithery reptiles might contribute ...

Feb 14, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Renewable biological catalyst carries the potential to transform wastewater into phosphorus resource

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for plants and managing its availability is critical for growing crops to maintain the global food supply. In an effort to move toward a more sustainable bioeconomy, researchers from the ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / Colorful japonica rice shows unique lipids and slower digestion than white rice

Rice feeds more than half of the world's population, yet we still only partly understand the nutrients it contains. More than 85% of the rice we eat is composed of starch, though it also contains some protein (around 10%), ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / Northern Britain's oldest human remains are of a young female child, DNA analysis reveals

The oldest human remains ever found in Northern Britain have been identified as a young female three years after being discovered in a Cumbrian cave. Excavated at Heaning Wood Bone Cave in Cumbria's Great Urswick by local ...

Feb 13, 2026 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / How can you rescue a 'kidnapped' robot? New AI system helps robots regain their sense of location

Mobile robots must continuously estimate their position to navigate autonomously. However, satellite-based navigation systems are not always reliable: signals may degrade near buildings or become unavailable indoors. To operate ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Robotics
Medical Xpress / Hospice use after ICU admission increased across the US from 2011–2023

In recent years, medical guidelines and national policies have pushed hospitals to offer more palliative care to patients who are seriously ill. This has led to a major rise in palliative care use, especially among people ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Medical economics
Tech Xplore / Why city street surveys miss methane leaks, and what that means for safety

The complexities of urban environments—like variable winds off tall buildings or surfaces—significantly impair the ability to detect natural gas leaks from underground pipelines, a new study shows. SMU researchers found ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Engineering
Phys.org / Research boosts search for new mineral deposits in Australia

Western Australian hydrothermal and magmatic deposits that formed several hundred kilometers apart more than two and half billion years ago share more commonalities than previously thought.

Feb 19, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds

Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers. A new study led by the University of Leeds has ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Plasma rotation simulations could help fusion reactors survive decades of use

Scientists have long seen a puzzling pattern in tokamaks, the doughnut-shaped machines that could one day reliably generate electricity from fusing atoms. When plasma particles escape the core of the magnetic fields that ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Physics