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Medical Xpress / Early healthy eating shapes lifelong brain health, new research finds

Eating unhealthy foods early in life leaves lasting brain and feeding changes, but gut bacteria can help restore healthy eating, a new University College Cork (UCC) research study finds. A high-fat, high-sugar diet during ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Shrinking fast ice is disrupting emperor penguins' four-week summer molt

Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change pushes them into shrinking patches of Antarctic sea ice, researchers said Wednesday.

Feb 25, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Maternal infections during pregnancy increase the risk of suicidal behaviors in their offspring, study finds

Past medical research consistently showed that specific events unfolding during pregnancy can influence the health of their offspring after birth. While this has been widely observed in the context of physical health, for ...

Feb 22, 2026 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Tech Xplore / Successfully commercializing novel solar cells: When records are not enough

It is not easy to bring new technologies from the laboratory to market. Researchers and companies face very different demands for new developments and do not always find common ground. Scientists at Empa and other institutions ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Modern science catches up with native knowledge with discovery of Clerodendrum kelli

The indigenous Bugkalot people of Nueva Ecija call it "kelli": a plant with white, starburst-like flowers and oval-shaped leaves that are traditionally mashed and mixed with food to treat ailing dogs. But despite this local ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Human liver tissue cell architecture reconstructed in 3D at a cellular level

Never-before-seen 3D reconstructions of human liver tissue have been created at a cellular level. The details obtained by a team of UW Medicine and University of Washington engineers and physicians capture the spatial microstructure ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Biomedical technology
Phys.org / Why corals bleach: Neutrons show algae photosynthesis breaking down

Rising sea temperatures are causing coral reefs around the world to bleach. For the first time, a research team at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Methane's missing emissions: The underestimated impact of small sources

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with an impact estimated at 80 times that of CO₂. Although efforts are being made to reduce the contribution of big polluters to methane in Japan, new research from Osaka Metropolitan ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Oxytocin reverses anxiety-like behavior after three months of isolation in mice

Periods of prolonged social isolation have long been associated with difficult emotions and, in some cases, with the emergence of psychiatric symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, and difficulties connecting with others. ...

Feb 21, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Automated catalyst testing uses two coordinated robots, cutting 32 days of work to 17 hours

A technology has been developed that uses robots rather than humans to evaluate the performance of newly developed catalysts. By operating 45 times faster than manual work while also improving precision, it is expected to ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / Contralateral endolymphatic hydrops ID'd in one in four patients with unilateral Meniere disease

For patients with unilateral Meniere disease, endolymphatic hydrops occur in 24.2% of contralateral ears, according to a study published online Feb. 4 in Acta Oto-Laryngologica.

Phys.org / Collateral damage: Japanese beetle traps snare nature's helpers

The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is one of the most dreaded insects to have invaded North America and parts of Europe. Accidentally introduced to the United States in the early twentieth century, it can now be found ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Biology