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Phys.org / Women in politics face more personal, sexualized attacks than men, a recent analysis shows

Online spaces, and social media in particular, are forums for vigorous political debate. They provide a space for members of the public to express political opinions, organize and sometimes even interact directly with politicians. ...

Aug 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cancer drug strategy flips script: PRMT1 activator boosts chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer mouse study

What if we could fight cancer by specifically activating a key enzyme instead of deactivating it? That's exactly what a research team at Marburg University has achieved for the first time with the enzyme PRMT1. The scientists ...

Aug 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / The clean energy transition's missing metric: Human health

Earlier this year, the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, convened representatives from 57 countries to advance a just, orderly and equitable transition to green energy. According ...

Aug 21, 2026
Phys.org / Anomalous quantum oscillations reveal new physics in a topological insulator

A study has been published in Nature Communications that identifies an unusual regime of quantum oscillations in a three-dimensional topological insulator. The results show that, when subjected to temperatures near absolute ...

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / Long-range magnetic interactions govern how a ferrimagnet approaches its phase transition

Close to a phase transition, very different materials can follow the same mathematical rules. The concept of universality, which groups seemingly distinct systems based on their common properties, was developed to describe ...

Aug 18, 2026
Phys.org / Leaving abusive relationships can be harder for migrant women. Here's what they need to feel safe

Like many women raised in traditional cultures and religious contexts, I was taught that a "good" woman holds the family together. In my culture, women were often glorified for quietly accepting hardship.

Aug 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Study points to broader stem cell donor options for blood cancer patients

For decades, stem cell transplantation has operated under a simple rule: The closer the donor match, the better. Patients with leukemia, lymphoma, myelodysplastic syndromes and other blood cancers often faced an extensive ...

Aug 21, 2026
Phys.org / Existing drug could treat invasive canine oral tumors

A benign but invasive canine oral cancer is often mistaken for a similar malignant one, leading to misdiagnoses in close to a third of cases. But a new diagnostic tool can now distinguish between the two, according to a new ...

Aug 18, 2026
Phys.org / An African bat overlooked for two centuries is confirmed in Europe

An African bat whose presence in Sicily had remained an unresolved zoological mystery for almost two centuries has now been documented on Pantelleria Island. A study published in Global Ecology and Conservation reports the ...

Aug 18, 2026
Phys.org / End-to-end design creates two low-cost materials to capture methane

Developing new materials to tackle pressing global issues is a gap-filled process that can leave potential climate solutions lost in unread academic papers and forgotten dissertations.

Aug 18, 2026
Phys.org / Molecular electromagnetic sensor may enable remote-controlled gene therapy

The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of living organisms contains regulatory elements that control when, where and to what extent specific genes are turned on or off. They can be co-opted to create "gene switches" that hold significant ...

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / Brazil's vast coastline could help address food insecurity through sustainable seafood

New research into seafood consumption and production in Brazil highlights how one of the world's most populous countries could build healthier and more sustainable food systems by encouraging people to eat more seafood, developing ...

Aug 17, 2026