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Phys.org / Peatland lakes in Congo Basin release carbon that is thousands of years old

Researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered for the first time that large blackwater lakes in the extensive peatlands of the central Congo Basin are releasing ancient carbon. To date, climate researchers had assumed that ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / A silent signaling network deep in the gut protects against inflammatory intestinal disorders, scientists find

Deep in the folds of the intestine, in microscopic pockets called crypts, a quiet surveillance system is always at work. Stem cells lining the gut wall are not just rebuilding tissue—they are listening and signaling. When ...

Feb 21, 2026 in Immunology
Phys.org / Hate more common in early article comments, analysis finds

Comments written quickly after an article was published were more likely to contain hate and threats than those posted later. This is shown by a time analysis conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg of 38 ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Hispanic, Black children screened for autism up to two years later than white peers in Georgia

White children are screened for autism up to two years earlier than their Black and Hispanic peers in Georgia, according to new research from the University of Georgia. Led by a team of researchers from the UGA Mary Frances ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Autism spectrum disorders
Tech Xplore / AI may boost productivity—but it can hurt a creator's reputation, new research finds

Generative AI is now commonly used in creative fields like marketing and music, but new research from FIU's College of Business suggests that how creative work is made may matter just as much as the final product, especially ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Machine learning & AI
Medical Xpress / Cannabis in pregnancy may leave schizophrenia-risk signals in the placenta

Schizophrenia is a serious mental health disorder that is characterized by psychosis, making it difficult for a person to tell what is real. It impacts about 1% of the Canadian population and is linked to major health challenges, ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Molecular imaging may reduce need for melanoma biopsies

Douglas Grossman, MD, Ph.D., co-leader of the Melanoma Center at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) and professor of dermatology at the U, has helped develop a noninvasive technology that aims to ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Opinion: Surviving the extreme temperatures of the climate crisis calls for a revolution in home and building design

People spend 90% of their lives in buildings, which act as a protective "third skin" from the elements, but climates are becoming more extreme and so the design of places we live and work in must be radically overhauled to ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Young 'sun' caught blowing bubbles by Chandra

For the first time, a much younger version of the sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy by astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The bubble—called an "astrosphere"—completely surrounds ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Evidence points to early goat and sheep dairy consumption in Neolithic Iran

Approximately 9,000 years ago, human communities in Southwest Asia underwent a dramatic transformation, known as the Neolithic revolution. This period was marked by pronounced changes in how they lived and sourced food, with ...

Feb 20, 2026 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Novel framework for unsupervised point cloud anomaly localization developed

The automatic detection of surface-level irregularities—defects or anomalies—in 3D data is of significant interest for various real-world purposes, such as industrial quality inspection, infrastructure monitoring, robotics, ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Computer Sciences
Medical Xpress / US funding freeze linked to HIV care disruptions in 32 countries, study finds

A new study led by researchers from the CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH) finds that the 2025 freeze on U.S. foreign assistance triggered disruptions to HIV services, medications, labs, ...

Feb 25, 2026 in HIV & AIDS