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Phys.org / Severe COVID lockdowns cost home sellers and landlords millions

Melbourne home sellers and landlords lost up to $55 million a week as sales prices and rents declined after the second severely restrictive COVID-19 lockdown (July 2020) to attract buyers and renters who were relocating to ...

Apr 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / IVF hormone add-on does not improve success rates, study finds

A hormone procedure commonly offered to IVF patients globally as an "add-on" does not improve chances of falling pregnant, according to an international analysis led by the University of Sydney.

Apr 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Silence in health care still kills: Communication failures continue to threaten patients and health care innovation

Cultures of silence among health care professionals remain a significant threat to patients and health care innovation, according to results from a national survey of more than 3,500 clinicians and health care administrators.

Apr 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Combining cannabis with opioids offers no added pain relief for knee arthritis patients, study concludes

Combining cannabis with an opioid did not improve acute pain for people with knee arthritis, according to results of a study published in Anesthesiology.

Apr 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Malaria lights up under magnets and polarized light, opening the door to faster, smarter blood testing

Researchers have developed a new microscopy method that uses a magnetic field and polarized light to provide quantitative measurements that could enable faster and more objective detection of malaria in blood. Malaria, caused ...

Apr 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / New study reveals chatbot empathy can worsen customer reactions

When a service encounter goes south, customers expect empathy. Hearing an employee say, "I share your frustration," can calm tensions and rebuild trust. But new research from the University of South Florida suggests that ...

Apr 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / A newly uncovered gene switch rewires infant heart cells and opens a treatment path for a deadly disease

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have made an important advance toward understanding—and potentially treating—a rare cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease) that is present from birth. The condition, known ...

Apr 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI screening in brain organoids uncovers two drug candidates for Leigh syndrome

The need for medical treatments for rare diseases such as Leigh syndrome is high. However, low patient numbers make research into treatments difficult. Together with a team from the University of Luxembourg, researchers from ...

Apr 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Within primary breast tumors, a high-risk cell state may seed future metastases

Understanding which cells within a tumor will go on to form metastases remains one of the major challenges in cancer research. A study led by the Cell Plasticity in Development and Disease laboratory, headed by Ángela Nieto ...

Apr 20, 2026
Phys.org / Ancient Maya droughts may have been fueled by Earth's own climate swings

Dramatic droughts linked to the decline of the Classic Maya civilization approximately 800 to 1000 CE may not have required any external trigger, according to a new climate modeling study. Instead, they could have emerged ...

Apr 15, 2026
Phys.org / Sulfur-rich Mercury magmas behave differently than Earth's do

Mercury is a small, rocky planet about which researchers know relatively little. Two missions, taking readings as they passed over the planet, have revealed that Mercury is covered by an iron-poor and sulfur-rich crust. It ...

Apr 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Early immune changes may signal increased risk of Alzheimer's and dementia

Circulating white blood cells called neutrophils are some of the immune system's first responders. Their numbers shoot up during infection and inflammation, shifting the ratio of neutrophils to other types of immune cells ...

Apr 21, 2026