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Medical Xpress / Here's what to know about the unprecedented changes to child vaccine recommendations
U.S. health officials made broad changes to childhood vaccine recommendations Monday, alarming pediatricians and other medical experts who say they will sow confusion and undermine children's health.
Phys.org / Most sensitive radio observations to date find no evidence of technosignature from 3I/ATLAS
Since the interstellar object (ISO) 3I/ATLAS was first discovered on July 1, 2025, it has garnered much attention, including speculation, hopes and fears that it may somehow contain evidence of technologically advanced civilizations ...
Tech Xplore / N. Zealand health hackers seek cash and 'good reputation'
Hackers claiming to have accessed more than 100,000 people's health records in New Zealand have reportedly extended a ransom deadline until Friday, after saying they want to build a "good reputation."
Phys.org / Physicists repair flaw of established quantum resource theorem
Quantum information theory is a field of study that examines how quantum technologies store and process information. Over the past decades, researchers have introduced several new quantum information frameworks and theories ...
Phys.org / Study unveils the dual nature of a young stellar object
Astronomers from the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in India and elsewhere have conducted a long-term photometric and spectroscopic study of a young stellar object known as V1180 Cassiopeiae. ...
Phys.org / With thousands of feral horses gone, Kosciuszko's fragile ecosystems are slowly recovering
In Kosciuszko National Park in Australia's alpine region, the landscape is slowly changing. Patches of native vegetation cropped bald by horses are regrowing. Some long-eroded creek banks look less compacted along the edges. ...
Medical Xpress / US cuts the number of vaccines recommended for every child, a move slammed by physicians
The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of cutting the number of vaccines it recommends for every child—a move that leading medical groups said would undermine protections against a half-dozen diseases.
Phys.org / LA fires: Chemicals from the smoke lingered inside homes long after the wildfires were out. Studies tracked the harm
When wildfires began racing through the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, 2025, the scope of the disaster caught residents by surprise. Forecasters had warned about high winds and exceptionally dry conditions, but few people expected ...
Phys.org / How I'm helping rice farmers in India harness the power of fungi in soil
It's an exciting time to be a microbiologist working in rice research. A global push towards the cultivation of water-saving rice is enabling farmers to harness the power of microbes that thrive in less water.
Phys.org / Why do South African teachers still threaten children with a beating? A psychologist explains
Corporal punishment—usually referring to adults hitting children—was abolished in South Africa in 1997. The Constitutional Court had already ruled it incompatible with the bill of rights in 1995. In that judgment, the ...
Phys.org / Gene editing in Indonesia: Can new biotechnology solve old agricultural problems?
Like other developing countries, Indonesia is facing a familiar dilemma: how to feed a growing population while protecting its extraordinary biodiversity.
Tech Xplore / Predicting the onset of lithium plating using full-cell voltage: A pseudo-P curve approach
Researchers at National Taiwan University have proposed a novel method to predict the onset of lithium metal formation—an internal battery response—during fast charging, using only external voltage measurements from commercial ...
