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Tech Xplore / VR used to help understand how people respond when self-driving taxis go wrong

What would you do if you were in a self-driving taxi and another passenger fell seriously ill? What if a fire broke out, or the vehicle stopped in the wrong place? What would you need to manage the situation with no driver ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Automotive
Medical Xpress / ASA: White matter hyperintensity burden tied to future decline in older adults' driving ability

White matter hyperintensity (WMH) burden predicts functional decline in real-world driving among older adults, according to a study scheduled to be presented at the annual American Stroke Association International Stroke ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Gerontology & Geriatrics
Phys.org / Some companies claim they can 'resurrect' species. Does that make people more comfortable with extinction?

Less than a year ago, United States company Colossal Biosciences announced it had "resurrected" the dire wolf, a megafauna-hunting wolf species that had been extinct for 10,000 years.

Feb 2, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / The Great Mongolian Road: Japanese Imperial Army maps reveal first detailed documentation

In a study published in the Journal of Historical Geography, researchers Dr. Chris McCarthy and his colleagues have documented, for the first time, the Great Mongolian Road, a major yet understudied east-west caravan route ...

Jan 27, 2026 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate—but public understanding lags behind

The UK government's proposed reforms to policing in England and Wales signal an increase in the use of facial recognition technology. The number of live facial recognition vans is set to rise from ten to 50, making them available ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Security
Phys.org / Multiple bacteria may be behind elk hoof disease

A debilitating hoof disease affecting elk herds across the Pacific Northwest appears to be driven not by a single pathogen but by multiple bacterial species working together, according to a study led by researchers in Washington ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Biology
Tech Xplore / France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US

In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system. Soldiers in Austria are using open source office software to write reports after the military dropped Microsoft Office. Bureaucrats ...

Feb 3, 2026 in Business
Phys.org / Psychological therapies for children whose first language isn't English can become lost in translation, study warns

Current school-based mental health support for children from multilingual backgrounds can be "lost in translation" because it is reliant on good proficiency in English, a new study warns. The work says greater linguistic ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Far fewer cervical cancer screenings are needed for HPV‑vaccinated women, study suggests

In a modeling study of women vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV), researchers found that cervical cancer screening could be done far less often than current recommendations without compromising health benefits. ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Vaccination
Medical Xpress / Childhood lead exposure associated with increased depressive symptoms in adolescence

While lead exposure in children has been associated with cognitive and behavioral problems, few studies have examined later psychiatric symptoms. A new analysis led by researchers at Brown University's School of Public Health ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / The type of job you do could be affecting your ability to save money—and not just because of the salary

It's often said that millions of people in the UK don't save enough—with one in ten adults saving no money at all. That figure from a 2025 report from the Financial Conduct Authority regulator came with a warning that it's ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / International collaboration spurs AI-powered drug discovery tool

Researchers from The Ohio State University and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed an artificial intelligence framework to rapidly generate drug-like molecules that are easier to synthesize in real-world ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Chemistry