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Phys.org / High-resolution weather data could pinpoint neighborhoods facing greatest heat stress

Heat stress is a leading cause of weather-related deaths and can be especially dangerous in cities, where phenomena like urban heat islands drive temperatures higher than in surrounding rural areas. Now, a new dataset developed ...

Sep 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / Software rapidly tracks viral variants with high accuracy to aid outbreak responses

It was mid-2020, and Patrick Varilly, a software engineer and data scientist, was stuck at home, eager to help the world navigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He reconnected with Pardis Sabeti, a core institute member of ...

Sep 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Microproteins provide new playbook for Alzheimer's research

Scientists researching Alzheimer's disease and neurodegeneration have been playing a difficult game. Their scientific playbook has been limited by the available resources that, while capturing loads of genes, proteins and ...

Sep 14, 2026
Tech Xplore / 'Relax-and-round' method could help grids manage data center power demand

Researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a computational method that could help electric grid operators and data center developers manage power more efficiently as ...

Sep 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Study calls safety of some trauma blood transfusions into question

New research by a University of Rochester Medicine team suggests that a certain type of blood transfusion is not nearly as safe as the medical establishment believes.

Sep 18, 2026
Phys.org / How can countries prevent shocks and disasters from turning into food crises? Analysis points to resilience measures

Floods, wildfires, conflicts, earthquakes, economic shocks, hurricanes or epidemics: These unexpected and often dramatic events affect people's lives and jobs, destroy crops, wipe out livestock and stored food, contaminate ...

Sep 14, 2026
Phys.org / Evolutionary home advantage: Field experiment reveals adaptation to be surprisingly local

A research team from the University of Bern has shown in a large-scale field experiment that populations of the same fish species can be much more fine-tuned to their local environments than previously thought. Habitats that ...

Sep 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists uncover why some Huntington's disease patients decline years earlier

A new study has revealed why some people with Huntington's disease develop symptoms 10–12 years earlier and experience a more aggressive form of the disease.

Sep 14, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI-powered inspection system gives 3D printers 'a brain behind the eyes'

Scientists and engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a camera-based inspection system that can monitor complex 3D-printed structures layer by layer, using AI and machine learning (ML) to ...

Sep 14, 2026
Phys.org / In hottest summer on record, 2 in 3 Americans say climate change is increasing heat-related illnesses

Nearly two-thirds of the American public say climate change is increasing the risk of respiratory diseases and heat- and insect-related illnesses, according to a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of ...

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / AI automates 3D membrane mapping, matching manual results in a fraction of time

Cell membranes and the proteins within them control many vital processes and play a key role in health and disease. But studying them in 3D images of cells has so far meant slow, manual work. A team from Helmholtz Munich, ...

Sep 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Stable answers help medical AI flag diagnoses clinicians can trust

AI agents could reliably support diagnoses and clinical decision-making in the future—provided sensitive health data are protected and clinicians can assess the reliability of individual AI-generated results. Researchers ...

Sep 15, 2026