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Phys.org / Ancient amber reveals a true bug equipped with claws, a highly unusual feature

Amber from the Kachin region of Myanmar has preserved a wealth of fossils, offering insights into the diversity of the Cretaceous fauna of a 100-million-year-old forest ecosystem. The site continues to yield previously unknown ...

Apr 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Half of older patients with dementia remain on psychotropic drugs a year after starting on them, study finds

Initial prescriptions for medications affecting cognition, such as antipsychotics, are disproportionately likelier to come from acute and post-acute settings such as emergency rooms, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities ...

Apr 28, 2026
Tech Xplore / UK biobank records listed for sale in China: Why open data might be the answer

The chief executive of the UK Biobank, one of the world's largest biomedical databases, recently wrote to more than 500,000 participants telling them that some of their data had been made available for sale online through ...

Apr 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Mail-in test for colorectal cancer could help community health centers increase screening

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States and disproportionately impacts people who receive care in under-resourced settings. Fortunately, several effective screening tests ...

Apr 27, 2026
Phys.org / Particle thought to break physics followed rules all along, research reveals

A tiny discrepancy in particle physics has loomed for decades as an exciting possible crack in one of science's most successful theories, hinting at unknown forces or quantum objects. Now, an international team led by a Penn ...

Apr 22, 2026
Phys.org / What is black garlic? How heat and humidity turn a pungent ingredient mild and slightly sweet

You may have seen black garlic appear more frequently in grocery stores, restaurants, and online recipes over the past few years. Many chefs and food writers describe it as a unique and deeply flavored ingredient. So what ...

Apr 27, 2026
Medical Xpress / Group averages obscure how an individual's brain controls behavior, study finds

Studying cognition by averaging data from many people's brain scans hides how individuals use their brains, new Stanford Medicine research has shown. In particular, children who struggle with goal-oriented tasks show distinct ...

Apr 27, 2026
Medical Xpress / Children with mental health conditions more likely to claim benefits as adults, research indicates

The link between childhood mental illness, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and adverse economic outcomes in adulthood is more prevalent and stronger than previously thought, according to research from the ...

Apr 28, 2026
Tech Xplore / Research reveals lack of transparency in ad data of digital platforms

Half of the world's largest digital platforms fail to meet minimum standards of transparency regarding the advertising they carry. This is one of the main findings of the study Data Not Found carried out by our research group ...

Apr 28, 2026
Tech Xplore / 'Not just an IT issue': The human threat to cybersecurity

Organizations could be better protected from cybercrime by investing in more leadership and staff decision-making, a University of Queensland study has found.

Apr 28, 2026
Phys.org / Mysterious gas clouds near Milky Way's black hole now have a likely source

New observations and simulations by a team of researchers led by MPE reveal that a massive binary star near our galaxy's center is responsible for creating a series of enigmatic gas clouds—compact gas clumps that help feed ...

Apr 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Memory breaks old divide as brains track details and patterns simultaneously

Our memory records details and detects patterns in everyday life—often without us even realizing it. Researchers at Lund University have for the first time succeeded in showing that the brain does both these things simultaneously ...

Apr 27, 2026