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Tech Xplore / Apple Card switches hands but no immediate changes for users

The Apple Card, known for its intuitive features and other perks for consumers, will now be issued by JPMorgan but Apple says nothing will change for users.

Jan 8, 2026 in Business
Medical Xpress / Interpersonal and self-inflicted violence linked to outdoor temperature spikes

Warming temperatures are connected to increases in violence-related hospital visits—including both interpersonal and self-inflicted violence—according to a new analysis of 14 years of Medicaid claims data.

Jan 8, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Zombie fungi and 'bloodstained' orchids: Top plant and fungal species named new to science in 2025

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 plants and fungi named new to science in 2025. From "camouflaged" plants to spider-infecting parasites, ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Targeting epigenetic modifiers and splicing regulators together may offer new acute myeloid leukemia treatment paths

Treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) depends on knowing what goes wrong inside cells. A new study suggests that two genetic mutations—IDH2 and SRSF2—work cooperatively to mis-splice RNA messages and change how blood ...

Jan 6, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Image: Meltwater turns iceberg A-23A blue

The year that iceberg A-23A first broke away from Antarctica's Filchner Ice Shelf, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and the movie "Top Gun" was setting box office records. Forty years later, the massive tabular ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Earth
Tech Xplore / DeepSeek's AI gains traction in developing nations, Microsoft report says

DeepSeek, the Chinese tech startup that rivals OpenAI's ChatGPT, has been gaining ground in many developing nations in a trend that could narrow the gap of artificial intelligence adoption with advanced economies, a new report ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Machine learning & AI
Medical Xpress / Shared genes may influence both artery calcification and bone density

A new study published suggests that the connection between coronary artery calcification—a measure of calcium buildup in the arteries—and bone mineral density may be driven in part by shared genetic factors, rather than ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / How the last two respiratory pandemics rapidly spread through cities: Simulations highlight air travel as key driver

Public health researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health used computer modeling to reconstruct how the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in the U.S. The findings highlight ...

Phys.org / Up to 4,700 metric tons of litter flows down the Rhine each year

The river Rhine is estimated to carry between 3,000 and 4,700 metric tons of macrolitter—pieces of litter larger than 25 millimeters in size—towards the North Sea every year, according to research published in Communications ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Radiotracers could improve choice of bladder cancer therapies

A research team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) has developed a radiopharmaceutical molecule marker that can visualize tumors that carry the cell surface protein Nectin-4. This primarily occurs in the body ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Tech Xplore / Gmail adds new AI features, turning it into a personal assistant

More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world's most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Internet
Phys.org / UK marine heat wave research priorities outlined in new national roadmap

Marine heat waves (MHWs) are periods of unusually warm sea temperatures, recognized as one of the fastest emerging climate-related drivers of change in the ocean.

Jan 8, 2026 in Earth