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Phys.org / Research explains psychology of helping others feel better about personal disappointments

Personal and professional conversations about triumph and disappointment happen every day, but what is the most appropriate way to react when others share their news with us? New research by Bayes Business School (City St ...

Jul 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Semaglutide sustains lower calorie intake for more than a year, study shows

People taking semaglutide for weight loss continued to consume significantly fewer calories after 60 weeks on the medication, helping explain how the medication supports both initial weight loss and long-term weight maintenance. ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Study could help event organizers prevent crowd crushes and stampedes

McGill researchers have found that dangerous crowd conditions leading to surges and stampedes may not emerge suddenly but instead develop gradually, as repeated physical contact and pushing accumulate and become synchronized ...

Jul 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Sense of smell linked to mental health

Subjective olfactory impairment (SOI) is consistently associated with depression, according to a study published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

Jul 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Research suggests more patients with pre-existing disabilities could benefit from thrombectomy

Patients with moderate-to-severe disabilities before a stroke are frequently excluded from endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), despite representing a substantial proportion of patients with large-vessel occlusion stroke.

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Brain-inspired nanopore device uses current-induced heating for memory operations

Some researchers are leaning into biology for inspiration in computing. In particular, neuromorphic computing offers a brain-inspired approach to hardware that replaces traditional binary processing with systems that function ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / Most Salt Lake County residents concerned about Great Salt Lake decline

Residents of Salt Lake County, Utah, are highly concerned about the shrinking Great Salt Lake, according to new University of Utah–led research examining local perceptions of the lake's health and its economic and environmental ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / New evidence redraws Roman conquest's final conflict in ancient Catalonia

Researchers from the UAB have found the remains of a Roman camp linked to the suppression of the Ceretani revolt that took place in Cerdanya in 39 BCE. The research, based on archaeological surveys and the spatial distribution ...

Jul 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Severe flooding linked to increased deaths from opioid use in rural Appalachia

Severe flooding may contribute to higher mortality rates from opioid use in rural Appalachia, according to a study by researchers at Penn State. The findings—published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences—are ...

Jul 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Newer obesity drugs linked to fewer alcohol-related hospitalizations for people with alcohol dependence

Use of newer GLP-1 receptor agonists (semaglutide or tirzepatide) for obesity or diabetes among people with alcohol use disorder was associated with a reduction in alcohol-related hospital admissions, according to a study ...

Jul 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / 2018 to 2024 saw rise in insurance denials for brand-name drugs

Insurance denials of initial attempts to fill brand-name prescription drugs with no generic competitors increased by more than two-thirds from 2018 to 2024, according to a study published online in the Journal of the American ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Human eyes needed, not AI, to study the Arctic sky

Scientists studying space weather are turning to human volunteers rather than artificial intelligence to help sort through hundreds of thousands of images of the Arctic sky. The Clear Skies—Kiruna project is asking members ...

Jul 21, 2026