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Medical Xpress / Bariatric surgery procedures fall below 200,000, first time since 2020, new research finds

The number of metabolic and bariatric surgery procedures in the United States dropped below 200,000 in 2024 for the first time since 2020, a more than 20% decline from the prior year, according to new research presented at ...

May 5, 2026
Phys.org / How the timing of corporate donations shapes consumer trust

Whether a company donates $1,000 a week for 52 weeks or gives $52,000 all at once, the total amount donated is the same. However, recent research by Alexander Park, an assistant professor of marketing at Indiana University ...

May 5, 2026
Phys.org / Newly confirmed supernova remnant is one of the faintest ever detected

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new supernova remnant (SNR) using radio observations. The newfound supernova remnant, dubbed Abeona, is one of the faintest radio SNRs so far detected. The discovery ...

Apr 29, 2026
Medical Xpress / Biodegradable, all-metal microrobots could transform drug delivery and biopsy procedures

A swarm of tiny, shape-changing, all-metal robots might someday deliver drugs and capture biopsy samples painlessly and then safely dissolve without the need for extraction, according to a study presented at Digestive Disease ...

May 5, 2026
Science X / For centuries these dazzling Roman bowls were misread—until chemical traces exposed an unexpected maker

For centuries, archaeologists debated the origins of Rome's exquisite mosaic-glass bowls. Now, chemical fingerprints in 101 ancient shards point to a surprising center of production: Italy, not Egypt. This discovery challenges ...

Apr 29, 2026
Tech Xplore / Brain-inspired approach can teach AI to doubt itself just enough to avoid overconfidence

Most contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) systems learn to complete tasks via machine learning and deep learning. Machine learning is a computational approach that allows models to uncover patterns in data that are useful ...

Apr 29, 2026
Phys.org / The 'tail' of the shrinking dog brain: Study reveals they began getting smaller 5,000 years ago

Dogs have long been known to have smaller brains than the wolves they descended from. But when they started to shrink has been a matter of some debate. New research published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, which ...

Apr 29, 2026
Phys.org / Scientists use lasers to determine the age of sharks

Not many scientific studies sound like a Bond film, but ours really does involve lasers, sharks and doctors (of research, not the evil kind).

May 4, 2026
Phys.org / Is the Large Magellanic Cloud a first-time visitor?

Our most massive satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), has been the center of a heated debate in the astrophysics community over the last few years. That debate centers on whether this is the LMC's first or ...

May 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Blocking a cellular inflammation process could result in effective therapy for pancreatic cancer

Scientists at The Wistar Institute and clinical researchers from ChristianaCare's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute have discovered a vulnerability in pancreatic cancer that could be targeted as a potential ...

May 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / No live animal testing needed: Lab-grown airway organoids reveal viral infection in wildlife species

Experimental infections, where a pathogen is introduced into the host body to see its effects in action, are considered the gold standard for assessing how vulnerable a host is, offering clear insights into how a pathogen ...

Apr 30, 2026
Phys.org / New imaging method maps reversed DNA replication forks in single cells

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new imaging method, known as RF-SIRF, that quantitatively detects and maps reversed DNA replication forks with single-cell resolution. The ...

May 3, 2026