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Medical Xpress / Hidden aggressive cells reveal why some lower-risk childhood cancers turn deadly

New insights into why some children with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) develop aggressive disease despite being classified as non-high-risk have been uncovered. The discovery could help clinicians identify children with potentially ...

Aug 19, 2026
Tech Xplore / Could nuclear energy solve power grid struggles? Q&A with an expert

Nuclear energy already plays a pivotal role in powering some of the largest economies in the U.S., including Illinois, Pennsylvania and Texas, and it could be key to offsetting rapidly increasing demand for electricity across ...

Aug 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Weight-loss drug users turn to social media over doctors for advice, study finds

People using weight-loss drugs are more likely to seek advice from social media than health care professionals, a Coventry University–led study has found. Researchers from the U.K. and Canada found that users of GLP-1 medications—weight-loss ...

Aug 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Women with multiple long-term conditions face increased pregnancy risks

Women who begin pregnancy with two or more pre-existing long-term physical or mental health conditions have a 20% higher risk of miscarriage, a 69% higher risk of severe nausea and vomiting, and around four times the risk ...

Aug 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Study suggests stair climbing enhances brain health

We all know taking the stairs is good for our physical health, but it turns out it can benefit our brains, too.

Aug 19, 2026
Phys.org / Pesticides make Argentine ants go crazy, sending them roaming or clustering before workers die

Don't assume an uptick in ant activity after setting out pesticide traps means the treatment failed. New UC Riverside research shows their behavior changes as chemicals make their way through a colony.

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / Climate change main driver of European ocean warming: Study

Climate change is the main driver of Europe's rising marine temperatures, directly adding around 2°C of warming in the Mediterranean this summer and severely affecting ecosystems, a study said Wednesday.

Aug 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / What's the difference between psychotherapy and psychoanalysis?

Mention psychotherapy and many people picture a familiar movie scene: someone lying on a couch, talking about their childhood, while a therapist sits behind them taking notes.

Aug 19, 2026
Phys.org / Studies find media literacy, social media use can predict trust in institutions, civic engagement

New research from the University of Kansas has found that the more media-literate people are, the more they trust institutions such as government and nonprofits. In addition, their social media habits can predict civic engagement.

Aug 19, 2026
Tech Xplore / Humanoid resources: China's robots search for workforce breakthrough

A horde of schoolchildren watched excitedly as a diminutive humanoid tour guide named Wuji welcomed them to a robot school in eastern China, gesticulating theatrically as it described the institute's aspiration to train the ...

Aug 19, 2026
Phys.org / The global race to make a practical quantum computer just took a big leap forward

In the global race to build bigger and better quantum computers, researchers have taken a step forward. A new machine called Helios is radically different from other quantum computers.

Aug 18, 2026
Tech Xplore / OpenAI slows advanced AI development after its tools launched a cyberattack

ChatGPT creator OpenAI said Tuesday that it was tapping the brakes on development of its most advanced AI model and tightening internal controls, a month after revealing that one of its AI tools carried out an autonomous ...

Aug 19, 2026