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Medical Xpress / The body's warmth sensor is secretly a pain switch—blocking it may ease arthritis

Chronic pain, including arthritis pain, affects more than one-third of U.K. adults. Current painkillers such as methotrexate and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) work by damping down the immune system, which ...

Sep 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Anti-seizure drug fights aggressive childhood brain tumors, study shows

An existing anti-seizure drug slows the growth of a devastating group of childhood cancers, new Stanford Medicine-led research has shown. The tumors, called diffuse midline gliomas, strike the brain and spinal cord. They ...

Sep 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Experimental drug shows potential for hard-to-treat heart disease

An experimental drug has been shown to improve symptoms, exercise capacity and heart failure status in patients with an inherited heart disease, according to a pair of newly published studies.

Sep 15, 2026
Phys.org / How narwhal 'scientists' track Arctic warming

The fight against climate change has a new, spiral-tusked ally: the narwhal.

Sep 19, 2026
Phys.org / Amazonian study identifies most effective ways of conserving biodiversity and carbon

As the 2026 El Niño intensifies across the Amazon, new research highlights the urgent need to better protect the region's remaining forests from disturbances.

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / Building big with DNA gets a software upgrade

Forty-four years ago, Nadrian Seeman published his groundbreaking ideas on using DNA as a structural material, expanding DNA's significance far beyond its role as a carrier of genetic information. Since then, the steadily ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / What ancient Mars rocks reveal about its buried carbonate stores

Carbonate minerals are among the best records of past liquid water on Mars: They form when water carrying dissolved carbon dioxide reacts with rock, and their composition reflects the chemistry of both. Yet Mars has surprisingly ...

Sep 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Commentary calls for dementia-level support to address cognitive impairment in homelessness

Cognitive impairment is a prevalent but often unaddressed factor in chronic homelessness, and it must be addressed to help reduce homelessness, argues the author of a commentary published in CMAJ

Sep 21, 2026
Phys.org / Endurance running or endurance diving—which came first?

A new study combines paleoanthropology and diving physiology to address a fundamental question in human evolution: Why did humans evolve their exceptional aerobic endurance? Did our ancestors begin endurance running to exhaust ...

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / Handheld scanner delivers lab-quality chemical composition maps using infrared light

Researchers have developed a compact, handheld mid-infrared imaging spectrometer that can produce high-resolution chemical maps of a sample without using stains or labels. With further development, the handheld device might ...

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / Greenhouse gas benefits of agricultural irrigation far outweigh emissions costs, study finds

Irrigating U.S. crops prevents higher greenhouse gas emissions by avoiding land conversion, new research by Colorado State University shows. Agricultural irrigation allows the United States to grow more food on less land. ...

Sep 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Steelmaking waste could store solar energy, with electric arc furnace slag leading early tests

Storing energy as heat is a proven pathway to address the challenge solar power faces when it's dark or cloudy outside by enabling the capture, storage and on-demand release of thermal energy. The process, called high-temperature ...

Sep 16, 2026