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Tech Xplore / New spinning drone hides in plain sight: 'Phantom Twist' harnesses motion blur to nearly vanish in flight

By exploiting the quirks of human vision, Northwestern University engineers have designed a drone that nearly disappears before the eyes. For years, researchers have tried to design invisible drones and robots using camouflage, ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researchers study barriers to GLP-1 insurance coverage

Despite growing evidence that GLP-1 medications improve health and are worth their cost, many insurance plans still limit coverage. University of Mississippi researchers are examining why and where that leaves patients.

Jul 20, 2026
Phys.org / Investing podcasts are super popular. But do they help people learn the market?

From game highlights to cold cases to political pontificating, podcasts provide the stage for public conversations in 2026. But are we learning anything from all that chatter? When it comes to investing and playing the markets, ...

Jul 20, 2026
Phys.org / A new 'library' for Feynman integrals

Theoretical physicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a new method of ordering Feynman integrals. This critical step in making theoretical predictions for high-energy precision measurements has ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / Webb telescope discovers hidden planet in famous star system

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an exoplanet, hiding within one of the most intensely studied planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy.

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / Why AI's environmental footprint won't disappear into orbit

AI companies increasingly want to move their operations into space. Elon Musk's SpaceX has applied to launch over a million AI data center satellites and ultimately build them on the moon.

Jul 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Individuals across races and ethnicities report psoriasis as a considerable burden

Individuals across racial and ethnic groups report psoriasis as a considerable burden, including transportation barriers, difficulty accessing medications and delayed care, according to a study published online July 15 in ...

Jul 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Mapping human bone marrow yields new tool, insights on blood cancer

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have developed a new AI-based method to assess patients with a form of blood cancer called myelodysplastic neoplasms. The method, published June 30 in Leukemia, compares the physical locations ...

Jul 20, 2026
Phys.org / How virtual reality can transform behavioral science and enhance reproducibility

In a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of 41 authors from around the globe argue that virtual reality has the potential to do the same for behavioral science and help solve ...

Jul 18, 2026
Phys.org / Researchers identify class of 'oddball' meteorite that killed the dinosaurs

A rare CO chondrite meteorite was the probable impacter that struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiping out 75% of Earth's species, including nonavian dinosaurs. These findings are published in Science Advances. Researchers ...

Jul 17, 2026
Phys.org / Research reveals how human bias shapes social media feeds

People are naturally attracted to excitement. According to new Virginia Tech research, the same is true on social media, where feeds are overrun with international travel, skydiving and other experiences that may seem out ...

Jul 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Most adults born very premature go on to thrive, but one in five face lasting economic and social struggles

A landmark 34-year study, co-led by the University of Warwick, tracks very preterm babies from birth to middle adulthood and identifies early cognitive development as the strongest predictor of who flourishes and struggles ...

Jul 20, 2026