All News

Phys.org / Where mainshocks strike may explain earthquake size patterns better than timing, data suggests

Japan is well known for its large earthquakes, but not all regions show the same patterns of earthquake activity. One way to understand which places tend to experience large or small earthquakes is the b-value, a key statistical ...

Jul 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Young blood stem cells rejuvenate aging immune systems in old mice

By freezing your own healthy blood stem cells in your 20s, thawing them and undergoing a stem cell transplant in your 40s or 50s, it might be possible to rejuvenate your blood-forming and immune systems. Science fiction? ...

Jul 13, 2026
Phys.org / When words signal conflict: Measuring exclusionary nationalism in prewar Japan

Why do countries go to war? While economic, military and geopolitical factors are often part of the answer, researchers have also pointed to exclusionary nationalism—the belief that one's own nation is superior to others. ...

Jul 14, 2026
Phys.org / First-of-its-kind surgery performed on western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Mizani, a 12-year-old male western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, underwent a first-of-its-kind mastoidectomy to treat an infection that had spread into portions of his skull. The surgery was performed ...

Jul 14, 2026
Phys.org / Tiny magnetic 'flowers' could expand how researchers image spintronic materials under stronger fields

Materials with magnetic nanostructures have a wide range of potential applications. One area is so-called spintronics, with devices that encode information in magnetic domains. These magnetic bits can be written, read and ...

Jul 12, 2026
Tech Xplore / Metals' atomic arrangement can create 'corrosion highways' in nuclear reactors

Nuclear reactors are traditionally powered with dense fuel rods that can produce about 1 gigawatt of carbon-free electricity, enough to power about 100,000,000 lightbulbs. Newer power plant designs using molten salt for cooling ...

Jul 13, 2026
Phys.org / What is no‑till farming, and is it actually better for the environment?

Humans have been turning seeds and soil into food for thousands of years.

Jul 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / How the brain's chemical messengers control consciousness and sleep

Scientists at Newcastle University's Neural Circuits Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers at the Blue Brain Project (EPFL, Switzerland) and leading institutions in Spain, have published a study that advances understanding ...

Jul 13, 2026
Phys.org / RNA-only repair enzyme reveals how primordial life could have protected genomes

In most modern cells, DNA stores the genetic blueprint, and proteins replicate, repair and build from those blueprints. At the same time, proteins require instructions from DNA to be made in the first place.

Jul 13, 2026
Phys.org / More than 50% of Australian university assignments used AI. How should universities respond?

Last week, the U.S. software company Turnitin revealed 53.6% of Australian tertiary education submissions run through its system used some form of AI in the period from October 2025–April 2026. The company, whose plagiarism-detection ...

Jul 14, 2026
Phys.org / Next‑generation membranes can refine crude oil using under half the energy of distillation

Oil refining is necessary for transforming raw, unusable crude oil into valuable goods like gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and petrochemical feedstocks. However, the usual distillation process is energy-intensive, spurring researchers ...

Jul 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Why are family doctors leaving the workforce? Retirement, burnout creating a US primary care 'brain drain'

A bad back led Dr. Dale Block to retire from family medicine in 2019 after nearly four decades of treating patients.

Jul 14, 2026