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Phys.org / Record-breaking levels of plastic found in seabirds, with almost 900 pieces found in one bird alone

For more than a decade, it was thought that the world's most plastic-polluted birds couldn't get any more contaminated by the man-made material. But then, from 2023–2026, the record was broken every single year.

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / A blind retina isn't silent—and its noise may hinder efforts to restore sight

When retinitis pigmentosa takes a person's sight, the standard clinical test goes flat: no response, no signal, nothing. Yet the retina behind that flat line is anything but quiet.

17 hours ago
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. ...

17 hours ago
Phys.org / Mitotic chromosomes may assemble from pre-existing chromatin 'building blocks' during cell division

Inside each human cell, about 2 meters (6.6 feet) of genomic DNA must be accurately copied and equally transmitted to two daughter cells during cell division. To achieve this, the copied DNA is condensed into thick, short ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Brain MRI surveillance without prophylactic cranial irradiation improves cognitive outcomes in small cell lung cancer

In the SWOG S1827 MAVERICK Phase III randomized trial, patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) who underwent regular brain MRI surveillance without prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) had significantly better cognitive ...

8 hours ago
Phys.org / Study explores new photonics advance: Topology imprinting in nonlinear metasurfaces

Light is traditionally described by properties such as wavelength, amplitude, phase and polarization. Advances in optics have shown that light can also be shaped into complex spatial patterns known as structured light, enabling ...

10 hours ago
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.

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Volatile work hours cut access to employer health insurance, study finds

In the 46 years since Dolly Parton wrote the workers' anthem "9 to 5," American jobs, and access to employment-based health insurance, have changed a lot.

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Early cranial radiotherapy may improve outcomes for patients with EGFR-mutant NSCLC and limited brain metastases

Early cranial stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) administered with first-line osimertinib was associated with improved intracranial control and survival outcomes in patients with EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ...

9 hours ago
Phys.org / Examining Americans' complicated relationship with science

A new study finds that while most Americans are interested in science and believe it benefits society, the public's relationship with science is more complicated than those positive views suggest.

19 hours ago
Phys.org / Scientists create 'super ice' that is ten times stronger and far harder to shatter

Ice is cheap, abundant and surprisingly strong. But it has one major weakness: Cracks can race through it, causing it to shatter without warning. Now, scientists have developed a new material that could overcome that problem. ...

20 hours ago
Phys.org / Satellite data reveal ESG scores track public image more than actual forest loss

Environmental sustainability researchers at NUS found that widely used environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings often fail to reflect companies' actual exposure to deforestation, highlighting the need to integrate ...

18 hours ago