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Phys.org / US had hottest month on record in July

July 2026 marked the hottest month on record for the contiguous United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday, continuing a recent trend driven by human-caused climate change.

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Medical Xpress / Molecular structures provide roadmap for targeted Parkinson's disease therapeutics

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have uncovered how a key Parkinson's protein called LRRK2 shifts between inactive and active forms, revealing the structural changes that enable certain mutations to push the protein ...

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Medical Xpress / AAP releases influenza vaccine recommendations for all children 6 months and older

Researchers from the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases updated recommendations for the use of influenza vaccines and antiviral medications in the prevention and treatment of influenza in children ...

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Tech Xplore / Electronic skin enables tunable touch and proximity sensing for robots and prosthetics

Recent advances in miniaturized and portable electronics, particularly wearable and flexible devices, have increased the demand for self-powered sensing technologies. Among these, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have ...

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Medical Xpress / Solving a mysterious inflammatory fever opens the book on a much bigger story

Three research teams working independently around the world have landed on the same discovery: A single molecular "handshake" inside our cells controls a family of inflammatory diseases, including one of the most common inherited ...

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Medical Xpress / Largest real-world study finds early flu antiviral treatment reduces ICU admissions in hospitalized children

A new nationwide study finds antiviral treatment is linked to fewer intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and shorter hospital stays for children hospitalized with influenza.

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Phys.org / Corn-stalk sugars feed new bacterial strain designed to make useful chemicals

Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the three major sugars present in corn stalks. While the new multiple-sugar-consuming strain of the bacterium Pseudomonas putida ...

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Tech Xplore / AI and electrolyte engineering open new paths for better batteries

Cornell researchers are using artificial intelligence to speed the search for better battery materials while using a creative approach to chemistry to expand the design space for electrolytes, unlocking new possibilities ...

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Medical Xpress / Lightning strikes kill thousands globally each year, but for those who survive, the storm is far from over

Every year, an estimated 6,000 to 24,000 people are killed by lightning around the world, and many more are injured.

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Phys.org / Using salt to drive drug-carrying particles deeper into difficult-to-treat biofilms

Biofilms—bacterial communities encased in a sticky, polymer-rich matrix—can be difficult to treat because that matrix slows antibiotics and drug-carrying particles. With help from salt, though, Yale researchers have found ...

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Phys.org / Drought dries major European rivers to record lows

Vast tracts of many of Europe's largest rivers, including the Rhine, Rhone and Danube, have slowed to a trickle never before recorded in July, data from a European climate observatory showed Monday.

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Phys.org / Rocket debris crashed into the moon—why this could threaten future lunar bases

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Aug. 5, the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon in an uncontrolled collision.

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