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Medical Xpress / Cell and gene therapy across 35 years—a bibliometric analysis of global advances

Cell and gene therapies, or CGT, have come a long way since they were first introduced. In the last few decades, both cell therapy—the transplantation of living cells—and gene therapy—the use of genetic material to ...

17 hours ago in Genetics
Phys.org / Sophie Adenot, the second French woman to fly to space

When she was growing up, Sophie Adenot plastered her childhood bedroom with posters of rockets launching from Cape Canaveral.

12 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / Non-consensual AI porn doesn't violate privacy—but it's still wrong

It rarely takes long before new media technologies are turned to the task of creating pornography. This was true of the printing press, photography, and the earliest days of the internet. It's also true of generative artificial ...

22 hours ago in Machine learning & AI
Phys.org / Trump's EPA decides climate change doesn't endanger public health—the evidence says otherwise

The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America's climate policies on Feb. 12, 2026, when it moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding—a formal determination that six greenhouse gases that ...

22 hours ago in Earth
Dialog / Old galaxies in a young universe?

The standard cosmological model (present-day version of "Big Bang," called Lambda-CDM) gives an age of the universe close to 13.8 billion years and much younger when we explore the universe at high-redshift. The redshift ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Alert for blood monitor sold by Walmart, Publix, others after injuries and death

After more than 11 years of injuries and a death, the manufacturer of blood glucose monitors has issued a correction to the instructions directing actions when the glucose might be dangerously high.

11 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Science academies failing to put women at the top

National science organizations may have more women members today than a decade ago, but representation at the highest level has failed to keep pace, according to analysis published on International Day of Women and Girls ...

19 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Three decades on from Wales' biggest oil spill: How the Sea Empress disaster changed shipping

I grew up on the beaches of Pembrokeshire in south-west Wales. Visits to Tenby were my family's summer ritual: sand between our toes, paddling in rockpools, strawberry syrup on ice cream.

22 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Colorectal cancer is increasing among young people, James Van Der Beek's death reminds

An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20. Actor James Van Der Beek, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2023, died at age 48 on Feb. 11, 2026, bringing ...

22 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Psychosocial safety pressures across Australian universities

A landmark report from Adelaide University is providing the most comprehensive picture to date of psychosocial safety across Australia's higher education sector. The study identifies widespread well-being and psychosocial ...

23 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Sour grapes? Experience of sour food depends on individual consumer

Biting into a tart green apple is a different taste and sensory experience than sucking juice from a lemon—and both significantly vary from accidentally consuming spoiled milk. Each of these foods contains a different organic ...

22 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Australia's food labeling system isn't working—here's how we can fix it

If you've ever read a food label and come away feeling more confused, you're not alone. Since 2014, Australian shoppers have relied on the Health Star Rating scheme to help them choose which foods to eat. This system ranks ...

22 hours ago in Health