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Medical Xpress / Pre-exercise sexual activity does not harm strength or endurance in male athletes, finds new study

Athletes may not have to observe pre-game abstinence before a big event after all. According to new research, sexual activity before intense exercise doesn't slow down an athlete's performance—in some cases, it may even ...

Phys.org / A microfluidic chip for one-step detection of PFAS and other pollutants

Environmental pollutant analysis typically requires complex sample pretreatment steps such as filtration, separation, and preconcentration. When solid materials such as sand, soil, or food residues are present in water samples, ...

Feb 13, 2026 in Chemistry
Phys.org / What dating apps are really optimizing. Hint: It isn't love

In the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day, dating apps typically see a spike in new users and activity. More profiles are created, more messages sent, more swipes logged.

Feb 12, 2026 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Rule-breaking discovery reveals new way to strengthen metal in extreme conditions

There's a reason why blacksmiths fire metals before hammering them. Heat always softens metal, making it more malleable and easier to reshape. Or does it? In a surprising new study, Northwestern University engineers discovered ...

Feb 13, 2026 in Engineering
Phys.org / China's emissions policies are helping climate change but also creating a new problem

China's sweeping efforts to clean up its air have delivered one of the biggest public health success stories of recent decades. Since the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan was launched in 2013, coal-fired power ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / X-ray platform images plasma instability for fusion energy and astrophysics

Harnessing the power of the sun holds the promise of providing future societies with energy abundance. To make this a reality, fusion researchers need to address many technological challenges. For example, fusion reactions ...

Feb 13, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / Major earthquakes are just as random as smaller ones

For obvious reasons, it would be useful to predict when an earthquake is going to occur. It has long been suspected that large quakes in the Himalayas follow a fairly predictable cycle, but nature, as it turns out, is not ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Fossil evidence reveals how gray wolves adapt diets to climate change

Gray wolves adapt their diets as a result of climate change, eating harder foods such as bones to extract nutrition during warmer climates, new research has found. The study, led by the University of Bristol in collaboration ...

Feb 13, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / From the lab to the living room: Decoding Parkinson's patients' movements in the real world

Scientists have traditionally studied how the brain controls movement by asking patients to perform structured tasks while connected to multiple sensors in a lab. While these studies have provided important insights, these ...

Feb 13, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / New astronauts launch to the International Space Station after medical evacuation

A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASA's first medical evacuation.

Feb 13, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / Midair haptics and levitation may get steadier with predictable ultrasonic airflow

Acoustic streaming generated by airborne ultrasonic phased arrays plays a critical role in the performance of advanced ultrasonic technologies, including midair haptic feedback, odor delivery, and acoustic levitation. Researchers ...

Feb 13, 2026 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Phys.org / Scientists decipher how two bacterial species cooperate to avoid being eaten

Back in 2021, Pierre Stallforth and his team at the Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) showed that bacteria of the genera Pseudomonas and Paenibacillus join forces to protect ...

Feb 13, 2026 in Biology