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Phys.org / Study finds disabled New Zealanders use emergency housing 6% more often

People with disabilities are relying on emergency housing, and staying longer in accommodation intended for seven-day stays, because of a lack of accessible, affordable rental properties, a study by researchers from the University ...

15 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Mapping cemeteries for class: How students used phones and drones to help a city count its headstones

If you told me a decade ago that I'd become an expert in mapping cemeteries, I would've laughed and been very confused about the dramatic turn my professional life must've taken at some point.

16 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing for another harsh summer

Cattle auctions aren't often all-night affairs. But in Texas Lake Country in June 2022, ranchers facing dwindling water supplies and dried out pastures amid a worsening drought sold off more than 4,000 animals in an auction ...

17 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / How AI tools like DeepSeek are transforming emotional and mental health care of Chinese youth

China's youth are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis. Now, experts are exploring the potential healing power of artificial intelligence (AI) in a society where mental health issues have long been taboo. Clinical ...

16 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Dialog / Rethinking climate change: Natural variability, solar forcing, model uncertainties, and policy implications

Current global climate models (GCMs) support with high confidence the view that rising greenhouse gases and other anthropogenic forcings account for nearly all observed global surface warming—slightly above 1 °C—since ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Fiber-optic tear test spots LCN1 and VEGF together for diabetic retinopathy

Tear fluid is emerging as an attractive source of diagnostic information because it can be collected easily and noninvasively. Changes in tear composition often reflect underlying physiological conditions, making tears a ...

16 hours ago in Diabetes
Phys.org / Football-sized fossil creature may have been one of the first land animals to eat plants

Life on Earth started in the oceans. Sometime around 475 million years ago, plants began making their way from the water onto the land, and it took another 100 million years for the first animals with backbones to join them. ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / The Hubble tension: How magnetic fields could help solve one of the universe's biggest mysteries

It's well established that the universe is expanding, but there's serious disagreement among scientists over how fast it's happening.

Feb 15, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / LLMs violate boundaries during mental health dialogues, study finds

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents, particularly those based on large language models (LLMs) like the conversational platform ChatGPT, are now widely used daily by numerous people worldwide. LLMs can generate texts that ...

Feb 15, 2026 in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / One of the ocean's saltiest regions is freshening: What it means for circulation

The southern Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia is becoming less salty at an astonishing rate, largely due to climate change, new research shows.

Feb 14, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Experiment relies on pulsars to probe dark matter waves

Dark matter is a type of matter that is predicted to make up most of the matter in the universe, yet it is very difficult to detect using conventional experimental techniques, as it does not emit, absorb, or reflect light. ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Different acceptance of labor migrants: Cross-border commuters vs. foreign residents

The Swiss job market is a popular location for workers from outside the country. At the end of 2024, the Swiss Federal Statistical Office reported about 400,000 cross-border commuters in Switzerland—that is, people who ...

22 hours ago in Other Sciences