Active particles offer new ways to control brittle failure
Glasses are often celebrated for their strength, stability and resistance to deformation. Yet the very features that make a glass mechanically robust can also create...
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Independent Validation Emerges as Challenge for Industry-Led AI in Surgical Scene Understanding
Surgical AI Faces Its Defining Test: Can Industry-Built Systems Be Independently Trusted? Artificial intelligence is moving from the research laboratory into the operating room, where...
Machine Learning Monitors High-Rise Health on Thick Sediments Using Ambient Seismic Noise
A high-rise building can appear perfectly still while the ground beneath it is constantly moving. Traffic, trains, construction, ocean waves, atmospheric pressure and distant earthquakes...
Cell Membrane Protein Quality Control Begins at the Ribosome
Ribosomes, the molecular machines that translate genetic information into proteins, face an unexpected obstacle when they build proteins embedded in cell membranes. Researchers at the...
Levidex RCT Shows Clinically Significant Quality-of-Life Improvements in Multiple Sclerosis
A digital health application designed to address the often overlooked emotional and psychosocial consequences of multiple sclerosis has shown significant benefits in a randomized controlled...
ASTRO updates radiation therapy guidelines for pancreatic cancer
ARLINGTON, Va., August 13, 2026 — A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is reshaping how physicians think about radiation...
Study links coffee consumption with metabolic health and sex hormone levels
Coffee consumption may be associated with a healthier pattern of body fat, muscle mass and metabolic regulation, according to a Finnish study that also identified...
Genomic Newborn Screening Examines Missed Cases and What Counts
Genomic newborn screening is often presented as a technological upgrade to one of public health’s most established success stories: the routine testing of babies shortly...
Couples’ coping strategies may ease depression after gastrointestinal cancer
A new study suggests that the way couples cope with cancer-related stress may help explain why fear of recurrence is linked to depression among middle-aged...
Alzheimer’s Protein Patterns Differ Across Populations
A large international study has found that established blood-based markers of Alzheimer’s disease can also detect biological signals associated with the condition in people from...
Wild fish reveal diverse decision-making strategies
Why do two animals confronted with the same information sometimes make entirely different decisions? A new study of wild cichlid fish in Lake Tanganyika suggests...
Hydrated interphase with dynamic negative microregions enables ultrastable aqueous zinc-ion batteries
A new strategy for protecting zinc metal in aqueous zinc-ion batteries could address one of the most persistent obstacles facing low-cost, large-scale energy storage: the...
Active surveillance becomes top choice for men with early prostate cancer
A quiet revolution in prostate cancer care has reached an extraordinary scale among U.S. veterans. In 2024, 93% of veterans diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer...
Military Toxic Exposures Linked to Mental, Physical Health Problems in Veterans
A new cross-sectional study in JAMA Network Open is examining how exposure to Agent Orange and open-air burn pits may be connected to the mental...
DNA Origami Reveals Hidden Molecular Movements
LA JOLLA, Calif., August 13, 2026—For decades, biologists have been able to catalog many of the chemical reactions that sustain life, yet the physical movements...