5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (421+ words) Vitamin C may modestly ease cold symptoms when taken regularly, but evidence does not support it as a general way to prevent colds....

6+ hour, 7+ min ago   (677+ words) AI-based tissue clocks reveal that human organs age on different timelines and that some of these patterns can be detected from blood. The age printed on a birth certificate tells only part of the story. Inside the body, the lungs,…...

6+ hour, 41+ min ago   (424+ words) The discovery could lead to improved treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer. T cells may be able to do something scientists did not previously know they could: physically sense the tissues around them. A McGill University-led study suggests this ability…...

10+ hour, 1+ min ago   (434+ words) A tiny chip that produces a precisely organized “rainbow” of light could help enable faster, higher-capacity 6G communications and more precise timing for quantum technologies....

10+ hour, 36+ min ago   (416+ words) Separate time crystals inside a semiconductor can “find” each other across surprising distances and lock into the same rhythm. Researchers at TU Dortmund University demonstrated the effect using a semiconductor system in which electron and nuclear spins form continuous time…...

11+ hour, 10+ min ago   (964+ words) Direct measurements of diamond melting under extreme pressure resolved a long-standing theory-experiment mismatch and could improve both fusion research and planetary models. Diamond is not only a gemstone. This exceptionally hard form of carbon is also used in the tiny…...

14+ hour, 26+ min ago   (201+ words) New research adds to growing evidence that ultra-processed foods are linked to health risks. Research from Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine now adds evidence of such a relationship. Men who consumed larger proportions of their daily…...

13+ hour, 51+ min ago   (440+ words) Laboratory tests suggest that vanillin used in e-cigarettes can alter early human stem cell development through the TRPV4 channel. Vanillin, a flavoring chemical commonly used in e-cigarettes, may interfere with early embryonic development, according to laboratory research published August 12, 2026, in Human…...

15+ hour, 1+ min ago   (383+ words) Screen time was associated with better adolescent cognitive processing, while links between physical activity and cognition varied by sex, activity type, and measurement method. A Finnish study following children into adolescence found an unexpected pattern: those who accumulated more screen…...

18+ hour, 23+ min ago   (382+ words) As the world searches for low-emission energy sources, researchers have identified a potentially important source of clean energy beneath Western Australia’s red soil. Beneath Western Australia’s Pilbara region, vast iron ore deposits contain magnetite that may do more than supply…...