Day January 16, 2026

Credit: CP Khanal from Pexels On January 5, 2026, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cut the number of recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11. The curtailment drew sharp criticism from the nation’s leading pediatric medical organizations…

Densely accumulated dendritic spines. Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic “hotspot” that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development is driven mainly by synaptic pruning. Credit: Takeshi Imai / Kyushu University Researchers from…

Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550 A recent study carried out by researchers from EHU, the Materials Physics Center, nanoGUNE, and DIPC introduces a novel approach to solar energy conversion and spintronics. The work tackles a long-standing limitation in the bulk…

The new foot-and-mouth disease vaccine developed by researchers at Diamond Light Source is projected to deliver over $1.3 billion in annual benefits and transform global livestock resilience. An impact report prepared by CSIL shows that Diamond played a crucial role…

The Swiss Competition Commission said Thursday that it had opened a preliminary inquiry into Microsoft’s licensing fees, after complaints by rivals over what it called “significant” price hikes for the Microsoft 365 software suite. “Recent fee increases may constitute indications…

A new study by researchers at Mass General Brigham finds that patients who undergo unscheduled or unplanned cesarean deliveries are at substantially increased risk of experiencing acute psychological stress during childbirth, with effects that can persist for months and impact…

A cross section of a mouse brain shows SST neuron boutons in magenta with cell nuclei staining (via DAPI) in cyan. Credit: Nedivi Lab/MIT Picower Institute The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are…

You’ve gone through their photos, scanned their bio and pored over their personalized description. But just who are you swiping right on when you match with someone on an online dating platform? According to new research from UTM, the extent…

A photo shows Peter Akor, with a prototype of the AI Epilepsy Headset. Credit: Gibson Digital / Glasgow Caledonian University / PA A “unique” AI-powered headset that can predict epileptic seizures minutes before they occur has been developed by scientists…

More people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are turning to coaches for guidance. Those coaches, who often have ADHD themselves, offer similar services to psychologists but don’t think of their work as clinical, according to a study published in JAMA Network…

Credit: Monstera Production from Pexels There’s a personal story that Yale psychologist Brian Scholl often shares when he explains his scholarly interest in the vexing power of what he calls “unfinishedness,” or that nagging frustration you experience when tasks are…

As more Americans receive treatment for opioid-use disorder, that progress is increasingly showing up in the operating room, creating an urgent need to modernize how pain is managed during and after major surgery, according to a study in the February…

(From left) These images show midbrain dopamine neurons expressing TNF receptor 1 (TNFR), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and an extensive overlap of both. Credit: University of Florida University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to…

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Wearing a cast for six weeks appears to be no less effective than surgery for healing unstable ankle fractures and carries fewer treatment-related harms, finds a clinical trial from Finland published in The BMJ. Around…

Batoid-inspired robots also use various electrically driven actuators composed of two electrodes that sandwich another material. Credit: npj Robotics (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s44182-025-00064-x Underwater robots face many challenges before they can truly master the deep, such as stability in choppy currents.…

Sugary drinks and alcohol are getting relatively cheaper, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, urging countries to hike taxes to reduce consumption levels and boost health funding. The WHO said consistently low taxes on the products in most countries were…

Women and people with anxiety are both prone to low confidence in their own abilities, but a new study by University College London (UCL) researchers has found that the two groups are prone to two distinct types of underconfidence. When…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Analytica Chimica Acta (2025). DOI: 10.1016 Among modern cancer therapies, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are among the most successful treatment methods. These antibodies activate the immune system and enable T cells to detect and destroy tumor cells.…

How a mismatch between the virus’s codon usage and the host’s genome can hinder viral translation. Credit: Ruixuan Zhang A virus relies on the host’s translation machinery to replicate itself and become infectious. Translation efficiency partially depends on the usage…

Rachel Lampert, MD, with a patient. Credit: Yale University Though rare, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in athletes often unfolds in high-visibility settings, like sports arenas, prompting questions about underlying causes, emergency preparedness, and long-term outcomes. A new review by Yale…

When a mutant version of occludin is present, right, it prevents the development of leaky blood vessels in diseases like diabetic retinopathy. Credit: David Antonetti The blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers are protective systems that prevent harmful substances from entering the…

Those hoping to lose weight this year might be tempted to try to a diet challenge in the hopes of kick-starting their weight loss. But while we might think these kinds of short-term, restrictive diets will help give our waistlines…

Credit: Yan Krukau from Pexels Picture this. You’re sitting in an office reception, waiting to be called in for an interview for your dream job. You have no appetite. Your palms are sweaty and your heart is thumping. Your anxiety…

Analysis of 218.1 million notes from 1.6 million patients’ electronic health records revealed growing use of emojis. The results, published in JAMA Network Open, found 372 emojis within 4,162 notes between 2020 and 2025. The incidence of emojis was higher…

A graphical representation of the action MR/GR homo- and heterodimers, and a microscopic image of a 3-day-old zebrafish larva. Credit: Faught, Aviles & Schaaf. Stress, the body’s natural response to different types of challenges and daily problems, is an inherently…

As runners set their New Year’s resolutions, Simon Fraser University researchers have dug thousands of Strava posts to map the emotional highs and lows of running and see what makes people stick with it. The first-of-its-kind study has unearthed what…

Confocal microscopy images showing that E. coli (red) preferentially attaches to luminal prostate cells (shown in green) in human prostate tissue. Credit: Maria Guedes & Carmen Aguilar A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time,…

Clive Svendsen, Ph.D., with an organ-chip that replicates conditions cells would experience in an actual organ and is one of several new research methodologies. Credit: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research…

Media increasingly portray being single as an expression of people’s lifestyle, self-determination and empowerment, with expressions such as self-partnership, solo living, sologamy and singlehood dominating the discourse. At the same time, more and more young adults are opting not to…

A new study reveals how entrepreneurs can win support for their ideas from audiences who never speak up. The research shows that the way entrepreneurs engage with a few vocal participants in online discussions can crucially shape how the larger,…

Older adults can dramatically reduce the amount of ultraprocessed foods they eat while keeping a familiar, balanced diet—and this shift leads to improvements across several key markers related to how the body regulates appetite and metabolism. That’s the main finding…

Macrophages (red), including proliferating macrophages (green), in lung tissue. Macrophage turnover is significantly reduced in the lungs of cART+3HP-treated macaques (right) compared to animals treated with cART alone (middle) or untreated controls (left). While reduced turnover indicates decreased cellular replacement,…

Evolution Diagram of Transistor Scaling. Cross-sectional STEM images demonstrating key technology nodes: the 22-nm FinFET (C.-H. Jan et al., IEDM, pp. 3.1.1–3.1.4, 2012), the 3-nm FinFET (W. Hafez et al., VLSI Symp., pp. 1–2, 2024) and the GAAFET (N. Loubet…

Credit: Pixabay While many kids dream of becoming a professional or Olympic athlete, there may be physical and emotional drawbacks to children in elementary and middle school training like one. Specializing—playing one sport year-round without enough time off to rest…

LPS-induced alterations in sperm 28S-rsRNAs abundance, reproductive organ weights, and sperm quality in male mice. Credit: PNAS Nexus (2026). A study in mice on small RNAs in sperm helps explain how the health of fathers can influence the health…

In a simplified picture, the electrons act as a magnifying glass, providing experimental access to the structure of the tiny atomic nucleus. Interactions between the electrons and the nucleus give rise to the so-called hyperfine structure, which was investigated using…

Credit: University of Colorado School of Medicine For years, endocrinologist Leigh Perreault, MD, felt there had to be a better way to help patients with weight management than sending them home with advice to change their diet and increase their…

TV depictions of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may mislead viewers about who is most likely to need cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and where it’s needed, according to new research published in the journal Circulation: Population Health and Outcomes.According to the American Heart…

Worker (left) and queen (right) bumblebees (B. terrestris) extending their tongues to drink a sugar solution.  Credit: Zexiang Huang, Shumeng Wu, Qinglin Wu During spring, when queen bumblebees first emerge from hibernation to start their nests, they work incredibly hard…

An electron micrograph of the measles virus. Credit: CDC/ Courtesy of Cynthia S. Goldsmith South Carolina’s measles outbreak exploded into one of the worst in the U.S., with state health officials confirming 99 new cases in the past three days.…