Day January 30, 2026

Glioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 A team of Canadian scientists has uncovered a new way to slow the growth of glioblastoma, the most aggressive and currently incurable form of brain cancer—and identified an existing medication that could treat…

An overview of widespread splicing dysregulation in pediatric AML. Credit: Image by Profs. Wang Qianfei and Liu Zhaoqi’s teams Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most common acute leukemias in children. While treatment outcomes have improved in…

Researchers at University College London (UCL) have uncovered a key mechanism that helps the body switch off inflammation—a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for chronic diseases affecting millions worldwide. Inflammation is the body’s frontline defense against infection and…

A sleeping chameleon. Credit: Paul-Antoine Libourel. Sleep is a universal biological state that allows all animals, from mammals to amphibians, fish and even insects, to restore their energy and consolidate knowledge that can contribute to their survival. Neuroscientists and zoologists…

Genome-wide RNAi screen to identify candidate stabilizers of EGFR mutants. Credit: Science Advances (2026). DOI: 10.1126 Scientists from A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB) have identified why certain lung cancer cells become highly resistant to treatment after…

From street-level measurements to long-term health studies, researchers are building a clearer picture of the impact of everyday exposure to 5G signals on human health. As 5G antennas multiply across Europe, bringing faster downloads, better connectivity and more reliable streaming,…

Overview and characteristics of the TimeVault system. Credit: Science (2026). DOI: 10.1126 Scientists can peer into cells to get a limited view of their activity using microscopes and other tools. However, cells and the molecular events within them are dynamic,…

The team evaluated billions of potential molecules, prioritizing those predicted to be selective, brain-penetrant and active under biologically relevant conditions. Credit: University of Southern California A multidisciplinary team has developed a selective compound that inhibits an enzyme tied to inflammation…

In primary schools, the most popular school-based physical activity intervention is The Daily Mile, which involves 15 minutes per day where children go outside and walk, jog or run laps of the school playground or playing field. Our work has…

by I. Edwards Whole milk may soon be back on school lunch trays across the U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new law Wednesday that allows schools to serve whole and 2% milk again, reversing rules that limited higher-fat milk…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Accident Analysis & Prevention (2026). DOI: 10.1016 As populations age, older adults are increasingly involved in traffic crashes, particularly those riding motorcycles and scooters. In Taiwan, nearly half of traffic deaths among people aged 65 and above…

Credit: Cell (2026). DOI: 10.1016 Tweaking a pattern of wound healing established millions of years ago may enable scar-free injury repair after surgery or trauma, Stanford Medicine researchers have found. If results from their study, which was conducted in mice,…

Sampling of a minke whale using a biopsy arrow. Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada It’s Saturday! This week, in an eminently practical analysis of the Boltzmann brain conjecture, physicists put constraints on the idea that memories could arise from random…

A new Australian study has found that a simple saline nasal spray could help many children breathe and sleep better, potentially avoiding the need for surgery and specialist care. Researchers at Monash University, Monash Children’s Hospital’s Melbourne Children’s Sleep Center,…

Credit: Karola G from Pexels Digital and online technologies have made our workplace routines faster and easier. They have also made it easier for managers to keep tabs on workers, via monitoring apps designed to capture whether employees are “working…

In an isolation stall at New Bolton Center’s James M. Moran, Jr., Critical Care Center, the UV-C-emitting robot Tru-D is used to eliminate Salmonella and other resistant bacteria. Credit: University of Pennsylvania Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most urgent…

Annenberg Science and Public Health (ASAPH) Surveys Sept. 2024 & Dec. 2025. Credit: Annenberg Public Policy Center Amid a surprisingly severe flu season and a COVID-19 resurgence, those highly contagious respiratory illnesses are drawing the largest share of media coverage…

Overview of the deep learning workflow utilizing transfer learning for detecting cardiovascular dysfunction from retinal photography. Abbreviations: CAC?=?coronary artery calcium score; GLS?=?global longitudinal strain; MPR?=?myocardial perfusion reserve; LGE?=?late gadolinium enhancement; LV M/V?=?left ventricular mass-to-volume ratio. Credit: Scientific Reports (2025). DOI:…

While it’s true that many Canadians would benefit from more exercise and from improving the quality of their diet, research shows that society often blames nutrition problems and food insecurity on personal choices like lack of willpower and imperfect parenting.…

Graphical abstract of the autonomous retinal vein cannulation workflow. Credit: Adapted from Zhang et al., Science Robotics (2025). Retinal vein occlusion (RVO) is a severe disease that occurs when a vein in the light-sensitive layer at the back of the…

Researchers have developed a wearable, comfortable and washable device called Revoice that could help people regain the ability to communicate naturally and fluently following a stroke, without the need for invasive brain implants. Credit: University of Cambridge Researchers have developed…

PaCa-EVs reprogram macrophages to M2-like tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) phenotype. a–c Representative confocal microscopy images of murine BMDMs treated with PKH67-labeled EVs (green), showing the uptake of EVs: BMDMs were stained with cell mask deep red (red), and nuclei were stained…

Credit: Cell Reports (2026). DOI: 10.1016 Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome (Crnic Institute) have uncovered compelling evidence that individuals with Down syndrome experience significant alterations in liver metabolism, including elevated levels of…

A new study published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery reveals that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs)—a class of medications primarily used for weight loss and diabetes management—may significantly improve post-surgical outcomes for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP)…

A substantial “transition energy” is required to phase out fossil fuels in the European Union, a study by Imperial College London has found, revealing that faster transitions demand significantly larger, and potentially disruptive, reallocations of energy resources within society. By…

Researchers have identified a metabolically sensitive cell subtype in the eye’s drainage system which shows early signs of dysfunction in a genetic mouse model of glaucoma. The study, published in eLife, provides what the editors say are fundamental findings, highlighting…

Co-producing design solutions. Credit: npj Urban Sustainability (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s42949-025-00293-x New research by grassroots charity Your Park Bristol & Bath (YPBB) and the University of Bath has revealed that fears around dogs, safety, and feeling unwelcome are keeping Bristol’s ethnic…

Distinctions among expected, anticipatory, and reactive emotions along the timecourse of decision-making. Credit: Cognitive Science (2026). DOI: 10.1111 A new study reveals that people are far more emotionally affected by anticipating negative future outcomes than by imagining positive ones, helping…

A study from the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Center reveals new clues as to why standard antidepressants fail for many Australians, opening the door for more effective, personalized treatments. Examining nearly 15,000 Australians with depression in one of…

Tomography of a cell with multiple lipid vesicles transported to the cell surface. Credit: UPF/Sasha Meek An international group of researchers led by Pompeu Fabra University has discovered the nanomachine that controls constitutive exocytosis: the uninterrupted delivery of spherical molecular…

Utah State University biochemists Derek Harris, left, and Lance Seefeldt, with UW-Madison colleagues, are authors on a Jan. 22 ‘Nature Communications’ paper describing breakthrough research on ancient enzymes responsible for life on Earth. Credit: M. Muffoletto, USU Nitrogen, upon which…

C-terminal P116 antibodies impair P116-cholesterol acquisition and Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MPN) growth. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-66129-5 A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae—responsible for atypical pneumonia and other respiratory infections—to obtain…

The Simons Sleep Project (SSP) is a new open-science resource for studying sleep in children with autism. Led by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev scientist Prof. Ilan Dinstein, the new data resource will accelerate research breakthroughs to help children with…

Dorje Dundul recently had his foot gnawed by a brown bear—a member of the species Ursus thibetanus, to be precise. It wasn’t his first such encounter. Recounting the first of three such violent experiences over the past five years, Dorje…

Internet use is part of daily life for many people in work, social interaction, entertainment, shopping, and many other activities. Many people engage in online gaming to facilitate social connection, though the activity can also contribute to other internet activities…

Graphic highlights key findings showing that regular aerobic exercise was associated with a younger-appearing brain on MRI compared with no change in activity. Participants who exercised showed reductions in brain age alongside improved fitness, while no single biological factor fully…

Incidence rate of Parkinson’s disease by province (2017–2022), adjusted for sex and 5-year age groups. Left: estimated incidence rates (with 95% confidence intervals). Right: geographic distribution of the same incidence rates, represented on a choropleth map. Credit: The Lancet Regional…

Researchers engineer centrifuge-based lymphatic tissue for the treatment of secondary lymphedema that occurs after lymphadenectomy. Credit: Associate Professor Kosuke Kusamori / Tokyo University of Science, Japan The rising incidence of cancer worldwide has led to an increasing number of surgeries…

Refugees provided with targeted support outside of designated camps have a better chance of finding jobs, economic stability and safety. That is the main finding in our recently published article in BMJ Global Health looking at what helps displaced families…

Study area located in the northern Iberian Peninsula (Cantabrian Region). The lower map details Tito Bustillo Cave and principal neighboring Lower Magdalenian archaeological sites in the Sella River valley. Credit: Radiocarbon (2025). DOI: 10.1017 A new study refines radiocarbon dating…