Day February 3, 2026

The darkness that swept over the Venezuelan capital in the predawn hours of Jan. 3, 2026, signaled a profound shift in the nature of modern conflict: the convergence of physical and cyber warfare. While U.S. special operations forces carried out…

The research team at a lab meeting. Credit: University Medical Center Göttingen A Europe-wide study led by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) shows that the microbial composition of the gut, known as the gut microbiome, can predict long-term complications…

Venn diagram summarizing unique and common attributes among individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and healthy controls. Credit: Alzheimer’s & Dementia (2026). DOI: 10.1002 A comprehensive new review is shedding light on the growing evidence that gut…

Grok’s digital undressing spree sparked global outrage from regulators and victims. Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok generated an estimated three million sexualized images of women and children in a matter of days, researchers said Thursday, revealing the scale of the…

Schematics and performance of electrokinetic filtration platform. Credit: Materials Today (2025). DOI: 10.1016 Professor Jeong-Min Baik’s research group of the SKKU School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering has developed a reusable electrokinetic filtration platform capable of filtering more than…

by Bernard J. Wolfson When the head of the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan worries about the looming federal cuts to Medicaid, it’s not just her job. It’s personal. Martha Santana-Chin, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, grew up on…

A woman walks by a giant screen with a logo at an event at the Paris Google Lab on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris, on Feb. 9, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Thibault Camus,File Google is leveraging its…

A third of U.S. adults are lonely, and a quarter lack social and emotional support—and research underscores that’s just not healthy. “Humans are a social species. We are highly dependent on others from birth,” said Elizabeth Necka, an expert on…

The proposed approach estimates position using a particle filter without integer ambiguity resolution, while a tightly coupled Kalman filter computes velocity from raw Doppler measurements. Particle-wise NLOS rejection and a Student’s t-distribution filter improve robustness in dense urban environments, enabling…

With more studies emerging, GLP-1 and dual GIP/GLP-1 medications have become well-established options for those with obesity or type 2 diabetes. These treatments can positively affect appetite, metabolism and overall cardiometabolic health, offering a meaningful approach to long-term management for…

The world’s leading cardiovascular societies, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association and the World Heart Federation (WHF) have issued the first ever joint statement calling for urgent action to address…

Declining sea ice is opening two shipping routes to greater use: the Northern Sea Route, off the Russian coast, and the Northwest Passage, along Alaska’s coast and through the Canadian islands. Credit: Susie Harder/Arctic Council Oceans shape everyday life in…

The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing eminent human and animal virologists from more than 90 Centers of Excellence and Affiliates in over 40 countries dedicated to advancing research, collaboration, and pandemic preparedness, expresses deep concern regarding the ongoing resurgence of…

Scores for nature appreciation and physical activities in London parks. Credit: Nature Cities (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44284-025-00345-4 Huge inequality between inner-city and suburban parks across the world could be threatening well-being globally, suggests a study from King’s College London and Nokia…

Credit: Fayette Reynolds M.S. from Pexels Biological processes that govern our lives are many, intertwined, and often difficult to understand. They involve countless interactions happening at once—molecules recognizing each other, signals being transmitted, and matter being transported with precise timing—making…

Credit: EqualStock IN from Pexels The logistics industry is one of Germany’s key economic sectors—yet women remain significantly underrepresented in its leadership ranks. To explore the reasons behind this imbalance, Prof. Dr. Fridtjof Langenhan and Prof. Dr. Friedwart Lender, together…

An international research team involving Konstanz scientist David Garcia warns that the next generation of influence operations may not look like obvious “copy-paste bots,” but like coordinated communities: fleets of AI-driven personas that can adapt in real time, infiltrate groups,…

Workers brainstorming at UC’s 1819 Innovation Hub. Credit: Andrew Higley Artificial intelligence or AI is no longer a future concept—it’s already shaping how we work, learn and live. But enthusiasm for AI isn’t evenly distributed across age groups. Gen Zers…

Two recent studies from the University of California, Riverside, published in the same issue of Gut Microbes highlight the role of a gene called PTPN2 in protecting the gut from harmful bacteria linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Led by…

Statutory gender quotas on the boards of public companies increase the number of women CEOs in private firms, research from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) suggests. The study identified an 8–13% increase in the number of women leading private firms…

According to research published in journals from the American Thoracic Society (ATS), inhaling tear gas or pepper spray—even during a single incident—can harm respiratory function and increase the risk of lung complications for the general public, particularly those with serious…

Using biofeedback and gamification, the solution teaches emotional self-regulation strategies to child patients with disorders such as ADHD and ASD. Credit: Self Intelligence A 7-year-old child has an anxiety attack at school. She becomes frustrated and angry. Instead of letting…

Being close to someone with a gambling problem puts you at risk of developing a gambling issue of your own, according to new research involving the University of Bath. Strong family relationships can help reduce this risk. However, friendships do…

The first review of vaccine trials conducted in care homes concludes that it is “crucial” that future vaccine trials include care home residents. Led by the University of Aberdeen and published in Age and Ageing, the researchers describe how care…

A comprehensive new review published in the Journal of Management synthesizes decades of research to understand the epidemic of workplace loneliness. By analyzing 233 empirical studies, researchers from Portland State University have identified how workplace conditions contribute to isolation and…

Despite improvements in economic and social empowerment, women in many countries still have little control over their own fertility and reproductive health. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores a program reducing barriers to family planning by…

Fremanezumab yields a greater reduction in the number of migraine days and headache days than placebo among children and adolescents with episodic migraine, according to a study published in the Jan. 15 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.…

Correlation Matrix and Scatterplots. Note: Fraser = Economic Freedom of the World Index, our measure of market orientation. Correlation coefficients are within the boxes on lower left of figure. Upper right of figure shows the scatterplots of the two variables…

For patients with previously untreated, programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1)-positive, locally advanced unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), sacituzumab govitecan plus pembrolizumab yields significantly longer progression-free survival than chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab, according to a study published in the Jan.…

French investigators are looking into the cause of death of two infants who may have consumed contaminated milk. France’s health minister on Friday sought to reassure consumers that all suspicious infant formula had been withdrawn, as an investigation began into…

Despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing a higher rate of fragility fractures from low-impact injuries, such as a fall from standing height, bone health remains an under-researched health issue. Research from the National Center for Healthy Aging’s Living…

Can what you eat help you avoid getting stomach cancer? “Most cases of stomach cancer happen sporadically and are purely a matter of bad luck,” says Sharon Shiraga, MD, an upper-gastrointestinal surgeon with Keck Medicine of USC. While there is…

A University of Queensland food waste researcher says Australia’s hospitals and aged care facilities could save money and effort through better tracking of uneaten meals. Dr. Nathan Cook from UQ’s School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences said up to…

Examples of meals served to participants in a study reported by Hall et al. (2019). Top row: unprocessed lunch (left) and dinner (right). Bottom row: ultraprocessed lunch (left) and dinner (right). These images were published in Cell Metabolism. Credit: The…

A new South Australian study has found little change in most people’s diet and exercise after retirement—pointing to the need for positive lifestyle choices during your working life to maximize long-term health outcomes. Based on Household Income and Labor Dynamics…

The picture illustrates the overall fluorescence quenching effect of triazinium salts, which can be turned on through biocompatible reactions. Credit: Veronika Šlachtová et al. Thanks to a recent study by researchers at IOCB Prague, it is now possible to monitor…

A group of volunteers spent days locked in a small hotel room with people actively infected with flu. They played games, shared objects and exercised together in conditions designed to help the virus spread. Yet not a single person caught…

A pharmacist gives a patient a flu shot in Miami on Sept. 9, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Daniel Kozin, File The U.S. flu season appears to be waning with two straight weeks of decline in measures of flu activity, according to…

The death of Prashant Sreekumar made headlines across Canada when the 43-year-old father of three died in the emergency room of Edmonton’s Grey Nuns hospital after waiting for eight hours with chest pains. Recently, there have been other reports of…

Total number of people put at increased risk of coastal flooding annually per kilometer by projected coral reef degradation for the (a) mean elevation and (b) mean erosion scenarios in the Florida Reef Tract study area. Credit: Earth’s Future (2026). DOI: 10.1029/2025ef006255…