Day February 11, 2026

Transgender women might have more muscle mass than cisgender women one to three years after hormone therapy, but their physical fitness is comparable, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the British Journal of Sports…

The benefits of physical activity for children are enormous. As researchers of physical education (PE)—and ex-PE teachers—we know evidence shows it can have a positive impact on mental and physical health, social relationships, emotional control and confidence, as well as…

Plants fix 258 billion tons of CO2 in their chloroplasts through photosynthesis every year. For these cell organelles to work properly, they require certain minerals—particularly ions of the metals iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn). Disruptions of…

Subgroup analysis based on lesion size on photon-counting CT (PCCT) images. The red outlined areas highlight the magnified images of lesions. (A–C) PCCT images in a 62-year-old woman with a body mass index (BMI) of 23.6, calculated as weight in…

Using historic data and input from community members, Drexel researchers have developed a machine learning program that uses computer vision to help identify areas that may potentially be experiencing gentrification. Credit: Drexel University Over the last several decades, urban planners…

How to reduce suffering in children with advanced cancer remains an ongoing but urgent question. A Mass General Brigham-led study has examined whether systematically surveying children with advanced cancer and their parents about their symptoms and quality of life, providing…

Credit: University of Queensland University of Queensland researchers who mapped cancer cell “neighborhoods” in the most common type of lung cancer have found cell metabolism plays a critical role in determining how lung cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy. Their…

Credit: Kindel Media from Pexels A study of more than 500 people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their caregivers, co-led by researchers at Mass General Brigham, found that survey participants viewed the ability to regain basic communication as…

It stands to reason that the longer or more diligently you work at something, the better you get at it. But researchers from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business found that consumers don’t necessarily see it that way. In…

The number of modifiable protective behaviors and drinking outcomes after a three-month inpatient program in Japanese alcohol-dependent men. Credit: Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research (2026). DOI: 10.1111 Participating in peer-support recovery groups is associated with ongoing abstinence among Japanese men…

As Hong Kong moves toward implementing landmark legislation to protect people’s end-of-life care wishes, a research team at the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has developed and tested a pioneering tool to improve crucial…

Teenagers who are pathological liars also tend to struggle with executive function deficits, such as poor memory or impulse control, researchers have found. This means practitioners may be able to consider treatments centered around executive functioning (such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy…

A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital has uncovered a chain of events that connects genetic alterations, disruptions in lipid metabolism and the manifestation of…

Although finances are a challenging topic at times, talking about money is beneficial for every couple. Credit: Illustration by Lindsay Robinson There may be a connection between how much a couple spends and saves and how happy they are in…

Replacing animal testing with alternate methodologies in preclinical drug trials holds potential for the development of cheaper, safer pharmaceuticals as well as alleviating animal suffering. But according to a new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert in…

A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010. Credit: AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File During the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts worried that disruptions to cancer diagnosis and treatment…

Pancreatic cancer cells (blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). Credit: National Cancer Institute Current drugs for pancreatic cancer lose effectiveness within months because the tumor becomes resistant. Now, a group from Spain’s National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)…

Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Home service workers—those who provide care, inspections, or repairs inside private homes—can often lack paid sick leave, making illness a direct financial risk. New research from George Mason University College of Public Health suggests paid…

Higher rates of death among younger Australians from cardiovascular disease has been linked to being overweight or obese, a new study shows. The study, published in BMC Medicine, looked at premature overweight and obesity-related cardiovascular disease mortality for people aged…

Around 64 million people worldwide suffer from heart failure, and nearly half die within the first five years of diagnosis due to a lack of effective treatments to stop the disease from getting worse. Heart failure occurs when the heart’s…

In an EM wave absorbent chamber, an LED is illuminated at 10?cm by microwave energy delivered through a twist bellows waveguide. Scale bar is 100?mm. The inserts upper left show the twist bellows waveguide in its compact and deployed states.…

National Poll on Healthy Aging data from adults age 50 and over who replied to a poll in late December 2025 and early January 2026 saying that they had not received a flu vaccination in the last six months and/or…

The three essential components of nursing practice supporting fertility preservation decision-making. Credit: Kazuaki Tanabe Hiroshima University researchers developed a three-factor, 12-item, questionnaire-based scale to systematically assess nursing practices that support fertility preservation decision-making in women with cancer. They show that…

Shares in Novo Nordisk have taken a beating this week after it warned of lower sales revenue in the United States as intensified competition pushes down prices. Novo Nordisk said Thursday it would take legal action against a US chain…

German soldiers were fascinated by the Sámi population and took many photographs. Here are reindeer-herding Sámi in traditional ceremonial dress on the occasion of a wedding in Kautokeino. The couple in white fur are Anders Persen Bær and Anna Buljo…

Structure of dimerized heterodimer of human Ost? Credit: Nature (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-10029-7 In a study published in Nature on January 28, a research team led by Eric H. Xu (Xu Huaqiang) from the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the…

(A) Hippocampal-network targeted treatment design. (B) Hippocampal-network targeted stimulation. (C) Changes in PTSD symptoms severity from baseline to post-treatment. (D) Changes in the frequency and intensity of trauma-related intrusions over the treatment course. (E) Changes in resting-state functional connectivity from…

Concept of electrocatalytic nitrate reduction (NO3RR) to ammonia (NH3) enabled by the 3D COF TU-82 platform. Nitrate (NO3?), a major pollutant in agricultural and industrial wastewater, is converted into value-added NH3 under ambient conditions through metal-bipyridine catalytic sites embedded within…

by I. Edwards The World Health Organization (WHO) says there is a low risk that the deadly Nipah virus will spread beyond India, where two people tested positive. In an email sent to the Reuters news agency, WHO said it…

Subtype 1 is a night owl pattern associated with emotional regulation, fast reaction time, as well as increased white-matter integrity. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-66784-8 The familiar labels “night owl” and “early bird,” long used in sleep research, don’t…

women who are wealthier, more educated and urban are more likely to use modern contraceptives than poorer, less educated and rural women. This is one of the findings of a study that assessed patterns of inequality in modern contraceptive use.…

When the World Wide Web went live in the early 1990s, its founders hoped it would be a space for anyone to share information and collaborate. But today, the free and open web is shrinking. The Internet Archive has been…

These high-magnification images capture live cells with their nucleoli glowing bright magenta due to nucleolus disassembling. Credit: Singh Lab, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Texas A&M University / Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine In a recent study, researchers…

Two UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in controlling the liver’s release of cholesterol-carrying lipoproteins into the bloodstream, a discovery that could lead to new treatments for atherosclerotic heart disease and fatty…

Baby Sadie attends her two-month Foundcog scan with her mum, Donna. Credit: Cusack Lab. 2026. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Babies as young as two months old are able to categorize distinct objects in their brains—much earlier than previously thought—according…

A dairy cow is milked at a farm in Newcastle, Maine, March 31, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File A newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child’s mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy, health…

Neuroticism may be linked with more frequent sexual fantasies. Credit: Mohamed_hassan, Pixabay, CC0 (creativecommons.org) People with a relatively neurotic personality report having more frequent sexual fantasies, while people who are relatively conscientious or agreeable report less frequent fantasizing. Emily Cannoot…

The nervous system in the nematode can be made visible by the formation of fluorescent dyes in neurons and observed during the normal aging process of the animals. Credit: Christian Gallrein/University of Cologne Using an aging clock, researchers from the…

The general structure and information flow of RL-based spike generation. Credit: Nature Computational Science (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s43588-025-00915-5 Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) School of Engineering have developed a novel reinforcement learning–based generative model to…

PhD Innovation Fellow Jonathan Pelusi adjusts a neural device that promotes healing of the skull following implantation onto the brain. Credit: Robert Anderson/Thayer School of Engineering A study led by Dartmouth Engineering professors demonstrates a possible new technique for connecting…