Day February 25, 2026

Credit: SHVETS production from Pexels Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified blood-based biomarkers that can help distinguish patients with glioblastoma who are most likely to live longer from novel treatment with an engineered oncolytic…

Design and optimization of amyloid-responsive chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2026). DOI: 10.1073 Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, a type of immunotherapy that leverages the immune system to combat diseases, is…

Representative histopathological sections of lungs stained with H&E, showing inflammation severity in each group at the indicated mAb doses against RSV A2 (left panel) and RSV B9320 (right panel) (magnification, ×200; scale bar, 100?m). Credit: Zhai et al., 2026, Science…

Enhanced survival of newly-born adult neurons in the adult mouse hippocampus following microglial deletion of the Alk5 gene. Credit: Nature Communications (2026). DOI:10.1038/s41467-026-68885-4 A new study, recently published in the journal Nature Communications, is leading to a new understanding…

In this living zebrafish larva, the lymphatic vessels are fluorescently labeled red, while blood vessels are green, allowing scientists to visualize vessel growth in a developing animal. Credit: University of Auckland Scientists have made a breakthrough that could lead to…

Low magnification micrograph of a tubulovillous adenoma, TVA. Credit: Nephron, Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 Precancerous colorectal lesions, or dysplasia, in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) confer markedly different risks of future colorectal cancer depending on dysplasia grade, according to a…

Theoretical and experimental analysis of molecular assembly. Credit: Nature Energy (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-01964-4 The use of solar cells, devices that can convert sunlight into electricity, has grown exponentially over the past decades. These devices are enabling the production of clean…

Rainfall and high winds are major hurricane hazards. But heat also poses a serious threat, according to new UGA research. Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker A new study from the University of Georgia suggests hurricanes may now pose an additional danger…

Huu Phuc Nguyen heads the Department of Human Genetics at Ruhr University Bochum. Credit: Damian Gorczany There is no known cure for Huntington’s disease. A genetic mutation creates harmful proteins that accumulate and cause the disease’s typical symptoms. A team…

Mutant huntingtin, produced by a CAG repeat expansion in the HTT gene, is a central driver of Huntington’s disease pathogenesis. Credit: NYU Tandon School of Engineering Neuroscience rarely enjoys clean experiments. Most brain disorders are mosaics of risk genes, aging,…

Robert J. Johnston Jr., associate professor of biology at Johns Hopkins, holds a petri dish enclosing a retinal organoid grown in his lab. Credit: Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University Humans develop sharp vision during early fetal development thanks to an interplay…

Supermarket shelves can look full despite the food systems underneath them being under strain. Fruit may be stacked neatly, chilled meat may be in place. It appears that supply chains are functioning well. But appearances can be deceiving. Today, food…

Yipu Chen (seated) and Zhaoyuan Gu (standing) on the CAREN treadmill system. Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology While the statement, “Humanoid robots are coming,” might cause anxiety for some, for one Georgia Tech research team, working with humanlike robots couldn’t…

Cover of the book Whole-brain modeling Cartography of the dynamics of mind. Credit: Oxford University Press The cover of the new book “Whole-brain modeling. Cartography of the dynamics of mind” poses the central question of what makes us human. Written…

Credit: Stem Cell Reports (2026). DOI: 10.1016 King’s College London researchers have created a unique collection of human stem cell models that could help to uncover why HIV leads to different outcomes in different people. The research was carried out…

New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research suggests emotional literacy may be one of the most important skills students can learn, not just for relationships, but for their education and future careers. A new study by Dr. Madalena Grobbelaar and Dr.…

An outline of our optimised high throughput in vivo screening protocol for determining the ideal treatment paradigm for human umbilical cord-derived MSCs (HuMSCs) in two rat models of perinatal brain injury: inflammation-induced encephalopathy of prematurity (EoP, via intraperitoneal IL-1? injection)…

Credit: Ivan S from Pexels In a first-in-human study, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center observed strong responses and early signs of antitumor activity in patients with difficult-to-treat non-Hodgkin lymphomas who received the novel cell therapy…

An artistic interpretation of a spherical nucleic acid (SNA) nanoparticle carrying HPV antigen (E7??–??) and CpG adjuvant DNA interacting with scavenger receptor A to facilitate cellular internalization. Display and N-terminal orientation of the HPV antigen on N-HSNAs enhance antigen-specific CD8?…

Credit: Monstera Production from Pexels Some time around 1683, amateur Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek scraped the plaque from between his teeth and peered at it through a home-made microscope. Through the carefully hewn lens, he observed “very many little…

These cats were not involved in the study as participants. Credit: Victoria Hatch The first study of multiple cancer types in cats has identified genetic changes that could help treat the condition in humans and animals. By analyzing different types…

“House burping” is the latest thing cluttering people’s feeds: short clips of people flinging open every window and door, announcing they’re “burping” their home to get rid of stale, germ-filled air. Behind the playful name is a serious question: does…

The chemists used this experimental setup to synthesise housane. The blue light activates the photocatalyst that enables the reaction. On the right side of the image, the structure of a housane with two side chains is depicted symbolically. Credit: University…

A new study has revealed the significant effect tinnitus can have on people’s working lives, with nearly one in five adults reporting they have had to cut their working hours or leave employment altogether because of the condition. Published in…

You may have noticed an unexpected wellness trend gaining traction online. People are claiming a daily cup of hot water (with nothing else in it) can deliver everything from weight loss and clearer skin to relief from menstrual cramps and…

The coating’s improved performance comes from the dendritic structure creating more interfaces, which scatter sunlight more effectively and increase reflectivity. Credit: IMDEA Materials Institute An international research team has demonstrated how conventional radiative cooling coatings can be optimized to further…

There’s an unsung success story about the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. At its outset, U.S. hospitals faced huge challenges, as influxes of patients strained resources, while doctors were uncertain about what treatments would work against the novel infection.…

The four stages used in this study to evaluate the biochemical profiling method to differentiate genuine vaccines and insulin from falsified surrogates. Credit: Scientific Reports (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-37281-9 The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 10.5% of medicines worldwide in…

Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels In recent years, medical guidelines and national policies have pushed hospitals to offer more palliative care to patients who are seriously ill. This has led to a major rise in palliative care use, especially among…

A home visitor uses a conversation card to speak with a parent as part of the Early Years program in Maskwacîs, Alberta. Credit: Pardeep Sooch for Early Years Children in families who participate in a home visitation program in Maskwacîs,…

An example of a map shown to study participants, displaying the percentage of homes above the Canadian radon action guideline by Local Health Areas in British Columbia, Canada. Credit: Public Health (2026). DOI: 10.1016 Risk maps for the cancer-causing gas…

by Sharda S. Nandram, Puneet K. Bindlish, Raysa Geaquinto Rocha, The Conversation Credit: Jsme MILA from Pexels Bureaucracy once swallowed Dutch home care. Buurtzorg flipped the script by trusting nurses and focusing on purpose. Europe’s aging population is calling for…

Researchers use new antibody–drug conjugates that combine a CD4 mimic with neutralizing antibodies to inhibit human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) entry into host cells. Credit: Institute of Science Tokyo Drug conjugates (ADCs) developed at Institute of Science Tokyo combine a CD4…

Potent neutralizing activity requires 007 bivalency. Credit: Nature Immunology (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02385-3 An international research team has identified a novel HIV antibody that targets the virus at a particularly vulnerable site and overcomes previous limitations of known antibodies. This study,…

While there are plenty of historical topics U.S. citizens agree on—generally, events and figures from the Civil War up to the end of the Cold War—the birth of the nation isn’t one of them, according to a new report from…

Certain patients were found to benefit from additional rehab sessions outside of regular weekday schedules. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan University Hip fractures are common in the elderly, with many patients experiencing a decline in activities of daily living (ADL) post-surgery. Therefore,…

3D-DXA FE femur model under side-way fall direction (a) and FE Strength and displacement on force-displacement plot (b). Credit: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2025). DOI: 10.3389 Researchers at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) have made a great leap toward predicting…

by I. Edwards Hims & Hers says it will stop selling a low-cost copy of a new weight-loss pill made by Novo Nordisk, after federal officials raised concerns that the product may violate drug laws. The online health company announced…

Researchers emphasize that safe travel in the outdoors is not about putting away your mobile phone, but about having alternatives if the technology fails. Credit: Marius Dalseg, The Norwegian Tourist Association (DNT) Four of five Norwegians use digital maps when…

Dr. Sharon Cox (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) reports on a new analysis finding that 1 in 8 people who drink at increasing or higher-risk levels felt guilt or remorse after drinking in the past six months. Dr.…