Day March 13, 2026

Waminda’s Birthing on Country team and mum Nekaya dote on baby Akarii at the Minga Gudjaga Gunyah mother and baby clinic in Nowra NSW.? Credit: Tace Stevens A new study into the clinical effectiveness of a rural Birthing on Country…

Credit: Song Hu, created with Manus The brain relies on real-time delivery of oxygen and nutrients through its microvasculature, which threads through neural tissue like electrical wires. While modern imaging technologies allow researchers to follow the activity of individual neurons…

Chuancheng Duan, an associate professor of chemical engineering, measures water uptake thermodynamics using a combination of thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and mass spectrometry. Credit: Dan Hixson, University of Utah Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that directly convert chemical energy…

A map of US time zones. Blue regions are cities from which mentions and sentiment data were collected. (Source: author-generated using data from US Census 2024). Credit: Ellman et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org) Individuals have a more…

A well-designed 10-minute online exercise can spark small reductions in depression. That’s the key finding of my team’s paper, published in Nature Human Behaviour. Many people believe that to start overcoming depression, they need a therapist, medication, or a radical…

Model for stem cell plasticity modulated by RoboA and Anos1a in the brain. Credit: Nature Communications (2026). Scientists have discovered a key biological safeguard that helps one of nature’s most impressive regenerators, the planarian flatworm, correctly rebuild its organs.…

Top left: This view of the zebrafish ventricle reveals the emergence of future coronary vessels, made visible through two fluorescent lines that label endothelial cells as they form. Bottom left: Using different fluorescent markers, this image simultaneously shows nascent coronary…

Credit: Thirdman from Pexels A cancer diagnosis changes almost everything—but it doesn’t stop life’s other responsibilities. Bills still arrive. Work still needs attention. Family routines keep going. Trying to keep up with it all while managing treatment can be overwhelming.…

A field training officer is a special kind of cop. They have to be both patrol officer and mentor, as they teach recruits who are fresh out of the police academy how to put their lessons into practice. Much like…

In their piece, published in Nature Human Behaviour, IIASA Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar Wolfgang Lutz and IIASA Senior Researcher Guillaume Marois, who is also an associate professor at the Asian Demographic Research Institute of the Shanghai University, respond to political…

Illustration demonstrating the time course of the dry immersion(DI) study marked by days where blood samples were taken including BDC-1 (one day before DI and during the baseline data collection period), DI2 (second day of DI), DI5 (fifth day of…

Bulk RNA-seq analysis of ovaries from young and estropausal female FMT recipient mice. Credit: Nature Aging (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s43587-026-01069-3 A new study details how fecal transplants from older female mice significantly improve ovarian function and fertility in young mice. The…

More than 651,000 large bottles of water are being pulled from store shelves after health officials flagged sanitation issues. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says 651,148 bottles of water are under recall because of what it described as…

DTCs that escape from T cell killing express an Nr3c1 activation program. Credit: Nature (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10222-2 Cancer spreads (metastasizes) when tumor cells shed from a primary solid tumor (for example, in the breast) and embed in other organs, such…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) chief says the agency will begin offering bonuses to drug reviewers who complete their work ahead of schedule. Dr. Marty Makary described the effort as a pilot program during a staff meeting last…

Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels For years, Cathleen “Cat” Brown, a Philadelphia obstetrician and gynecologist, would listen to patients complaining of hot flashes, brain fog, and painful sex and prescribe estrogen as a safe option for easing their menopausal…

Diets with a lower ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids to monounsaturated fatty acids make T cells more resilient and resistant to cell death. Credit: The University of Queensland. The types of fats we consume directly impacts the survival and strength…

Have you ever heard someone claim they have a fast metabolism? This typically means they can eat whatever they want without gaining weight. Meanwhile, others blame their inability to lose weight on having a slow metabolism.But can you actually have…

Hologram AI concert experiences may look futuristic, with their computer-generated 3D illusions of dead artists performing on stage. But research from the University of South Florida shows their success depends on something very human: ethics, trust and emotional connection. The…

A new study of what families think about virtual reality (VR) technologies reveals that parents want more research-based information on how VR technologies may influence brain and behavioral development. Families also placed a higher value on VR features that increase…

Use of protective eyewear among pickleball players is low, according to a study published online Feb. 26 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Daniel Henick, M.D., from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and colleagues examined trends in protective eyewear…

A new study by MIT researchers directly shows that visual attention can reveal unconscious, tacit knowledge during image classification tasks. Credit: MIT News Expertise isn’t easy to pass down. Take riding a bike: A seasoned cyclist might talk a beginner…

A study by researchers at the CU Anschutz Marcus Institute for Brain Health suggests that veterans with concussions may continue to show subtle but measurable brain function differences more than a decade after their injury. Researchers have found these differences…

This study tracked the journey of small extracellular vesicles from distant tumor cells to urine and revealed new insights into how kidney cells process them. The results pave the way for better cancer diagnostics by leveraging liquid biopsies. Credit: Institute…

Low metabolic flux of glucose into mannose pathway initiates alterations in cancer cells, at least in part through N-glycosylation defects, leading to cell fate decisions. Credit: Yoichiro Harada, Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Nagoya University A research team has conducted…

Researchers at the University of Missouri may have uncovered a clue explaining why young adults with autism are roughly six times more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease later in life. In a recent study, Mizzou researchers found that some young…

Illustration of obstruction of ventilation. Credit: Habib M’henni / public domain Researchers from Marshall University, the University of Washington, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano and the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy, University and Polytechnic La Fe Hospital in Spain have published…

Cholangiocarcinoma anatomical subtypes and their most frequent genetic alterations. Credit: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41575-025-01153-w The international group of experts, including Professor John Bridgewater (UCL Cancer Institute), is calling for rapid improvements in diagnosis, treatment and research…

Credit: Pexels As busy schedules and sedentary jobs compete for our time, many people are asking: What’s the least amount of movement I need to still see benefits? According to Stella Volpe, head of Virginia Tech’s Department of Human Nutrition,…

This photo provided by BMW shows the BMW iX3, a luxury electric SUV that should offer about 400 miles of range along with sporty performance. Credit: Courtesy of BMW of North America via AP After years of experimentation and early…

Mollusks have produced many evolutionary innovations since they first appeared 540 million years ago, including spiral shells and a toothed tongue. A new study shows that about half of these innovations evolved in the first 96 million years and the…

German software giant SAP believes Europe must step up its efforts on industrial AI. Europe should focus on competing in industrial AI, a top executive at German software giant SAP said, as the continent plays catch-up in the race for…

High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more than one billion people worldwide and is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke. For decades, researchers have observed that premenopausal women are less likely to develop high blood pressure than men…

To study Mars’s atmosphere, ESA’s two Mars orbiters make use of a technique called ‘radio occultation’. Credit: European Space Agency What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency’s Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching…

Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels Moral injury remains prevalent among critical care nurses, with newer nurses at the highest risk of developing symptoms, according to new research published in the American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC). Moral resilience and…

Credit: Alina Matveycheva from Pexels New research from Flinders University has revealed why many people struggle to stick to their dieting goals, particularly when their emotions fluctuate throughout the day. The study, published in the journal Food Quality and Preference,…

Parents of athletic children can protect them from injury by encouraging them to try out a wide variety of sports, a new study says. Repetitive stress from focusing on one sport at a young age increases an athlete’s risk of…

Credit: Karolina Grabowska from Pexels A new study co-led by WEHI has found a simple blood test can help identify the early-stage testicular cancer patients who are most at-risk of cancer relapse. The CLIMATE study found a protein, which is…

Deficient uptake of DA into synaptic vesicles of human midbrain neurons results in DA oxidation and ?-synuclein pathology. Credit: Science Advances (2026). DOI: 10.1126 A new study shows how dysfunctional packaging of the neurotransmitter dopamine triggers toxic processes in neurons—and…

Distribution of DOOR categories in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia according to clinical risk groups: (a) low-risk uncomplicated and (b) high-risk complicated. Credit: The Lancet Regional Health – Europe (2026). DOI: 10.1016 A study led by researchers from the Infectious…