Day June 20, 2026

Schematic illustration of the delivery routes and cartilage-protective mechanisms of LCM in osteoarthritis. Credit: Bioactive Materials (2026). DOI: 10.1016 For millions of people living with osteoarthritis, daily life can involve a frustrating cycle of pain and stiffness. While current treatments…

A truce of sorts has quelled the return-to-office wars that have raged in the post-pandemic workplace. Hybrid work policies, which require some in-office work while allowing flexibility to work from home, have become commonplace. In 2023, only 20% of companies…

Illustration of how SMUG1 and APE1 bind to our DNA. Credit: Julian Ludäscher/Stockholm University Researchers have captured the first atomic structures of human SMUG1, an enzyme that helps cells repair damaged DNA. The findings provide new insight into how cells…

Amirmohammad Behzadi, a researcher at KTH, says a new method for controlling heat systems increased comfort by as much as 90%, while cutting heating costs by 8.5%, in this building in Uppsala, Sweden. Credit: Sasan Sadrizadeh In many cases, heating…

Credit: Bryce Carithers from Pexels Hormone therapy use among women in the U.S. remains low, even though it’s an effective treatment for many menopause symptoms, according to a new Mayo Clinic study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Menopause affects more…

Honey has been used by humans as a natural sweetener and energy source to sustain work and physical performance for thousands of years. Recently, it has re-emerged as a natural option for fueling exercise, with some social media users claiming…

The first shipment of Lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable that prevents HIV with two shots a year, arrived in South Africa from the United States in early April 2026. Clinical trials showed close to 100% efficacy. The rollout, expected to begin…

Treatment plans lowering blood pressure (BP), containing an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) had the lowest rates of treatment discontinuation due to side effects. Credit: Thirdman for pexels The Global Hypertension Report by the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that 1.4…

Three in five nursing staff and students who responded to a 2021 survey by Nursing Times and Unison said they had experienced sexual harassment at work. For many, it had come to be treated as part of the job. More…

Scientists at Université de Montréal’s Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) have identified a dynamic structure that forms a network on the surface of epithelial cells. Led by Gregory Emery, director of IRIC’s vesicular trafficking and cell signaling…

Smartphone-based heart rhythm monitoring from home can reduce same-day cancellations and help save significant health care resources ahead of planned electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation. This is shown in a new study published in JAMA Cardiology by researchers…

RBM20 protein in heart muscle cells shown in light blue. Credit: Michael Radke, Max Delbrück Center The human heart must constantly adapt to changing demands—a task that requires tightly coordinated molecular shuffling in heart cells. One of the key regulators…

Breaking up is hard. Are there certain behaviors or communication techniques that could result in ex-partners feeling better post-break? Researchers from the University of Ottawa’s Relationships and Couple Health (REACH) Lab have explored this topic and have found that when…

Self-restriction reduces reward-seeking for plain water without impacting discrimination learning. Credit: Nature Communications (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71048-0 From responding to the ping of your phone notification to reaching for a snack at the end of the day, many everyday behaviors begin…

Losing weight is hard. Keeping it off is often even harder. Research has shown that most people who intentionally lose weight regain at least some of it within a few years. This is often attributed to lack of “willpower”, but…

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a new manufacturing platform for producing targeted mixtures of beneficial gut bacteria, an approach that could help expand access to microbiome-based therapies for patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile…

Based on the survey results, the research team divided parenting styles into four distinct categories: “Supportive Profile,” “Moderate Mixed Parenting Profile,” “Controlling Profile,” and “High Mixed Parenting Profile.” Credit: Lingnan University To understand how parenting styles influence adolescent mental health,…

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) has published new practice guidance for the use of prostatic artery embolization (PAE) to treat enlarged prostate (also called benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH). The guidance appears in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional…

Lower: illustration of the elementary process. Time flows upward. Black lines depict the time slices, blue lines show the world lines of the observers, and red lines show the propagating light rays. Dashed and solid lines, respectively, correspond to the…

You’ve probably heard of Ozempic or Wegovy. These are the injectable drugs that have become household names for weight loss and diabetes. Now, researchers are investigating whether these medications known as GLP-1 agonists or GLP-1 drugs could treat everything from…

A retrospective analysis of more than 110,000 women between the ages of 45 and 80 found that those who took GLP-1 medications were about 30% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who did not take GLP-1 medications, according…

GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs, used for the treatment of diabetes—and more recently, weight loss—are associated with a significantly lower long-term risk of knee replacement surgery as a result of osteoarthritis, finds an analysis of medical records data, published in the…

Mangroves are thriving in Ouvéa, a breathtaking crescent-shaped atoll in New Caledonia’s Loyalty Islands in the South Pacific. A new study from Tulane University finds that mangrove forests worldwide are no longer in net decline and are now growing overall.…

Credit: Tom Fisk from Pexels Globally, about 1 in 5 people in jobs live in poverty. A key reason lies in how global supply chains are organized. From agriculture to tourism, many jobs are embedded in systems that keep wages…

FDA-approved carbon copies of brand-name drugs with expired patents—over the last 30 years, these generic drugs have saved trillions of dollars for hundreds of millions of people. But newer biologic medicines, including blockbuster treatments for diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune disease,…

Study overview. Credit: Nature Communications (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73509-y New evidence has emerged showing that diabetes developed during pregnancy is likely an early manifestation of type 2 diabetes, triggered by the stresses pregnancy places on the body. In the largest study…

A close-up structural model of a common rifampicin-resistance mutation discovered to create vulnerabilities that could be targeted by future combination therapies. Credit: Liz Campbell Decades of reliance on the antibiotic rifampicin have fueled the rise of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb).…

When looking at genetic variants in a person’s DNA that predispose them to disease, a new study has found having a higher number of genetic variants for increased pulse pressure is associated with a small, increased risk of dementia as…

The killifish is an emerging model for investigating the genetic architecture of aging and age-related pathologies, which often exhibit sex-specific patterns between females (left) and males (right). Credit: Itamar Harel A new study identifies vgll3 as a key gene that…

Canadian scientists have made a significant advance in understanding the mechanisms that enable embryos to properly form their limbs, thanks to new research led by Université de Montréal medical professor Marie Kmita at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM). In…

The DNA changes responsible for a rare genetic condition causing babies to be born without a pancreas can now be identified in almost all affected children through genetic testing. That’s according to a new study from the University of Exeter,…

A 68Ga-RCC78 PET scan of a patient four years post-radical right nephrectomy. During follow-up, new nodules were detected in the left adrenal gland and kidney. This CAIX-targeted scan clearly visualized metastatic lesions in the mediastinum, pancreas, adrenal gland, and kidney…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2026). DOI: 10.1021 The ability to develop extremely thin semiconductors is key to advancing the fields of electronics and computing. But so far, there’s been a trade-off between the quality of…

Myogenic differentiation on scaffold. Cells were differentiated for 21 days and stained for the cellulose scaffold (white), nucleic acid (blue) and the myogenic protein titin (green). Credit: Yael Gilad A team of Israeli scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem…

Journalist Charlotte Cowles received a call about suspicious activity on her Amazon account. A dentist named Daniel answered a call from a number listed as the local police. Mr. Lee, a retired engineer, was told he had to marry his…

A perspective in Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence titled “Evidence-based AI: from trailblazer to trustblazer?” introduces a formal discipline called Evidence-based AI that applies the rigorous standards of medicine and toxicology to agentic software systems. The paper was led by Insilica…

The shadow cast by the letter “C” forms the brim of a hat worn by the woman in this line drawing produced by ShadowDraw, an AI framework developed by researchers at Cornell Tech and Cornell Bowers. Credit: Rundong Luo Some…

There is no shortcut to improving technical skills in football. Natural talent is not enough to be among the very best. Without good technical skills, neither you nor your team will perform their best in football. But how do you…

Credit: Louis Hansel/Pexels Got some brown bananas on the counter, or soggy salad in the fridge? If so, you’re not alone. Research shows on average, Australian households waste about 30% of the food we buy—or 2.5 million tons each year.…

Credit: Erik Mclean from Pexels In today’s attention economy, social media platforms, entertainment apps and news feeds all compete for our focus. Millions of people have turned to focus apps in response to help them be more productive while studying…