In the operant wheel running task, intra-mNAc administration of a D1 receptor antagonist reduced reward seeking and reward consumption (bottom left). Intra-mNAc administration of a D2 receptor antagonist reduced reward seeking (bottom right). Credit: Adapted from Nishitani et al. (2025),…

Many people worry that responding too quickly to a prospective employer could make them seem too available or even desperate. New research published in Management Science suggests they may be worrying about the wrong thing. Analyzing 11.6 million marketplace interactions…

A schematic of the team’s nanoribbon transistors. Credit: Peña et al. Transistors, small semiconductor-based switches that control the flow of electricity, are central components of all electronic devices, from computers to smartphones, wearables, sensors and smart appliances. Over the past…

An American football field. A new study links documented NFL concussions to higher odds of a later arrest. Credit: rawpixel Football is a lab for studying the many dimensions of head injury. From defensive backs running at the pace of…

The completion of DNA replication, when two replication machines meet and fuse, can itself destabilise the bacterial genome. Cells rely on proteins such as RecG helicase, 3′ exonucleases and Tus to contain the damage and preserve a stable genome. Credit:…

Representation of the structure of the pre-initiation complex, the critical missing step in DNA replication. Credit: Macromolecular Machines Laboratory Cells have evolved careful checks to ensure DNA is copied only once, but how they switch on replication at the right…

Professor Alexander Hoischen using long read genome sequencing. Credit: Radboudumc A new test provides a much more complete picture of DNA than current standard diagnostics and leads to a diagnosis more often. The test can replace 15 other tests, making…

STAG2 suppresses long-range VH-to-DJH recombination in WAPL-proficient v-Abl pro-B cells. Credit: Nature Communications (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-74012-0 How does your body produce millions of antibodies from one genome? New research reveals how two closely related proteins help immune cells fold DNA,…

DNA testing kits are often gifted for Father’s Day, Christmas and special occasions. The idea of learning more about yourself and unearthing some long-forgotten family history is certainly appealing to many, but a psychologist has warned that these presents can…

The top three transverse heart sections are from control mice, and the bottom three are from mice lacking acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) 1 and 2 in heart muscle cells. Compared with control hearts, ACC-deficient hearts show marked dilation of the left…

Credit: Negative Space from Pexels Instead of going to stores to compare products, Americans have increasingly turned to watching online video reviews. As far back as a decade ago, 55% of Americans reported they’d watched online reviews of products, according…

A new report in the American Journal of Human Genetics describes a novel disorder caused by biallelic loss-of-function variants in the TMEM63B gene, which results in severe lung disease. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and collaborating…

Cambridge researchers have shown that severe pneumonia has three different subtypes, helping explain why some patients in intensive care units (ICUs) recover from their illness faster than others, while for other patients the disease can be life-threatening. Their findings could…

Representative atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of HSF1, TOP2B, and TOP2A bound to negatively supercoiled pUC19 plasmid DNA in the presence or absence of ATP. Credit: Molecular Cell (2026). DOI: 10.1016 A new study conducted by scientists at the University…

Blue represents nuclei and pink represents dead or dying cells. Bottom right: Cells are overexpressing the BIRC3 variant which is seen in green. Credit: The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto…

Mother and child looking at an oil rig. Credit: Sandro Vox, Pexels, CC0 () Children’s mental health may be indirectly harmed by their mothers’ experience of a major disaster, through the financial and social losses the disaster causes, according to…

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are a form of cancer immunotherapy successfully used to treat a wide range of cancers. However, these treatments can cause side effects including immune-related colitis, or inflammation of the bowel, which affects up to 50% of patients.…

A Hiroshima University-led study conducted with Rakuten Securities finds that practical digital skills, positive financial attitudes and self-protection are more consistently associated with lower old-age anxiety than traditional financial knowledge alone. Financial education around the world has emphasized basic financial…

At least 12% of Americans now communicate with their health care providers about appointments, test results and ongoing treatments via secure online patient portals and health apps, a new study shows. Meanwhile, traditional in-person visits to the doctor’s office have…

Credit: Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels Difficulty conceiving a pregnancy may be associated with small differences in children’s learning and behavior, according to a new study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, titled “Associations of subfecundity and infertility treatment with…

Credit: Liza Summer/Pexels We have thousands of spontaneous thoughts a day. Most of them are mundane, such as “Where did I leave my car keys?” But every now and then, a strange and distressing thought might pop into our mind,…

Proposed model for the hepatic effects of XOS under the condition of microbial imbalance and early hepatic steatosis. Credit: npj Gut and Liver (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s44355-026-00066-y A new study is the first to investigate the effects of prebiotic xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS)…

The image shows staining of glioma cells from mice in a methionine-restricted diet which helped researchers notice that the DNA inside the tumors appears partially unraveled rather than the usual compact organization. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…

Yo-yo dieters who struggle to lose weight and keep it off may achieve better results by following an intermittent fasting diet, rather than traditional calorie counting. An Adelaide University study focusing on the psychological aspects of both intermittent fasting and…

Maternal trans-vaccenic acid (TVA) in breast milk programs neonatal T cell development and immune imprinting. TVA, transferred through breastfeeding, expands neonatal naïve CD4+ T cells and reprograms immunity from a Th2-biased state toward Th1 through a GPR43-cAMP-PKA-CTCF/TBX21 pathway. This remodeling…

The incidence of type 1 diabetes among teens in Puerto Rico more than doubled from 2009 to 2021 and remained elevated through 2024, with an average annual increase of 4.1%, according to a study presented at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine…

People with an organ transplant who develop or have existing diabetes are more likely to die than those without diabetes, according to a comprehensive analysis of solid-organ transplant recipients presented at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago.…

Credit: Nutrisense Inc from Pexels Many patients with type 2 diabetes wonder how their blood sugar levels can be high when they have not eaten anything. The answer to this counterintuitive phenomenon lies in what is known as insulin resistance.…

Tissue Distribution of the GLP-1 Receptor (GLP-1R) [11,24,25,26,27]. Abbreviations: GLP-1—Glucagon-like peptide-1; GLP-1R—GLP-1 receptor; CNS—central nervous system. Credit: Pharmaceutics (2026). DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics18050605 GLP-1 receptor agonists are currently among the most widely discussed classes of drugs worldwide. They have gained popularity for…

Diabetes is associated with complications in multiple organs, including the oral cavity. As a group, people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are at higher risk for oral diseases. According to a new thesis by dentist Anna Trullenque Eriksson…

Rare genetic variants known to cause cardiomyopathy, an inherited cause of a weak heart, can increase the risk of patients developing heart failure. However, new research from Mass General Brigham Heart and Vascular Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT…

This tiny, wireless device could transform treatment for chronic pain and movement disorders by removing the need for surgery, batteries, or wires. Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, have developed…

Does a depressive mood inevitably lead to more pessimistic thinking or overanalyzing? A global meta-analysis, the largest of its kind to examine the relationship between a depressive mood and reality judgment, co-conducted by the Department of Psychology at Lingnan University,…

Children in the study looked at faces conveying different emotions onscreen, and eye-tracking technology recorded where their attention veered. Credit: NimStim Set of Facial Expressions (Tottenham et al., 2009). A smile. A frown. The faces a child pays closer attention…

A recent study has found that factors such as a person’s birth weight, sex, ethnicity and father’s age may affect their risk of being diagnosed with colorectal cancer at a young age. The findings are published in Cancer. In the…

On a busy hospital ward, a nurse says “wonderful, wonderful” as a patient with dementia completes a task. It sounds simple, but moments like this can play an important role in how care gets done. Building on my doctoral research,…

Credit: Caleb Oquendo from Pexels As a certified music therapist, I have observed firsthand the many ways music can bring meaning and beauty into people’s lives, even under very difficult circumstances. Much of my clinical work and research has occurred…

Total cost of dementia by cost category. Credit: USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics A new USC-led study finds Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias will cost the United States an estimated $818 billion this year, driven largely by…

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Higher awareness of the benefits of menopause hormone therapy (MHT) has led to rising demand for treatment—so much so that manufacturers can’t keep up and New Zealand’s drug-funding agency Pharmac had to temporarily ration supplies.…

Vitamin D oral supplementation versus inhaled delivery. Credit: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation (2026). DOI: 10.15326 People with chronic lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and cystic fibrosis tend to have low vitamin…