Team led by SMU civil and environmental engineer Khaled Abdelghany used a North Texas travel model to assess how driverless vehicles could affect traffic by 2045. Credit: SMU Driverless cars could ease commutes in Dallas-Fort Worth, a new study led…

Large-scale multi-omics profiling of high-risk genes associated with ASD. Credit: Nature (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10679-1 Hundreds of genes have been linked to autism, yet the precise molecular and cellular mechanisms behind it remain largely unclear. A new study published in Nature,…

Connectograms showing atypical fMRI network structure in hypoconnectivity (left) and hyperconnectivity (right) subtypes (upon regression of mean fMRI connectivity across 414 parcellation units). Credit: Nature Neuroscience (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-026-02287-z Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), commonly referred to as autism, is a…

Credit: Kindel Media from Pexels New research from the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) has found that most Australians living with dementia are unlikely to qualify for voluntary assisted dying (VAD) under current laws. Lead author Prof. Kerstin Braun explored…

New research has found that Australia’s world-leading efforts to keep teens off social media have had little impact so far. Australia’s social media ban for under-16s has had little impact on teenagers’ scrolling habits, researchers said Thursday in one of…

On a remote beach near Esperance, Western Australia, two sick seabirds have brought the bird flu crisis to Australia. Testing has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in a brown skua and a giant petrel. Both are species of…

Credit: Katie Rainbow ???? from Pexels The national survey of 2,100 bi+ people—which includes identities like bisexual, pansexual, queer and fluid—provides crucial information to inform better health policy and services. An Australian-first survey has found that bi+ Australians experience significantly…

MIT researchers have developed a new approach to ultrasound imaging that allows the user to visualize a 3D augmented-reality image of the object being scanned. Using a virtual-reality headset, they can see a precise 3D digital representation of what the…

Credit: Sora Shimazaki from Pexels New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) suggests attitudes, particularly those that excuse harmful behavior, may be a stronger predictor of willingness to create deepfake pornography than personality traits. The findings are published in the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People process lots of information about the environment while adapting as this information changes—without high energy use. Neuroscientists researching the brain’s efficiency in processing information in the environment are split: Some believe the brain saves energy…

Credit: Cnordic Nordic from Pexels Asthma is conventionally viewed as “treatable but incurable.” In other words, we can manage its symptoms but not reverse the underlying condition. But advances in science are challenging this view, and we think a cure…

Assistant Professor Jungwook “Jay” Paek uses organ-on-a-chip technology to research biological systems. Credit: Jonathan Cohen About 25 million people in the U.S.—roughly eight out of 100—are diagnosed with asthma. Allergens, air pollution, extreme weather conditions and other irritants can cause…

A new study from Meike van der Heijden’s lab at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC challenges assumptions about brain activity in movement disorders involving Purkinje cells in the cerebellum, shown here in green, and deep nuclei cells, located…

Multimodal receptor, conformally attached to the skin, captures the inherent thermal and mechanical properties of random objects. Inset: memristive nanowire network on a skin replica with a magnified view via scanning electron microscopy. Credit: Nature Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02373-w A…

Credit: Image generated by the editorial team using AI for illustrative purposes. For centuries, people have dreamed of undoing Babel. Sci-fi novelists envisioned universal translators, and linguists devised international languages, all in pursuit of a world where one person could…

Countries experiencing armed conflict tend to report more measles cases, and the elevated risk persists even a year after the fighting, according to new research published in PLOS Medicine. The study links armed conflict to measles in two ways: directly,…

Argentine scientists collect traps placed at different points across Ushuaia, Argentina, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, as part of an investigation for the source of the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship. Credit: AP Photo/Lujan Agusti Argentina on Friday…

Inflorescence meristem cell identities: (A) Force-directed graph layout of clusters associated with inner cell layers such as early primordia (EP), undifferentiated cells, procambium, xylem parenchyma and cortex. Clusters are represented by different colors. (B) Schematic illustration of selected cell identities…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research from Edith Cowan University has discovered an important link between genes and sleep habits, suggesting they work together to influence early brain and cognitive changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease long before symptoms appear. The…

A shopper looks over Apple MacBook laptops on display in a Costco warehouse on June 2, 2026, in Sheridan, Colo. Credit: AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File Apple on Thursday announced an increase in prices for Macs and iPads, citing a memory…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Building more apartments will not solve Australia’s housing affordability crisis unless policymakers address rising house prices and investor activity, new research shows. Australia’s housing affordability crisis is being driven less by a shortage of apartments than…

Credit: Marcus Aurelius from Pexels Women make up half the world’s population yet are the focus of relatively little research, leading to deficits in their mental health care. A Perspective shares key takeaways from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,…

Regional overlap between dimensional associations between conduct problems and brain structure (current study) and case-control differences in conduct disorder. Credit: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2026). DOI: 10.1016 Conduct problems—including persistent rule-breaking, aggression, irritability and…

Credit: Molecular Therapy Oncology (2026). DOI: 10.1016 A new study from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences demonstrates a novel approach in anticancer vaccine development. The results, published in Molecular Therapy Oncology, present the first preclinical evidence showing the…

Credit: Biomolecules (2025). DOI: 10.3390/biom15111602 In 2025, the European Medicines Agency approved two antibodies for Alzheimer’s disease: lecanemab (LeqembiTM, from Biogen) and donanemab (Kisunla, from Eli Lilly and Co.), both based on immunotherapy (the use of molecules from the immune…

Model of PCDH7 mAb7–mediated tumor inhibition. Credit: Science Advances (2026). DOI: 10.1126 An experimental antibody treatment that binds to a protein known as PCDH7 shrank tumors in preclinical models of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including those resistant to a…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When bacteria are under antibiotic attack, it is not “every man for himself.” Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and colleagues from collaborating institutions have discovered that bacterial populations work as a team to survive antibiotics.…

Immunofluorescence analysis shows dopaminergic neurons (in red) preserved after treatment with the Ac2-26 peptide. Credit: Luiz Philipe de Souza Ferreira et al./Neuropharmacology Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered a new strategy that may…

New research sheds light on why red meat may worsen inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)—and how other protein sources could help protect the gut. IBD cases have risen in the U.S. and worldwide in recent decades, alongside increased consumption of animal…

Long-tailed macaques take part in the cooperation experiment. The monkeys could obtain a food reward only by pulling the ropes together at the same time. Credit: Utrecht University / L.M. van den Berg When biologists study cooperation in animals, they…

Credit: Anna Shvets from Pexels A new study suggests anesthesiologists may be able to safely increase the likelihood that patients dream during surgery—and that those dreams are typically positive, calming and associated with a better overall surgical experience. In the…

Dalton Hardisty, MSU associate professor, studies computer model data, while Janet Burke, MSU fixed-term assistant professor, prepares samples. Credit: Paul Henderson The eastern tropical Pacific Ocean is known for its large low-oxygen zones that are increasing in size, putting marine…

Tomb 36, one of the richest graves at Tamir. Credit: Nicolas Sénégas On the edge of the Mongolian steppe, overlooking where two rivers meet, lies an ancient cemetery. Buried within are two families, traced through ancient DNA across six generations,…

Tractography of the participant brain and its digital twin. Credit: Lorenzo Gaetano Amato and Michelangelo Fabbrizzi, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org) For decades, researchers have been trying to understand the biological roots of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a common neurodevelopmental condition that…

Colorectal cancer is generally considered a disease of older adults. However, a new analysis of German cancer registries shows that the number of new colorectal cancer cases among younger adults has risen slightly over the past two decades. Those most…

Probiotic supplements found in drugstores nationwide contain an assortment of microbes sold for specific health purposes despite limited understanding of the microbes’ connections to their marketed use, new University of Virginia School of Medicine research reveals. But the scientists have…

Amyloid precursor protein (APP) co-localizes with nuclear-derived material, including histones and DNA fragments, near lysosome-associated molecules under nuclear damage conditions and promotes the extracellular release of this material via lysosomal exocytosis. Reduced APP function or familial Alzheimer’s disease-associated APP mutations…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Host & Microbe (2026). DOI: 10.1016 Most pandemics start when a pathogen spreads from animals to humans. It’s a leading explanation for the COVID-19 pandemic: The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is a cousin of coronaviruses…

Fewer than half of Americans understand that booze is a cancer-causing substance along the lines of known carcinogens like tobacco, asbestos and formaldehyde, a new study says. Alcohol has been listed as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency…

An increasing number of Americans are getting—and surviving—cancer. There were more than 18 million cancer survivors in the U.S. in 2025, and the National Cancer Institute estimates that number will grow to 22 million by 2035. But long after completing…