From left to right, Team TacTile includes Tomi Kuye, Brian Mercado, Amelia Pillar, Mina Schepmann, Avery Janenda and Hannah Wixom. Credit: Alex Becker/Rice University A team of Rice University mechanical and electrical engineering students has developed an interactive, modular rehabilitation…

Credit: Los Muertos Crew from Pexels If you’ve ever taken your child to a maternal, child and family health nurse for a growth check, you might have felt a mix of curiosity and anxiety. As health professionals, we’re often asked:…

Graphical abstract. Credit: iScience (2026). DOI: 10.1016 Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have revealed key parts of the biochemical pathways connecting stress to sexual dysfunction. By studying Drosophila fruit flies, they showed that the neurotransmitter dopamine was responsible for determining…

People are often told not to go to the supermarket on an empty stomach. Findings from a new University of Otago—?t?kou Whakaihu Waka study potentially explain this theory, revealing that the way we think about food changes if we are…

More and more teenagers are using cosmetics intended for adults that contain active ingredients — yet overdoing skin care at this age can even make things worse. In adolescence, a poorly chosen skin care routine can lead to dry skin,…

Recent technological advances and the introduction of new digital media platforms have dramatically changed how people learn and source information about topics that interest them. Some recent studies have found that while browsing online or scrolling down social media platforms,…

A simple change in meal timing may help improve outcomes for women with the most common and aggressive form of ovarian cancer, a new study suggests. The findings were presented at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.…

Credit: Auburn University at Montgomery Graduate students working in the Auburn University Biomechanical Engineering Lab recently decided to analyze—even if only vicariously—a masterpiece of anatomical misdirection engineered by the most valuable leg in the world. “With the upcoming friendly match…

A smartphone app can help individuals with advanced cancer deal with symptoms and maintain their quality of life, according to new research. The SUPPORT+ app asks them each week to complete a short questionnaire about their physical and emotional symptoms,…

Researchers at Trinity have found that a largely overlooked form of cancer evolution, which drives aggressive disease and poor patient outcomes, is far more widespread than previously thought. Comparing chromosome patterns in these tumors, the team also developed a new…

NHS Galleri study nurse with participant. Credit: University of Exeter A large-scale trial looking into the use of a blood test to see if it can help the NHS detect cancer early has reported a substantial reduction in the most…

Design of IgG-BMC@MPNs for cytosolic entry and proteasome targeting. Credit: Nature Communications (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72967-8 Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a novel synthetic biomolecular condensate that can degrade intracellular disease-causing proteins, providing a framework for new therapeutic approaches for a…

Sweden’s public health agency on Monday called on parents to put their phones away when spending time with their children. The Public Health Agency of Sweden said the new recommendations follow research into the impact of screen use. Since 2024,…

A large, nationally representative survey of U.S. adults finds that support for, and willingness to engage in, political violence remained largely stable from mid-2024 to mid-2025, despite a highly contentious national election and ongoing political polarization, according to a study…

Thermal resistivity (heat resistance) describes how much a material resists heat conductivity. Soil materials like sand, crushed stone and other masses around power cables have great importance for the cable’s current-carrying capacity. Credit: Kristian Solheim Thinn, SINTEF Implementing effective monitoring…

Sunshine, heat, cold and rain all play a role in how active preschool children are during the day, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Environmental Research, in which researchers linked children’s activity patterns to…

Substantial variations in referrals for advanced heart failure therapies are apparent across the UK and Ireland, with no obvious link to geographical location or social deprivation to explain the findings, reveals the first national audit of its kind, published in…

Playing a card game can support empathy development in college classrooms, according to a new study led by researchers in Penn State University Libraries’ Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT). The study, “Mediating Students’ Empathy Development Through Play,” was published…

A doctoral dissertation by Mikko Suorsa, to be defended at the University of Vaasa, Finland, reveals that the energy retail sector is an essential yet vulnerable part of the energy industry’s value chain and of critical infrastructure. Having received comparatively…

Physical laws governing multicellular self-organization: cavitation, folding and branching as drivers of nutrient and oxygen optimization. Credit: Nature Biotechnology (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41587-026-03161-w How did life make the leap from single cells to coordinated, multicellular organisms? And how do genetically identical…

Credit: National Institutes of Health Stem cell transplantation is the most cost-effective option for long-term care of sickle cell disease in adults when compared with gene therapy and standard of care treatment, according to new research published in Blood .…

Three-quarters of S&P 500 companies now tie a portion of their CEO’s pay to environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics. They typically include carbon emissions, workforce diversity and worker safety, among others. The justification is straightforward: if shareholders want corporations…

This 3D illustration of the new artificial leaf highlights the device’s photoelectrode, which is based on silicon micro-pillars and a cobalt phthalocyanine-carbon nanotube catalyst for converting carbon dioxide to methanol. Credit: Yuanzuo Gao A Yale-led research team has developed the…

Representative orb webs illustrating web architecture and debris decoration. Credit: Biodiversity Data Journal (2026). DOI: 10.3897 A new study published in the open-access Biodiversity Data Journal suggests that spider webs—particularly those incorporating environmental debris—can serve as natural, non-destructive collectors of…

CT and fused SPECT-CT images L to R of representative healthy control, pulmonary fibrosis participant & hypersensitivity pneumonitis participant. Credit: SNMMI A new SPECT/CT imaging approach can accurately differentiate inflammation from fibrosis in interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients, according to…

In the ASD mouse model, the axon initial segment (AIS) was shortened, leading to reduced neuronal activity. Chemogenetic activation of the neural circuit normalized the length of the axon initial segment, restoring proper neuronal excitability (acting like a restored biological…

In 2010, the New York City-based restaurant Serendipity 3 revealed its $69 hot dog, winning the Guinness World Record for the world’s most expensive hot dog. Served on a toasted pretzel roll with truffle butter and covered in foie gras,…

New technology can passively track heart rate through facial videos captured during normal smartphone use. Credit: freestocks.org for pexels. Wearable devices like smartwatches and fitness trackers have revolutionized the way we monitor our health. Worn around the clock, these devices…

Each year, Canada generates roughly $58 billion in avoidable food waste, much of which is from spoilage that goes undetected until it is already too late. With food prices rising by as much as 27% over the last five years…

A team of researchers led by Luigi Naldini at the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget) has developed a new strategy to significantly improve the precision and safety of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in human blood stem cells, potentially…

Scientists may be one step closer to staging Alzheimer’s disease with a simple blood test. The test could offer a cheaper, less invasive alternative to brain scans and spinal taps now used to diagnose and determine the extent of disease.…

Employment—a major marker and measure of quality of life—declined among Black Californians between 2024 and 2025, according to new research from the Black Policy Project, a research initiative of the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. In…

The sensors look like bandaids, are paper thin and allow stroke patients to recover their motor skills through play. Credit: University of Houston New paper-thin piezoelectric patch sensors designed for at-home stroke rehabilitation may soon revolutionize post-stroke care by offering…

Senescence induces remodeling of membrane lipids and resistance to ferroptosis. Credit: Cell Death & Differentiation (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41418-026-01766-x In response to stress or damage, cells undergo senescence and stop dividing. However, if senescent cells accumulate in tissues over the long…

Credit: Haberdoedas Photography from Pexels New findings from the landmark FLOW trial, presented at the 63rd ERA Congress, show that once-weekly semaglutide significantly improved health-related quality of life in adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, equivalent to…

Credit: Landiva Weber from Pexels Scientists from six Asian countries have launched an ambitious 10-year effort to build synthetic cells from non-living molecules, marking the region’s first coordinated push to create an artificial single-celled biological system. The roadmap, published on…

This colorized electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 2024 shows Mpox virus particles, orange, found within infected cells, green. Credit: NIAID via AP, File Two scientists at a U.S. government lab were…

Climate change is making southern Africa hotter. While much attention has focused on climate impacts such as droughts, floods and food insecurity, another crisis is unfolding quietly inside classrooms. Research has shown that some schools are becoming dangerously hot places…

In the system created by Forbes, the virus enters the cell from the virus-delivering Salmonella (VDS; 1). It then behaves as any normal virus would, implanting its own DNA into the nucleus of a cell, which holds the master plans…

Credit: University of Manchester Virtual wards, also known as hospital at home, are increasingly being used across the NHS to support people who would otherwise need hospital care to receive treatment and monitoring at home. A new study led by…