In recent decades, management consulting firms have become a fixture in the American health care system, wielding outsized influence compared to most other economic sectors. Hospitals navigating challenging financial and regulatory landscapes may call on these specialists for advice on…

Study protocol and electric field modeling. (A) Study visits and assessment timeline for each participant. (B) Schematic whole-brain unmasked temporal interference (TIs) envelope electric field map generated using a standard head model in standard space (MNI 152), shown in sagittal,…

Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels Hospital care teams make decisions that can have life-or-death consequences, and they do it as quickly as possible with information that’s often incomplete. While spending several months in a neonatal intensive care unit, Abhijith…

Electron microscope images of non-axenic cultures of two cyanobacteria (Coleofasciculus, Chlorogloea). The various associated bacteria are highlighted in color. Credit: Manfred Rohde (HZI) modifiziert/DSMZ Researchers at the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures have conducted high-resolution investigations…

When a baby is born, hospital staff move quickly through a standard checklist of newborn care: taking measurements, administering antibiotic eye ointment to prevent eye infections, and giving a small injection of vitamin K. For many parents, it barely registers…

Credit: Magoi from Pexels Even in the primary visual cortex, a brain region named for its specialized role in processing basic features of what the eyes see, not every neuron ends up answering the call to process properties of visual…

In a condition known as “IgLON5 encephalitis,” the immune system mistakenly attacks cells in the brain. This leads to brain inflammation and neuronal damage, which can manifest as sleep disturbances, cognitive impairment, and movement disorders. Researchers at DZNE and Charité—Universitätsmedizin…

Cocultures of TrkAWT sympathetic neurons and cardiomyocytes in microfluidic chambers. Representative image of axons innervating cardiomyocytes in the distal axon compartment of microfluidic chambers. Presynaptic sites identified by colocalization of synaptotagmin-1/2 (green) and Tyrosine Hydroxylase (red) in axons at sites…

Vertical 1T1R array architecture. Credit: Nature Electronics (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41928-026-01626-z Artificial intelligence systems, such as large language models (LLMs) and convolutional neural networks (CNNs), can analyze large amounts of data and rapidly generate desired content or identify meaningful patterns. However,…

Transduced nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that produce hIL-6, the synthetic protein which in turn promotes the growth of fibres. Credit: Dietmar Fischer, Universität zu Köln Spinal cord injuries typically result in permanent paralysis and loss of sensation, posing…

As “Michael,” a major biographical film on Michael Jackson, hits cinemas more than a decade and a half after the singer’s death, a new study shows that dead artists’ brands remain powerful long after they are gone. It’s a phenomenon…

A new scoping review from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign examined studies for evidence of the equigenic effect of greenspace on children’s psychological well-being. Most studies indicated kids living with disadvantage benefitted more from natural environments than their advantaged counterparts.…

Credit: Recetas-project Nature-based group activities can reduce loneliness, improve sleep and cognition, and increase a sense of connection to nature in older adults living in care homes. Focusing on nature, including outdoor excursions and contacts with the natural world, the…

A day after Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina in late September 2024, Toni Brewer had no power or water. The storm had strewn fallen trees across most roads, wiped out phone and internet communications, and put some neighborhoods…

Hundreds of thousands of people diagnosed with cancer are still alive today but were never genetically tested, either because testing was not available or was not routinely offered at the time of their diagnosis. These patients are just as likely…

The nasal spray is created using the ‘Nano-in-Micron’ technology platform. The micron-sized powder is inhaled and travels along the nose-to-brain pathway, bypassing the blood-brain barrier to deliver the drug directly to the brain. Credit: The University of Hong Kong A…

A record-breaking radio burst from the sun in August 2025 was found to have originated from a feature in the sun’s atmosphere called a helmet streamer. This image taken during the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse shows the classic…

Map of various glycan structures on a human blood vessel cell. Credit: Dijo Moonnukandathil Joseph, Nazlican Yurekli, Leonhard Möckl Every human cell is surrounded by a sugar coating known as the glycocalyx. It not only interacts with its environment but…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Circulation Research (2026). DOI: 10.1161 Researchers at UCLA Health have identified a key gene that may help explain why women are more likely than men to develop a certain type of artery plaque linked to heart disease.…

Potential roles of neurotransmitter-activated G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in myelination. Credit: Trends in Molecular Medicine (2026). DOI: 10.1016 A study by Professor Carlos Matute of the EHU reinforces a paradigm shift in neuroscience: Myelin goes from being a structural element…

Credit: American Heart Association Muscle loss, a weaker grip and a slower walking pace were associated with a higher risk of stroke in adults, according to new research published today in Stroke. In the study, people with low muscle strength…

General view of the specimen, showing contact areas with the loading frame and the region of interest (ROI) selected for EDS and EBSD analysis, along with a large-area phase map, Euler orientation map, inverse pole figure (IPF) map, and kernel…

Man-made “forever chemicals” have been detected in 98.8% of blood tests, in a new study which examined more than 10,500 samples. The findings are the latest indication to suggest that nearly every single person in the US is living with…

For adults aged 50 years or older, an investigational messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccine (mRNA-1010) is superior to standard-dose licensed vaccines for preventing influenza-like illness, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Isabel Leroux?Roels, M.D., from…

Whole-brain images from a healthy volunteer encompassing 21 biomarkers, taken in a single MRx scan. The information provides a comprehensive spectrum of information on tissue metabolism, neurotransmission, physiological function and structural characteristics. These biomarkers offer potential for better early detection…

A Kaiser Permanente study of nearly 8,000 men shows that in mid- to late 2024, mpox was far more common than previously thought among men who had sex with men. Individuals without symptoms accounted for most infections and likely played…

Characterization of NCSC-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs). Credit: Stem Cell Reviews and Reports (2026). DOI: 10.1007/s12015-026-11133-5 Stem cells found in the lining of the mouth could help make the most aggressive form of brain cancer easier to treat, according to…

Compared to the control, LVFX and CFDC administered groups showed decreased lung damage. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan University Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia) is a multidrug-resistant bacterium that can cause severe and life-threatening hemorrhagic pneumonia in individuals with weakened immune systems. Despite…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2026). DOI: 10.1016 Shortness of breath, coughing, and respiratory infections. Childhood asthma, also known as asthmatic bronchitis, is one of the most common chronic diseases in children worldwide. But why does the disease develop?…

Mothers from households which don’t have enough food are going to great lengths to ensure their infants are fed well, often at the expense of their own well-being, a University of Otago – ?t?kou Whakaihu Waka-led study has shown. Lead…

Fetuses yawned more often when their mothers yawned, but not during control conditions. Credit: Current Biology (2026). DOI: 10.1016 Yawning is incredibly contagious, and more often than not, seeing someone yawn right in front of us makes us instinctively do…

sm-PORE-cupine helps scientists study how individual RNA molecules fold across different transcriptomes (biological samples). Credit: A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) Researchers from A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a new method to study individual RNA…

Credit: Cell Reports (2026). DOI: 10.1016 Mayo Clinic researchers have identified an immune-regulating molecule that may help explain why some patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, do not respond to commonly used therapies. The…

Working model depicting the inferred functional interaction between TMPRSS2-ERG and the hormone-activated glucocorticoid receptor in prostate cancer. Credit: EMBO Molecular Medicine (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s44321-026-00423-7 Most prostate cancers rely on male sex hormones, known as androgens, to grow. As a result,…

Credit: CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith The European Union’s health agency ECDC said Wednesday there was nothing to suggest that the Andes strain of hantavirus had mutated following a deadly outbreak of the illness on a cruise ship. The deaths of three passengers…

A Penn State-led research team tested different ways of sharing decision-making power, seeking a fairer, democratic method to give more people an equal opportunity to shape how AI behaves.  Credit: Juan D. Villa Romero. All Rights Reserved. Artificial intelligence (AI)…

One in 10 times that a person with dementia goes missing results in serious harm, finds a new UCL-led analysis of police data on missing people incidents involving older adults in the UK. The researchers say this figure may still…

Schematic of the ILM platform, in which a tough hydrogel scaffold encapsulates therapeutic bacteria. Credit: Science (2026). DOI: 10.1126 Researchers have long known that bacteria could potentially be used to deliver therapeutic drugs inside the human body. However, safely and…

Credit: Cell Biomaterials (2026). DOI: 10.1016 Researchers at McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC) have developed a novel device to transplant insulin-producing cells that integrates directly with existing blood vessels in the body.…

Colgate University football player Zachary Pelland rushes the passer in a fall 2023 Patriot League game. Zack is co-first author of this paper investigating links between non-concussive head impacts in American football players and changes in the gut microbiome. Credit:…