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Osaka Metropolitan University researchers used continuous methane and ethane monitoring from a tower and a bicycle to show urban emissions from small sources - restaurants, homes, and sewage - are substantially underestimated by government inventories.
Read the releaseA study of 1,036 women's pandemic-era postpartum care experiences found broadly positive views of virtual appointments for routine care, but persistent concern about the adequacy of telephone and video consultations when infants showed signs of illness.
Read the releaseAn editorial in Carbon Research warns that urban fountains using reclaimed water can aerosolize Legionella, E. coli, and toxic chemicals like perfluoroalkyl acids at concentrations far higher in air than in the source water, with no unified global safety standards in place.
Read the releaseResearchers propose applying biochar to rewetted peatlands, where anaerobic waterlogged conditions could dramatically slow biochar decomposition and allow the use of lower-temperature, higher-yield production methods that current carbon programs disfavor.
Read the releaseWashington University School of Medicine received an $80 million NIH renewal grant for the Long Life Family Study, which has tracked 5,000 people from 530 families with exceptional longevity since 2006 and is now analyzing whole genomes for protective variants against age-related disease.
Read the releaseA Warwick mathematical model shows that even extremely low levels of altruism - valuing others' lives at just 1/100,000 of one's own - are sufficient to make self-isolation a rational choice during infection, and that when many people behave this way, epidemics can be prevented.
Read the releaseA computational study of 3,000+ signs on 260 Stone Age objects found that Palaeolithic carvings dating to 34,000-45,000 years ago carry the same information density as proto-cuneiform writing from 3,000 BCE - suggesting the cognitive roots of writing are far older than the oldest known script.
Read the releaseAn Ohio State study found that youth born in the 1990s spend substantially more time in adult-organized formal sports than earlier generations, with socioeconomic gaps in access to formal sports growing particularly pronounced.
Read the releaseA Colorado-led 13-year study in China found that as schistosomiasis approached elimination, disease spread shifted from village-level patterns to individual household risk factors including farming practices, sanitation, and domestic animals.
Read the releaseRice University engineers created a multilayer coating that keeps repelling water at temperatures up to 90 degrees Celsius by placing a thermal insulator beneath a standard superhydrophobic spray, extending functional range far beyond existing water-repelling surfaces.
Read the releaseA study published in Current Biology found that horses produce their characteristic whinny using two distinct acoustic mechanisms operating simultaneously: standard laryngeal vocalization and a whistle-like resonance in the nasal passages. The combination generates the whinny's distinctive mix of high and low frequencies. This represents the first clear evidence of simultaneous dual-mechanism sound production in a land mammal, revising the understanding of how vocal complexity can be achieved beyond the larynx.
Read the releaseU.S. birth-dose hepatitis B vaccination rates have declined by more than 10 percentage points over the past two years, according to a study published in JAMA. The drop reverses gains made over a six-year period from approximately 2016 to 2022, and raises concern among pediatric infectious disease specialists. The birth dose is considered critical because it prevents mother-to-child transmission -- which can result in chronic infection and long-term liver damage -- during a window before any scheduled vaccine appointment.
Read the releaseWhen lifestyle influencers casually include alcohol in their social media content -- pouring wine, holding beer, sipping cocktails as part of ordinary life -- young adult viewers reliably report increased desire to drink. New research found this effect across viewers with different baseline drinking habits, challenging the assumption that alcohol promotion on social media primarily affects those already inclined to drink heavily. The findings raise questions about how alcohol marketing is regulated -- or not regulated -- on digital platforms.
Read the releaseA study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that access to dialysis facilities decreases in a consistent, stepwise fashion as community socioeconomic disadvantage increases. Patients with end-stage kidney disease in the most disadvantaged communities face the greatest barriers to reaching dialysis care -- a finding with direct health consequences, since missed treatments are associated with hospitalization and death. The gradient held after accounting for geographic differences in population density.
Read the releaseSouthwest Research Institute has developed a new chemical synthesis approach for producing oximes -- the primary antidotes used against nerve agent and organophosphate pesticide poisoning -- that eliminates toxic byproducts from the production process while achieving higher product yield. The advance targets a recognized gap in U.S. medical countermeasure manufacturing capacity at a time when domestic production of critical antidotes has been identified as a national security priority.
Read the releaseLaws named after crime or tragedy victims consistently attract higher public support than identically worded legislation with neutral names. Experimental research finds this advantage operates through sympathy for the victim, not through any change in how people evaluate the policy itself. The finding raises questions about whether emotionally activated support reflects genuine democratic preference or a mechanism that bypasses substantive policy evaluation entirely.
Read the releaseWhen Hurricane Ian struck Florida in 2022, insured losses came in at roughly double what catastrophe models had predicted. That kind of gap between model output and real-world damage is what the Consortium for Enhancing Resilience and Catastrophe Modeling (CERCat) is working to close. A joint initiative of Lehigh and Rice universities backed by Swiss Re, Munich Re, and other major industry players, CERCat held its first major convening in February 2025 to align researchers and insurers on the most critical gaps in disaster science.
Read the releaseLaboratory experiments at the University of Exeter's MRC Centre for Medical Mycology show that Cryptococcus neoformans changes its cell density, cell diversity, and capsule size when co-incubated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis - changes known to increase the fungus's ability to harm its host. In immune cell experiments replicating a co-infected lung environment, C. neoformans invaded immune cells more readily in the presence of tuberculosis bacteria. The findings are preliminary and based on in vitro models; mouse model validation is the next step.
Read the releaseA University of California, Berkeley researcher has built the first detailed biophysical model of the glycolytic pathway, using 172 parameters drawn from decades of in vitro kinetic data. The model reveals that allosteric regulation by ATP, ADP, and inorganic phosphate is essential for preventing toxic accumulation of metabolic intermediates - findings that earned Denis V. Titov the 2025 Biophysical Journal Paper of the Year Award.
Read the releaseThe Office of Naval Research has named 23 university researchers as 2026 Young Investigator Program awardees, sharing approximately $17 million in funding. Selected from nearly 330 applicants representing institutions in 11 states, the awardees will conduct research in coastal forecasting, machine learning, additive manufacturing, autonomous operations, advanced sensors, and other areas critical to Navy and Marine Corps capability.
Read the releaseA new NSF award supports the REDTEAM project at the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences, which will use structured role-playing game workshops to model the human-behavioral dimensions of research security threats in academia. Unlike compliance checklists or technical audits, the RPG approach simulates the competing pressures researchers actually face - funding incentives, international collaborations, and ambiguous ethical decisions.
Read the releaseA review in the journal Nitrogen Cycling outlines how isotope science can trace reactive nitrogen - released by fertilizers, fossil fuels, and industrial processes - as it moves through ecosystems, causing pollution and climate feedbacks. Key findings challenge previous assumptions: non-fossil sources contribute more nitrogen oxides than thought, forests play a more active cycling role than recognized, and plants pay hidden carbon costs to assimilate nitrogen.
Read the releaseThe Milken Institute SPARC program and Ann Theodore Foundation have launched a $575,000 grant to support a Phase 2 clinical trial testing mTOR inhibitors - drugs that target a specific molecular pathway linked to sarcoidosis - in patients with the skin form of the disease. A 2024 pilot trial showed 7 of 10 cutaneous sarcoidosis patients experienced sustained improvement on the mTOR inhibitor sirolimus.
Read the releaseA nationally representative study of 44,000 U.S. adults published in JAMA Network Open finds that adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are nine times more likely to have diagnosed anxiety (56.8% vs. 10.6%) and depression (56.9% vs. 9.9%) than the general population -- while being five times more likely to skip care due to cost even when covered by Medicaid.
Read the releaseThe Massage Therapy Foundation has awarded a $300,000 three-year grant to the University of Denver to evaluate whether six 20-minute prenatal massage sessions added to the MotherWise wellness program reduce postpartum depression and improve anxiety, pain, sleep, and stress outcomes among perinatal women from underserved and minority communities.
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