An international group of researchers contends that ending tuberculosis demands a whole-of-society strategy, expanding the care cascade to engage policymakers, funding bodies, and affected communities alongside doctors and scientists.

Field Museum researchers analyzed 31 ancient political units across three continents and found democratic governance was far more widespread than the Greece-and-Rome narrative suggests. The strongest predictor of autocracy was not population size but how rulers financed their power.

Archaeologists found 142 clay beads and pendants at four Natufian sites in Israel, dating to 15,000 years ago. Fingerprints preserved on the objects reveal children, adolescents, and adults all made them - the first direct identification of Paleolithic ornament makers.

Georgia Tech and MIT researchers tracked hundreds of mosquitoes in 3D and found they do not swarm by following each other. Each mosquito independently responds to visual and chemical cues, converging on the same target like strangers drawn to the same bar.

A University of Missouri study using data from the 2024 Cooperative Election Study found that mental health policy positions can tip voter decisions between candidates, ranking alongside high-profile issues like border security in importance.

Using 53 million data points from over 477,000 flight paths, researchers created the first mathematical model predicting mosquito flight behavior. Mosquitoes use three distinct strategies - quick fly-bys for visual cues, hesitant double-takes for CO2, and shark-like orbiting when both are present.

Researchers at Abo Akademi University found that the protein Jagged1 activates fibroblasts to deposit and align collagen fibers, creating physical pathways for breast cancer metastasis. The mechanism feeds a self-reinforcing cycle through TGF-beta signaling, suggesting new targets for aggressive, hormone-receptor-negative tumors.

A UW School of Medicine study found that antisense treatments targeting the small huntingtin 1a fragment were far more effective than those targeting only the full mutant protein, restoring 55% of affected gene expression and nearly eliminating protein aggregates in mice.

SNU researchers built a wearable thermoelectric generator that produces electricity from body heat while lying completely flat on skin. The trick: embedding copper nanoparticles in select regions of a silicone substrate to redirect heat flow laterally, creating the temperature difference thin films normally cannot achieve.

University of Tokyo researchers found that a brief dip in NaOH solution below -28 degrees Celsius disrupts hydrogen bonds in cellulose, making it 2.2 times more susceptible to saccharification - the key step in converting plant biomass into useful sugars.

In Alaska's Deshka River, invasive northern pike are eating significantly more fish as water temperatures rise. Year-old pike showed a 63% increase in fish consumption over a decade, compounding threats to already struggling Chinook and coho salmon populations.

Advanced MRI scans of retired rugby players and boxers revealed ongoing blood-brain barrier breakdown years after retirement, allowing inflammatory proteins to enter the brain and trigger toxic p-Tau accumulation. Athletes with the most leakage scored lowest on memory and executive function tests.

Professor Kaveh Madani, branded a 'water terrorist' and forced into exile from Iran for speaking about the country's water crisis, has been named the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize laureate. The CCNY professor and UN water institute director is the youngest recipient in the award's 35-year history.

Professor Kaveh Madani, director of UNU-INWEH and the scientist who coined 'water bankruptcy,' has been named the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize laureate. At 44, he is the youngest winner, the first UN official, and the first former politician to receive the honor often called the Nobel Prize of Water.

A new platform called TOI-IGRA measures pathogen-specific T cell responses using just 15-25 microliters of fingertip blood. The system simultaneously evaluates cellular and antibody immunity, requires no venous draw or expensive lab infrastructure, and can be adapted for different pathogens by swapping antigen libraries.

A dual-nanoparticle system delivered CRISPR editing tools directly to T cells in living mice, inserting cancer-fighting CAR genes at a precise genomic location. The in vivo-engineered cells cleared aggressive leukemia within two weeks, fought solid tumors, and showed superior stemness compared to conventionally manufactured CAR-T cells.

After a century of searching, researchers have identified the complete enzymatic pathway by which cinchona trees produce quinine and related alkaloids. The discovery of five new enzymes - including a transferase that performs an unusual ring-forming reaction - enables biotechnological production of these compounds for the first time.

Using acoustically levitated silica grains, physicists at ISTA discovered that environmental carbon molecules on material surfaces determine the direction of charge transfer between identical insulators. The finding resolves a long-standing mystery and could reshape understanding of volcanic lightning and protoplanetary disk physics.

Ancient DNA from 46 individuals spanning 2,000 years in Argentina shows that Andean farming spread through cultural adoption by local hunter-gatherers, not population replacement. A later wave of maize-dependent migrants, linked by maternal kinship, arrived during a period of climate instability, disease, and nutritional stress.

Cancer cells are metabolizing glutathione - the body's most abundant antioxidant - as a direct nutrient source, not just using it for oxidative defense. Breast tumor fluid contained large glutathione stores, and blocking its uptake slowed tumor growth in preclinical models. A previously developed drug may be repurposed to target this pathway.

Researchers have identified a molecular chain reaction in which damaged mitochondria release heme into the nucleus, destroying the transcription factor Bach2 and permanently shutting down cancer-fighting T cells. Brief treatment with low-dose bortezomib during CAR-T manufacturing interrupted this pathway and restored durable immune function in preclinical models.

Two Nature studies using AI-analyzed CT scans show that adults with healthy thymus tissue had dramatically lower risks of death, heart disease, and cancer - challenging decades of medical thinking that the organ becomes irrelevant after childhood.

Discontinuing GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro led to up to a 22% increase in cardiovascular events compared to staying on the drugs, with benefits eroding far faster than they accumulated.

A new Nature study maps tidal influence in over 3,000 rivers worldwide, finding that 175,000 km of coastal waterways are significantly affected by tides and more than 725 million people live in tidal river zones.

Whitehead Institute and Max Planck researchers discovered that cells require two separate RNA signals - like a biological two-factor authentication - before destroying specific microRNAs, explaining how cells avoid accidentally dismantling their own gene regulation.