Climate change threatens global food security; however, climate mitigation policies may increase hunger risk by driving competition for land through bioenergy production and afforestation. Based on simulations from six global agroeconomic models, researchers from The University of Tokyo, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto University, National Institute for Environmental Studies, and E-Konzal Co. Ltd, together with collaborators from other countries, report that the ozone reduction benefits of climate mitigation ...

UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 10:00 GMT / 6:00 ET MONDAY 16 MARCH 2026 A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our Solar System – one that stores large amounts of sulphur deep within a permanent ocean of magma. The findings have been published today (16 March) in Nature Astronomy. The exoplanet (a planet that orbits a star outside the Solar System), known as L 98-59 d, orbits a small red star about 35 light-years from Earth. Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope ...

A drug to treat Parkinson’s disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The approach harnesses the power of bacteria to transform post-consumer plastic into L-DOPA, a frontline medication for the neurological disorder. It is the first time a natural, biological process has been engineered to turn plastic waste into a therapeutic for a neurological disease, researchers say. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh engineered E. coli bacteria to turn a type of plastic used widely in food and drink ...

A new clinical trial led by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology will investigate if a combination of drug therapies after radiation therapy improves outcomes for people with newly-diagnosed, grade 3 IDH-mutant astrocytoma, a type of brain cancer. Supported in part by a grant from the National Cancer Institute, the study (Alliance A072301) will look at whether adding the oral medication vorasidenib to the standard oral chemotherapy can help keep the cancer from coming back after radiation. People diagnosed with IDH-mutant, grade 3 astrocytoma usually receive surgery, followed by radiation and temozolomide, an oral chemotherapy pill. Temozolomide works by damaging the DNA of tumor ...

Infants and toddlers with unilateral cerebral palsy, which affects the brain’s control of muscles on one side of the body, show lasting improvements in hand and arm function when they receive early, high-dose therapy, according to a new multisite clinical trial led by Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. The Baby CHAMP study — short for Children with Hemiparesis Arm-and-Hand Movement Project — directly compared three therapist-delivered interventions: two forms of constraint-induced movement therapy, which limit the stronger arm to encourage use of the weaker one when ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Motor vehicle crashes remain a leading cause of death for teens and young adults, yet many families may underestimate the risks close to home, suggests a new national poll. One in three parents worry their teen or young adult driver could cause an accident, according to the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health. Yet, nearly all parents believe their child drives as well as or better than other young drivers and relatively few said they imposed consequences for their teen’s unsafe driving behaviors. “Our report suggests a ...

As inflamed regions of the gut form scar tissue, the space within the gut lumen becomes smaller and more restricted, leading to symptoms of gut obstruction. There is currently no drug treatment available for this complication – eventually as fibrosis worsens, surgery becomes the only option. The researchers discovered that the biggest build up of scar tissue takes place in the submucosa (a layer of tissue beneath the inner lining of the bowel) – this indicates that the submucosa could be the starting point where the scarring begins.  Inflammation, the hallmark of Crohn’s ...

Recent advances in drug discovery research have led to the development of numerous drug candidate compounds with high therapeutic efficacy. However, many of these compounds possess properties that make them difficult to handle, such as poor water solubility and large molecular weights. This leads to poor absorption in the body and difficulty in achieving sufficient therapeutic effects. Further, the drugs distribute to normal tissues, which lead to severe side effects. Fortunately, active research is underway to develop drug delivery systems (DDS) that effectively ...

Recommender systems suggest potentially relevant content by evaluating user preferences and are essential in reducing information overload. However, when users join a new online platform, recommendation systems often struggle to understand their preferences. With no prior interactions in the new environment, these ‘cold-start’ users are difficult to serve accurately. One promising solution is cross-domain recommendation (CDR), which transfers knowledge about a user’s tastes from one domain to another. However, many existing cross-domain systems rely heavily on a user’s highly rated items while ignoring low ratings. In fact, dislikes can be just as informative ...

Extending the monitoring period for severe pregnancy complications showed more than 40% of cases were missed using traditional delivery-focused monitoring, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.251425 that extended monitoring from conception to 6 weeks postpartum. Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) describes complications in pregnancy that can result in death, extended hospitalization, or long-term disability. Current practices in Canada monitor ...

Asian parents experience a 1.5-fold higher rate of obstetric trauma than White parents, and Black economic immigrant and refugee parents have a 20% to 30% higher risk, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250633. Obstetric trauma, defined as severe injury to the perineum, cervix, vagina, or surrounding area during childbirth, occurs in 4% to 6% of vaginal births in Canada and can lead to short-term complications, such ...

Hamilton, ON, Mar. 16, 2026 – The first major update to resistance-training guidelines in 17 years delivers one clear message: any amount of resistance training improves strength, muscle size, power and physical function. The new recommendations, published by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as a Position Stand, are based on 137 systematic reviews involving more than 30,000 participants, making them the most comprehensive resistance-training guidelines to date. “The best resistance ...

One in ten emergency patients with visible blood in their urine die within three months of presenting at A&E, new research has found. The WASHOUT study, presented today [Monday 16 March] at the European Association of Urology Congress (EAU26) in London, found that a scan within 48 hours could reduce this risk. Such a scan also ensured patients with cancer were diagnosed significantly faster. Around 1 in 4 people who presented at A&E with visible blood in their urine had an underlying cancer, with the most common being bladder cancer, the study found. Around 25,000 people visit UK A&E departments each year because they have blood in their ...

Prostate cancer screening compares favourably to screening for breast cancer in identifying significant cancers, reducing mortality and avoiding unnecessary harms, says new research. The findings are presented today [Sunday 15 March 2026] at the European Association of Urology Congress (EAU26) in London. The research is also accepted for publication in European Urology. The researchers maintain that the similarities between the two forms of screening mean it is no longer rational to reject prostate cancer screening on one hand ...

BALTIMORE, MD, March 14, 2026, Dr. Thomas Hartung, Director of the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, has endorsed the public launch of an agentic AI platform developed by Insilica Inc. that produces comprehensive, source-traceable toxicological risk assessments in just a few hours. The launch of ToxIndex meets a critical need in chemical and drug safety as well as within field of exposomics, a field of study which considers environmental exposures effect on human health and serves as a compliment and counterpart to genomics. An ...

[Toulouse, 14 March] — On the European Day for Prevention of Cardiovascular Risk, the RESIL-Card consortium proudly announces the official launch of the RESIL-Card tool, a free online resource designed to help hospital cardiovascular professionals and other stakeholders assess and strengthen the resilience of their care pathways — ensuring that lifesaving care remains accessible even during times of crisis. Available now at https://www.wecareabouthearts.org/resil-card/online-tool/, the RESIL-Card tool offers a structured self-assessment framework for evaluating the preparedness of cardiovascular services ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have succeeded in detecting laser-assisted electron scattering (LAES) using circularly polarized light for the first time. The use of circularly polarized light promises valuable insights into how atomic scale “helicity” impacts how electrons interact with matter and light. Using synchronized femtosecond laser pulses and electron pulses directed at argon atoms, they succeeded in detecting a LAES signal showing excellent agreement with theory.   Laser-assisted electron scattering (LAES) ...

A smartphone app designed to tackle the underlying psychological causes of premature ejaculation can significantly improve sex life and delay ejaculation, while offering a way to reduce stigma around the condition, say researchers. Data from the CLIMACS study are presented today [Saturday 14 March 2026] at the European Association of Urology Annual Congress (EAU26) in London. It is the first study to test a digital-first approach for treating premature ejaculation at home. The app teaches men several therapeutic techniques, tips and exercises designed by urologists and psychologists, ...

DURHAM, N.H.—(March 4, 2025)—Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have documented the farthest trek of a young female fisher (Pekania pennanti) moving 118 kilometers (over 73 miles) from Durham to the outskirts of Lincoln, a small town in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. This trip marks the longest known recorded dispersal for the species. “This is exciting because even though fishers are a significant species and play a key role in the ecosystem of the northeast, relatively ...

INDIANAPOLIS, DATE  — Indiana is reimagining education for the data-driven age. Following December’s Indiana Call to Action Summit: Strengthening the Data Science Thread—hosted by the Indiana Department of Education and Data Science 4 Everyone—leaders have passed House Bill 1266 to make data science a fundamental part of every Hoosier’s education. At the summit, educators, policymakers, and industry experts agreed: empowering students to reason with data is essential for future-ready graduates. Teachers explored new strategies to connect math, science, and social studies with real-world ...

After a heart attack, cardiologists can reopen blocked vessels and restore blood flow, but the muscle cells that died will never be replaced "The heart is one of the organs with the least ability to regenerate," said Ke Cheng, Alan L. Kaganov Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia Engineering. "The spontaneous regeneration power is very, very limited." In a study published March 5 in Science, Cheng and his colleagues describe a therapy designed to enhance the heart’s own ability to protect and repair itself after injury. Cheng’s ...

New research co-led by Liu-Qin Yang, a professor of psychology at Portland State University (PSU), suggests that the true damage of a toxic boss goes far deeper than a bad mood — it fundamentally alters how employees perceive their own humanity. Published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, the study identifies “organizational dehumanization” as the primary mechanism that strips employees of their agency, leading to severe burnout and a collapse in workplace collaboration. By conducting a dyad study in China and a longitudinal study in North America, the research team tracked how specific supervisor behaviors, such as ridicule ...

Microbial bioelectronic sensors use living bacteria that can create an electrical signal in response to the presence of a target substance, or analyte. These types of sensors offer many advantages over other types of biosensors based on proteins and enzymes: The bacteria can perform multiple functions, survive in a variety of environments and even grow and regenerate for potential long-term use.  However, building devices using living bacteria poses several challenges. The mediators some bacteria use to send and receive electrons, creating the electric signal, can be swept away from the sensor by liquid environments ...

Seemesh Bhaskar believes cancer detection should happen years before a diagnosis ever appears in a medical chart.  The postdoctoral researcher in Professor Brian Cunningham’s Nanosensors Group is helping develop technology that could detect signs of cancer five to eight years earlier than traditional diagnostic tools by identifying molecular signals long before symptoms emerge.  Bhaskar is using his multidisciplinary academic background in physics, environmental diagnostics, photonics, chemistry and ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Precision Medicine World Conference 2026 (PMWC 2026), held March 4–6 in Silicon Valley, convened researchers, clinicians, and technology leaders to discuss advances in precision medicine and the integration of artificial intelligence into biomedical research. The 2026 meeting coincided with the 25th anniversary of the first draft publication of the Human Genome Project first draft publication, highlighting the continued convergence of genomics, computational biology, and AI. At the conference, Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, Founder and CEO of Insilico ...