Vibrant orange-coloured lichens are helping scientists discover dinosaur fossils in Canada, according to a new study published today [3 November] in Current Biology. An international team of palaeontologists and remote sensing scientists have made an exciting discovery at UNESCO World Heritage Site Dinosaur Provincial Park, in Alberta. They have found that certain lichen species preferentially colonise exposed dinosaur bones, creating distinctive spectral signatures that can be detected from 30 metres above ground using drones. Dr Brian ...

Increasing your steps by even a little bit may help slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease among people at heightened risk, according to a new study. In a paper published in Nature Medicine, Mass General Brigham researchers found that physical activity was associated with slower rates of cognitive decline in older adults with elevated levels of amyloid-beta, a protein associated with Alzheimer’s. Cognitive decline was delayed by three years on average for people who walked just 3,000-5,000 steps per day, and by seven years in people who walked 5,000-7,500 steps per day. Sedentary individuals had a significantly faster buildup of ...

Scientists are exploring leading-edge technologies that could transform how cancer is studied, detected and treated by catching it earlier, when it’s more treatable and survival rates are highest. A new review by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute and other universities highlights how advances in New Approach Methodologies and tissue engineering are offering powerful new tools to study the earliest stages of cancer development. New Approach Methodologies use human-relevant technologies such as in vitro tests, organoids, organs-on-a-chip and computational modeling to replace, reduce or refine ...

About The Study: The findings of this study suggest that the U.S. youth nicotine vaping population recently became increasingly represented by daily use and unsuccessful quit attempts, a trend of which clinicians and policy makers should be aware.  Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Abbey R. Masonbrink, MD, MPH, email amasonbrink@chla.usc.edu. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website at this link https://media.jamanetwork.com/ (doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.41061) Editor’s Note: Please see the article for additional information, ...

About The Study: This study found that exposure to childhood adversity was associated with elevated all-cause mortality risk among adults with diabetes, hypertension, or mild-to-moderate emergency department visits.  Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Ping-I Lin, MD, PhD, email daniel.lin@health.slu.edu. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website at this link https://media.jamanetwork.com/ (doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.4285) Editor’s Note: Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions ...

Since 2019, overall rates of nicotine vaping have declined among U.S. youth, but those who continue to vape are showing signs of worsening addiction, according to new USC research. Between 2020 and 2024, the share of current users who vaped every day increased from 15.4% to 28.8%. Over the same period, the share of daily users who tried to quit but were unable to rose from 28.2% to 53%. The study, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, was just published in JAMA Network Open. Public health advocates raised the alarm when youth vaping rates surged between 2014 and 2019. Data collected during the COVID-19 ...

A glacier on Antarctica’s Eastern Peninsula experienced the fastest retreat recorded in modern history—in just two months, nearly 50 percent of the glacier disintegrated.  A new CU Boulder-led study, published today in Nature Geoscience, details how and why Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier retreated at an unprecedented rate in 2023, losing a total of eight kilometers of ice in two months. The main driver was the glacier's underlying flat bedrock that enabled the glacier to go afloat after it substantially thinned, causing a rare calving process.  The new findings may help researchers identify other glaciers to monitor for rapid ...

The same cellular renewal that keeps our bodies healthy might also fuel the growth of cancer. A UC Merced biologist has found that the brain could hold the key to stopping it. Professor Néstor Oviedo, a molecular and cell biologist and affiliate of the Health Sciences Research Institute, received more than $2 million from the National Institutes of Health to investigate signals mediating the earliest stages of cancer development. His findings could one day change how doctors think about treating cancer and age-related diseases. “Our initial data suggest that key cancer symptoms can be selectively removed by activating signals from the nervous system,” ...

Computer-generated holography (CGH), as one of the most attractive next-generation three-dimensional (3D) display technology, possesses the capacity to provide authentic depth cues of 3D scenes via faithfully recording the optical field with computational simulations and loading the calculated holograms to reconstruct the target scenes. However, the process of hologram generation is predominately an ill-posed inverse problem, since only the intensity or amplitude information of the target scene is known while the original wavefront phase remains inaccessible ...

The last experimentally fundamental passive circuit element is the memristor that was originated in 2008 by Dmitri Strukov and presents a thin-film dielectric material with oxygen vacancies placed between two electrodes. This element changes its resistance based on the amount and direction of current that has flowed through it and its resistance has non-linear behavior from the current flow. Memristors are used in neuromorphic computing, data storage systems, and various devices for information processing and consume less power than basic silicon transistors. These elements are an attractive subject for modern scientific community due to their advantages ...

Missing Context in Single-Cell Data Single-cell RNA sequencing has transformed biology by showing which genes are active in individual cells. However, this approach requires cells to be removed from their natural environment, erasing information about their position and neighbors. Spatial transcriptomics preserves this context but is technically more limited and harder to scale. Researchers have long lacked a way to study cell identity and tissue organization together. AI Model Reveals Hidden Tissue Structures Nicheformer overcomes this barrier by learning from both dissociated and spatial data. It can “transfer” spatial context back onto cells that were previously ...

From medical microrobots to flexible sensors, the next generation of technology depends on devices that are smaller, smarter, and more capable than ever before. But building these intricate structure, often just micrometers across, requires extraordinary precision, not only in shaping materials but in programming their properties. In the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, a team of Chinese researchers reviews the fast-growing field of Field-assisted Additive Manufacturing (FAM)—a method that combines 3D printing with external fields such as magnetic, acoustic, or electric stimuli to precisely guide materials as they form. "Traditional ...

Chemists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a new use for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), not just as genetic material, but as a tool for more efficient production of medicinal compounds. Certain parts of DNA, called phosphates, can act like tiny “hands” that guide chemical reactions to selectively produce the desired mirror-image version of a compound. Many medicinal compounds are chiral, meaning they come in two mirror-image forms, like right and left hands, that can behave very differently in the body. This is an important aspect because many drugs only work in ...

Renewable energy of the future is concentrated solar power because it can be easily used to store thermal energy. Despite the fact that, historically, it is more expensive and complex than photovoltaic power, in recent years huge advances have taken place in this technology, and concentrated solar power plants are spreading across more and more countries as a source for a sustainable future. As Iñigo González de Arrieta, a researcher in the Thermophysical Properties of Materials group of the University of the Basque ...

In recognition of her innovative experimental approaches and breakthrough discoveries on the genetic mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, Dr. Xin Jin has been named the 2026 Peter Gruss Young Investigator. “The field of nominees was incredibly impressive; however, Dr. Jin stood out among the nominees for her creative and multidisciplinary integration of methodologies to make tremendous progress toward understanding principles of brain development and function. She is well on her way to becoming a leader in the neuroscience field,” ...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, often diagnosed late and resistant to treatment Scientists discovered a new sugar-based cloak that helps tumor cells evade the immune system An experimental antibody blocked that disguise, reawakening immune cells and slowing tumor growth in mice Northwestern team is now refining the antibody for human studies CHICAGO --- Pancreatic cancer is notoriously hard to treat and often resists the most advanced immunotherapies. Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a novel explanation for that resistance: Pancreatic ...

New York, NY and Boston, MA -- The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), a national non-profit whose mission is to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research, will host its annual Scientific Awards of Distinction ceremony in conjunction with the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), on November 13, 2025 from 6:30pm-9:00pm ET in Room 306 of the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. AFAR Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, will host ...

A new genomic method has enabled multiple people with rare conditions to receive diagnoses that were previously unattainable by identifying complex structural genetic changes that are often missed by standard tests. Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Genomics England, Cambridge University Hospitals, and their collaborators analysed the DNA from 13,700 parents and children from the 100,000 Genomes Project. They found that many of these genetic changes, known as structural variants, directly disrupt genes involved ...

An international panel of leading women’s mental health experts – including UVA Health’s Jennifer Payne, MD – is calling to reclassify postpartum psychosis as its own category of mental illness to improve the care new mothers receive.  Postpartum psychosis is a severe psychiatric illness that is estimated to strike up to 2.6 out of every 1,000 women after they give birth. Symptoms can include mania, depression with psychotic features, impaired thinking, agitation and irritability. Left untreated, ...

SINGAPORE, 03 NOVEMBER 2025—Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have created one of the most comprehensive single cell maps of the developing human brain. The atlas captures nearly every cell type, their genetic fingerprints, and how they grow and interact. It also benchmarks best-in-class laboratory methods for producing high-quality neurons, marking a major step towards new therapies for Parkinson’s disease and other brain disorders. Parkinson’s disease is Singapore’s second most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting about three in every 1,000 people aged 50 and above[1]. The condition damages midbrain dopaminergic neurons—cells ...

Media Contact: John Dudley (814) 490-3290 (cell) jjdudley@usf.edu Click here for images and a PDF of the journal article Key takeaways Phishing “gotcha” tests may backfire: New USF-led research finds that on-the-spot phishing training can trigger defensiveness and limit learning — making employees less likely to absorb lessons that prevent future attacks. Broader feedback builds stronger defenses: Training everyone after a phishing simulation — not just those who clicked — helped participants stay alert and resist scams for months. Rethinking a cybersecurity ‘best practice’: The study challenges ...

Key Points: Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global threat to public health, and finding alternatives to antibiotics can help combat increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). A new study found that antimicrobial peptides can combat Salmonella infections in chickens, a major cause of foodborne disease in the U.S. This discovery could help improve food safety and protect public health without relying on antibiotic use. Washington, D.C.—Antimicrobial peptides can control Salmonella infections in chickens and thus have the potential to improve food safety and public health, according to a new study. The study was published in Microbiology Spectrum, a journal of the American Society ...

Skipping breakfast or practicing intermittent fasting is unlikely to cloud most adults’ thinking in the short term, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. Fasting, which can involve abstaining from food for several hours to days, has become one of the more popular contemporary eating regimens, often promoted for potential health benefits such as improved insulin sensitivity, cellular repair and weight management. “While fasting has become trendy over the years, there is widespread concern, often reflected in common sayings like, ‘You’re not ...

National Center for Supercomputing Applications Director Bill Gropp was selected as the next chair of the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC). Gropp will formally begin his term following approval from the U.S. National Science Foundation, serving in the role through June 30, 2028. Gropp joined the CCC in 2020 and has been a member of its executive committee since 2021, helping guide the group’s strategy through a challenging environment for computing research while remaining committed to the values he’s displayed ...

A breakthrough study published in Chinese Journal of Catalysis presents a powerful new tool in the fight against water pollution: an S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst that efficiently degrades antibiotic contaminants. This innovative material, composed of Mn0.5Cd0.5S/In2S3 (MCS/IS), not only cleans water effectively but also significantly reduces the toxicity of the breakdown products, addressing a critical challenge in environmental remediation. The widespread use and improper disposal of antibiotics like tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH) have led to their accumulation in water sources, posing severe threats to ecosystem health and contributing to the rise of antibiotic-resistant ...