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A study of free-living Northern cardinals found that even mild stressors like brief captivity or simulated territorial encounters leave detectable marks on gut microbiome composition, with bacterial shifts tracking closely to changes in stress hormones and visible health indicators.
Read the releaseMass General Brigham researchers built three AI models that mine electronic medical records for signs of intimate partner violence. The best-performing model, which combines diagnostic codes with free-text clinical notes, identified at-risk patients up to four years before they sought help.
Read the releaseResearchers at Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham have developed AI models that use routine electronic medical record data to identify patients at risk of intimate partner violence, achieving 88% accuracy and detecting risk more than three years before patients sought help.
Read the releaseA study in Nature Climate Change establishes modeling principles for post-growth climate scenarios, showing that wealthy nations could satisfy universal basic needs using less than half current global energy and materials - if production is restructured and inequality substantially reduced.
Read the releaseResearchers have determined the 2.4-angstrom structure of a unique light-harvesting protein from a freshwater alga, revealing how it arranges ordinary chlorophyll a into cooperative clusters that absorb far-red light - a wavelength most photosynthetic organisms cannot use.
Read the releaseScientists drilled to bedrock at Austria's Weissseespitze glacier and recovered a pollution record stretching back over 2,000 years. When they returned in 2025, the ice had thinned from 9.5 to 5.5 meters. The archive is melting before it can be fully read.
Read the releaseBy probing the spin properties of short-lived electron-hole pairs inside operating light-emitting electrochemical cells, researchers discovered that lower, more stable internal electric fields actually boost light output - a finding that could guide the design of more efficient organic LEDs.
Read the releaseResearchers have built a 30mm soft robot that uses magnetorheological fluid to fold and unfold under magnetic control, navigating the gastrointestinal tract to deliver drugs directly to target sites. In pig stomach tests, it reached preset lesion locations within five minutes.
Read the releaseSylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center outlines its active research fronts for March 2026, including mRNA immunotherapy for colorectal cancer, real-time liquid biopsy monitoring of prostate cancer, and a landmark $100 million fundraising milestone from the Dolphins Cancer Challenge.
Read the releaseA Nagoya University team has achieved the first heteroepitaxial growth of gallium oxide on silicon substrates, paired with five other advances in thin-film growth that collectively address the full process stack needed to commercialize this promising power semiconductor material.
Read the releaseResearchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have identified seven distinct types of hyperarousal that cut across mental health disorders, and developed a concise questionnaire to measure them - potentially reshaping how clinicians diagnose and treat conditions like insomnia and anxiety.
Read the releaseThe first systematic study of AI-powered talking toys reveals they struggle with emotional cues, disrupt pretend play, and may foster unhealthy attachments in young children. Cambridge researchers are calling for new safety regulations and labeling standards.
Read the releasePatients who experienced a VR walkthrough of shockwave lithotripsy reported better understanding and less anxiety about their upcoming procedure, with the strongest effects in patients aged 65 and older - a population most likely to struggle with complex medical information.
Read the releaseIn a phase III trial of 660 men with suspected prostate cancer and normal or inconclusive MRI results, PSMA PET/CT scanning cut the number of biopsies by half while detecting all clinically significant cancers - potentially reducing overdiagnosis and unnecessary procedures.
Read the releaseResearchers used a solvent-free ball milling technique to bond long-chain amine molecules onto biochar, then coated hemp fibers with the hydrophobic material. The result: fibers that repel water but absorb up to 14 times their weight in oil, all made from renewable waste streams.
Read the releaseScientists long assumed only the smallest pores in biochar captured CO2. A new study combining theoretical models with experimental measurements shows that larger pores actively contribute through surface roughness that slows gas molecules, with high-temperature biochar capturing up to 3.82 mmol/g.
Read the releaseTracking 119 autistic pupils aged 11-14 across seven UK secondary schools, researchers found that specialist resource centres showed advantages in academic attainment and belonging - but the quality of teacher and peer relationships mattered more than the type of school placement.
Read the releaseMarshall University and Intermed Labs are developing a prototype device to improve how deep brain stimulation leads are secured during surgery, where millimeter-level precision determines patient outcomes for Parkinson's disease and essential tremor.
Read the releaseA low-dose topical cream that blocks the enzyme LSD1 prompted skin cells to recruit immune cells that attacked tumors in mouse models of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. The cream could eventually treat the estimated 58 million Americans living with skin precancers each year.
Read the releaseThe Stanley Family Foundation has renewed its commitment to the Broad Institute's psychiatric research with $280 million, pushing total investment past $1 billion. The funding has fueled identification of dozens of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder genes, with drug discovery programs now underway.
Read the releaseReal-world data from 7,938 patients show that stopping GLP-1 drugs leads to minimal average weight regain, with 45% of obesity patients continuing to lose weight or maintaining their loss at one year - largely because 47% restart medication or switch to alternatives.
Read the releaseThe AMS has formally responded to NSF's request for feedback on restructuring NCAR, warning that dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research would undermine U.S. leadership in weather and climate science with severe consequences for public safety.
Read the releaseAs Great Salt Lake has shrunk 70% since 1989, University of Utah scientists used electrical resistivity tomography to map the groundwater beneath 800 square miles of exposed playa, finding a surprisingly complex mosaic of fresh and saline water - and evidence of a rare convective instability.
Read the releaseA falls prevention clinic that added physiotherapist-led exercise to geriatrician care cut falls by 36% among high-risk older adults. The annual cost was $103,000 for the physiotherapist; the estimated healthcare savings were $956,288.
Read the releaseWhen participants were told others found an experience very painful, they rated the same low-intensity heat as more painful themselves. The effect persisted because of confirmation bias in learning - people favor evidence matching their expectations and discount the rest.
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