Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual migrations, but not all migrate. In recent years, more and more monarchs have been living and breeding year-round in California’s Bay Area, thanks in part to the growing presence of non-native milkweeds in urban gardens. In a new study published in Ecosphere, University of California, Davis, researchers show that these resident butterflies are not connected to the larger population of monarchs known for their late-autumn coastal migrations. Their work suggests that resident monarchs and the non-native milkweeds that sustain them are ...

Researchers gave participants face tattoos that can track when their brain is working too hard. Published May 29 in the Cell Press journal Device, the study introduces a non-permanent wireless forehead e-tattoo that decodes brainwaves to measure mental strain without bulky headgear. This technology may help track the mental workload of workers like air traffic controllers and truck drivers, whose lapses in focus can have serious consequences. "Technology is developing faster than human evolution. Our brain capacity cannot keep up and can easily get ...

About The Study: The findings of this study that fewer than half of U.S. adults are aware and about one-fifth are unsure of their awareness of the association between alcohol and cancer emphasize the need to implement the recently updated Surgeon General’s recommendation to reduce the alcohol-related cancer burden in the U.S. Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Sanjay Shete, PhD, email sshete@mdanderson.org. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website at this link https://media.jamanetwork.com/ (doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.1146) Editor’s Note: Please ...

About The Study: In this pilot trial, acupuncture produced greater reductions in nocturia (waking up 1 or more times to urinate) relative to usual care in survivors of prostate cancer. The nocturia reduction was comparable to other treatments, such as desmopressin, α-blockers, and antimuscarinic medications; however, acupuncture was associated with fewer adverse events. Nocturia affects more than half of survivors of prostate cancer. Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Kevin T. Liou, MD, email liouk@mskcc.org. To access the embargoed ...

CONTACT:           San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Public Relations 619-685-3291  publicrelations@sdzwa.org sdzwa.org PHOTOS AND VIDEO: https://sandiegozoo.box.com/s/uzfr25f5xzcgxyj0tgww5ob6nvafuyng NEWS RELEASE New Study Finds Recovery Is Still Possible for Critically Endangered Hawaiian Honeycreeper With Urgent Intervention Latest Genomic Research Offers a Unique Lens for Understanding the Extinction Crisis in Hawai‘i SAN DIEGO (May 29, 2025) – A new scientific study, led by San Diego Zoo ...

To the point: New tissue-derived organoid model: A next-generation organoid model, composed of three liver cell types – adult hepatocytes, cholangiocytes, and liver mesenchymal cells – reconstructs the liver periportal region. Organoid functionality: The complex organoids, or assembloids, are functional, consistently draining bile from the bile canaliculi into the bile duct as in the real liver due to their accurate tissue architecture recapitulation. Liver disease modelling: This liver model reconstructs the liver periportal region architecture, is able to model aspects of cholestatic liver injury and biliary ...

Despite established connections, study finds almost 60% of U.S. adults are unaware or uncertain of the link between alcohol and cancer  An estimated 75,000 cancer cases are associated with alcohol annually in the U.S.  Researchers suggest implementing new Surgeon General recommendations could be an effective approach to reducing future cancer rates  HOUSTON, MAY 29, 2025 ― Alcohol is a leading preventable cause of cancer, but public awareness of the connection remains strikingly low in the U.S., with ...

More than three decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as the first immunotherapy against cancer. And it is still used today to treat early-stage bladder cancer. Now, a team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and is expanding the understanding of how the treatment works — an understanding that could help improve the effectiveness of immunotherapies more broadly. BCG is a weakened strain of the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis, which is ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have uncovered a key reason why HIV remains so difficult to cure: Their research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly it replicates, and how easily or stubbornly it can reawaken from hiding. These insights bring researchers closer to finding ways to flush out the dormant virus and eliminate it for good. Thanks to remarkable progress in HIV treatment, the virus can often be suppressed to undetectable levels in the blood, eliminating most disease symptoms, and preventing transmission to others. But HIV never truly ...

Kyoto, Japan -- Whether you are lucky enough to have a cat companion or must merely live this experience vicariously through cat videos, Felis catus is a familiar and comforting presence in our daily lives. Unlike most other feline species, cats exhibit sociality, can live in groups, and communicate both with other cats and humans, which is why they have been humans' trusted accomplices for millennia. Despite this intimacy, there is still much that we don't know about our feline friends. Numerous behavioral studies have been conducted on other mammal species, but relatively few on cats. In part to fill this gap, a team of researchers at ...

A lab-designed molecule developed and extensively studied by scientists with Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC could represent a breakthrough in slowing tumor recurrence in glioblastoma, an aggressive and deadly form of brain cancer. In a study published in May in Cell Death and Disease, researchers identified a previously unknown trait of cancer cells that shows promise for therapeutic intervention. The group outlined the mechanism of action and effectiveness of the experimental drug known as JM2, revealing ...

(New York, May 29, 2025) – Dr. Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz, the William J. Ledger, M.D. Distinguished Associate Professor of Infection and Immunology in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Dr. David Lyden, the Stavros S. Niarchos Professor in Pediatric Cardiology, both from Weill Cornell Medicine, have been named inaugural recipients of the Pershing Square Foundation’s 2025 Ovarian Cancer Challenge Grant. The challenge grant provides $750,000 in funding over three years to support innovative research into ovarian cancer ...

Wyss Institute at Harvard University Announces Appointment of Natalie Artzi, Ph.D.,  to Associate Institute Director Dr. Artzi will work closely with the Wyss Founding Director Don Ingber and the Wyss executive and senior leadership teams in shaping the strategic direction of the Institute  MAY 29,2025  – (Boston, MA) – The Wyss Institute at Harvard University, its Board of Directors, and Executive Leadership are pleased to announce that Natalie Artzi, Ph.D. has been appointed to a newly created position as Associate Institute Director ...

The global measles outbreak must trigger an urgent debate into whether a vaccine should be recommended earlier to better protect against the highly contagious disease during infancy, a new review states. The systematic review, led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), found vaccinating children from as early as four months of age for measles warranted serious discussion given that only 30 per cent of babies in low- and middle-income countries were protected by maternal antibodies by four months of age. Concerningly, this is well below the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation of a first measles dose between 9-12 months old. The ...

Rising atmospheric CO2 levels from fossil fuel dependence have intensified climate threats, driving demand for technologies that convert CO2 into value-added chemicals. Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (CO2RR) holds promise but faces challenges such as high energy costs, low product selectivity, and competition from hydrogen evolution reactions (HER). A breakthrough by researchers at Tongji University, China, introduces a new catalyst design that overcomes these limitations, paving the way for green chemistry solutions.   The ...

Herndon, VA, May 29, 2025 – Many policy discussions on AI safety regulation have focused on the need to establish regulatory “guardrails” to protect the public from the risks of AI technology. In a new paper published in the journal Risk Analysis, two experts argue that, instead of imposing guardrails, policymakers should demand “leashes.”   Director of the Penn Program on Regulation and professor at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Cary Coglianese and University of ...

High levels of income inequality weaken support for raising the minimum wage, which in turn could further worsen income inequality as people believe this is the way things should be, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.  The researchers analyzed data from more than 130,000 protests across the country and conducted eight other experiments that found that an “is-to-ought” reasoning error may be to blame where people view situations as they are and then infer that is the way they should be. That can have ...

Lateral walking exercise is beneficial for the hip abductor enhancement. Accurate gait recognition and continuous hip joint angle prediction are essential for the control of exoskeletons. “The hip exoskeleton is a promising tool for enhancing muscle activation during lateral walking exercises by providing controlled resistance a support. This ensures adequate muscle exercise for effective rehabilitation. Our team has previously designed a resistance lateral walking exercise exoskeleton. Accurate gait recognition and continuous joint angle prediction are the precondition of the good control performance of the exoskeleton.” Explained study author Wujing Cao, a professor at Chinese ...

Lead contamination in municipal water sources is a consistent threat to public health. Ingesting even tiny amounts of lead can harm the human brain and nervous system — especially in young children. To empower people to detect lead contamination in their own homes, a team of researchers developed an accessible, handheld water-testing system called the E-Tongue. This device, described in ACS Omega, was tested through a citizen science project across four Massachusetts towns. “I was driven by the reality that families could be unknowingly exposed to lead,” says Pradeep ...

Young consumers who shop online and have FOMO (fear of missing out) tend to feel lower levels of social, psychological and financial well-being, a new study finds – but there’s one important caveat.   Researchers found that having a stronger attachment to a social media influencer is linked to younger consumers having improved feelings of well-being in those areas.   The findings show a complex dynamic for young people who follow the latest trends in fashion as they shop online ...

Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT, President Park, Sun-Kyu) has successfully developed a real-time, low-cost algal bloom monitoring system utilizing inexpensive optical sensors and a novel labeling logic. The system achieves higher accuracy than state-of-the-art AI models such as Gradient Boosting and Random Forest. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) pose significant threats to water quality, public health, and aquatic ecosystems. Conventional detection methods such as satellite imaging and UAV-based remote sensing are cost-prohibitive ...

Nanomedicines, especially those based on nanoparticles, are revolutionizing healthcare in terms of both diagnostics and therapeutics. These particles, often containing metals like iron or gold, can serve as contrast agents in medical imaging, act as nutritional supplements, and even function as carriers for drug delivery. Thanks to their unique properties plus careful engineering, nanomedicines can reach and accumulate in places within the body that conventional medicines cannot, making them promising for cancer detection and treatment. However, the same characteristics that make nanomedicines ...

Montreal, May 29, 2025 - Caffeine is not only found in coffee, but also in tea, chocolate, energy drinks and many soft drinks, making it one of the most widely consumed psychoactive substances in the world. In a study published in April in Nature Communications Biology, a team of researchers from Université de Montréal shed new light on how caffeine can modify sleep and influence the brain's recovery — both physical and cognitive — overnight. The research was led by Philipp Thölke, ...

CLEVELAND—CAR T cell immunotherapy, which uses a patient’s own modified immune cells to find and destroy cancer cells, can produce dramatic results when treating blood cancers like lymphoma and leukemia and shows promise against solid tumors. But harvesting T cells, a type of white blood cell that helps the immune system fight germs and protect against disease, is difficult and expensive—limiting the use of this potentially life-saving therapy to major cancer centers and after other treatments have failed. Now a team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University is developing a new device to harvest T cells that might make CAR ...

SHERBROOKE, Canada (May 29, 2025) – Nord Quantique, a pioneer in the field of quantum error correction, today announces a first in applied physics. The company has successfully developed bosonic qubit technology with multimode encoding, which outlines a path to a major reduction in the number of qubits required for quantum error correction (QEC). The result is an approach to quantum computing which will deliver smaller yet more powerful systems that consume a fraction of the energy. These smaller systems are also simpler to develop to utility-scale due to their size and lower requirements ...