In 1,841 patients with high-risk clear cell renal cell carcinoma, adding belzutifan to post-surgical pembrolizumab reduced recurrence by 28% compared to pembrolizumab plus placebo in the phase 3 LITESPARK-022 trial, though overall survival data are still too early to analyze.

A systematic review from Central South University clarifies how lithium, sodium, potassium, and cesium ions distributed at the electrochemical interface regulate the activity and product selectivity of CO2 reduction - a key step in designing electrolysis systems that convert waste carbon into useful chemicals.

A rotating arm device the size of a laboratory bench can now replicate the wireless charging conditions of a full-scale EV test track, reproducing 3-kilowatt power transfer at 40 km/h and potentially opening dynamic charging research to smaller academic institutions.

A $3 million National Institute on Aging grant will fund a five-year national study at George Mason University examining whether Medicare Advantage's supplemental social benefits reduce hospitalizations and emergency visits among 34 million enrolled Americans.

Amplified Sciences received College of American Pathologists accreditation for its clinical lab, clearing a key regulatory hurdle for national expansion of PanCystPro, a test that uses multiomics analysis to help physicians rule out malignancy in pancreatic cysts.

Fred Hutch Cancer Center selected 12 graduate students from MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, and other leading institutions for the 2026 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, honoring research in tumor metabolism, DNA replication, and sensory biology.

Spreading native Eucalyptus leaf litter on mine waste rock dramatically shifted microbial communities toward healthy woodland profiles within a single wet season, offering a low-cost restoration tool for degraded landscapes worldwide.

Field measurements across 2,500 meters of elevation in China's Tianshan Mountains found grassland soils emit more nitrous oxide at higher, wetter elevations while forest soils emit less as temperatures drop. Different microbial communities drive the opposite patterns, with croplands producing by far the highest emissions.

A synthesis of 28 field studies finds biochar combined with organic amendments such as compost or manure improved 9 of 16 measured soil properties more than biochar alone, including phosphorus availability by up to 76% and cation exchange capacity by over 50% on average, though most studies lasted only a few years.

CU Boulder researchers found that human reaching movements speed up within 220 milliseconds of an unexpected reward - a subtle but measurable effect consistent with a second dopamine surge from surprise, and slow down after a string of unrewarded attempts, linking movement vigor directly to dopamine prediction errors.

UC Irvine researchers identified PFKM as a key enzyme that muscle stem cells deliberately downregulate after stress to redirect glucose into antioxidant repair rather than energy production. Supplying specific metabolic building blocks during this phase accelerated recovery in laboratory models.

Rice University bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski and Emory collaborators demonstrated that released markers of activity - engineered proteins that cross the blood-brain barrier into blood - report brain gene expression reliably in rhesus macaques, validating the approach in a large animal model after prior mouse-only testing.

A University of Washington study using 13 years of seismic velocity data from three offshore monitoring stations found the northern Cascadia fault appears locked, while the central region shows signs of a past slow-slip event and fluid drainage pathways that could limit earthquake propagation.

Researchers reconstructed CO2 emissions from 324 Swedish wildfires using detailed field measurements and forest data, then compared results to six global fire models. One low-intensity fire region showed model underestimates by a factor of 14, suggesting global boreal wildfire carbon budgets are systematically undercounted.

Updated RETAIN-2 trial data from Fox Chase Cancer Center show ctDNA predicts metastatic risk after bladder-sparing treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, but 19 of 22 local recurrences occurred without ctDNA elevation, limiting its ability to guide surveillance alone.

Vijay Anand, associate professor of information technology at Kennesaw State University, has been named a 2026 National Academy of Inventors Senior Member for contributions including over $2 million in federally funded research, a foundational patent in multi-device authentication, and establishing Missouri's first cybersecurity degree program.

A University of St Andrews study using 18 years of genetic paternity data from humpback whales in New Caledonia finds that as populations recovered from whaling and older males became more common, they increasingly outcompeted younger males for reproduction - suggesting experience or physical condition advantages that were masked during decades of population imbalance.

Monash University scientists identified a tick-derived evasin protein that binds to both major chemokine classes simultaneously - a capability previously unknown in naturally occurring evasins and potentially useful for treating rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and inflammatory diseases.

A study following 458,597 children in Ontario finds that refugee and immigrant children are less likely to use emergency departments for non-urgent conditions than Ontario-born children in their first two years, with settlement services linked to more appropriate healthcare navigation.

A cross-sectional study of former American football players finds that both years of play and level of competition - from youth through professional - associate with worse later-life cognitive and neuropsychiatric outcomes, following a dose-response pattern that strengthens the link beyond chance alone.

Aarhus University chemists shredded nitrile rubber gloves and reacted them with a ruthenium catalyst and hydrogen gas to produce a material that captures CO2 from simulated flue gas and releases it on heating - currently at lab scale (TRL 3-4) with an expensive catalyst.

UT Austin researchers captured the Andes virus Gn-Gc surface protein at 2.3-angstrom resolution - compared to 12 angstroms in prior work - using a modified cryo-electron microscopy approach. The structure enabled a vaccine candidate that generated neutralizing antibodies in mice.

A survey of 7,260 Norwegian Year 8 students finds boys report higher passion, grit, self-efficacy, and courage, while girls report higher compassion for others. But girls show stronger correlations between motivation factors, and school safety influences their outcomes more strongly.

A Mendelian randomization study using genome-wide data from over 750,000 individuals finds that genetically higher IL-6 levels increase all-cause mortality while higher IL-6 receptor levels reduce it, pointing to distinct cardiovascular mechanisms and supporting IL-6R-targeted prevention strategies.

Kobe University trained an AI model on over 11,000 images of the hand back and clenched fist from 725 patients across 15 Japanese facilities. The system diagnoses acromegaly with higher accuracy than experienced endocrinologists, avoiding the privacy concerns of facial imaging.