Summary: Schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders are often preceded by “silent” brain vulnerabilities long before symptoms like hallucinations emerge. A groundbreaking study has identified a potential culprit: the glymphatic system,…
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Cancer vaccines could transform treatment and prevention – but misinformation about mRNA vaccines threatens their potential
Scientists are making rapid progress toward a long-awaited goal that could help to reshape cancer care: mRNA cancer vaccines with the potential to significantly boost the immune system’s ability to…
Magic mushroom-infused products appear in Colorado gas stations – what public health officials want consumers to know
A Denver food and cannabis investigator became suspicious of PolkaDot-branded chocolate bars sitting next to convenience store energy shots and nicotine pouches in January 2026. Months earlier, California public health…
My research on wheelchair basketball challenges one of the biggest assumptions about sex differences in sports
Every March, millions of Americans fill out brackets and tune in to watch the NCAA college basketball tournaments known as March Madness. The men’s and women’s competitions unfold in parallel,…
Haldane Prize 2025 | Carolina Olguín-Jacobson: Recovery mode: Marine protected areas enhance resilience of invertebrate species from marine heatwave – Functional Ecologists
2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Carolina Olguín Jacobson discusses her paper “Recovery mode: Marine protected areas enhance resilience of invertebrate species from marine heatwaves”, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s…
‘Mentor’ shipwreck study uncovers possible fragment of Parthenon
Image Credit : Ministry of Culture Archaeologists have released images and new findings from the latest phase of underwater excavations at the historic shipwreck of the brig Mentor off the…
How fast is the universe expanding? Astronomers may be one step closer to resolving ‘Hubble trouble’
The local universe may be expanding more slowly than previously thought, scientists have found. The discovery, made in two separate pieces of research, could relieve one of the most troubling…
Cocktail Party Problem Decoded: Sound Location Is Key to Hearing in a Crowd
Summary: For decades, neuroscientists have wondered how humans can isolate a single conversation in a loud room—a phenomenon known as the “cocktail party problem.” Neuroscientists have finally provided a computational…
In war-torn Iran, air pollution from burning oil depots and bombed buildings unleashes invisible health threats
The waves of U.S. and Israeli bomb strikes in Tehran and Beirut, and Iran’s missile and drone attacks on neighboring countries in response, are damaging more than buildings – they…
The Awake “Sleep” Loop: Why Attention Lapses Occur in ADHD
Summary: Have you ever felt your brain “flicker” off for a split second during a boring task? New researc reveals that these lapses are actually caused by sleep-like brain activity…
