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Medical Xpress / Certain neurons are especially susceptible to ALS and frontotemporal dementia, researchers discover

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) belong to a spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases with overlapping symptoms, characterized by muscle wasting, paralysis, dementia, and other serious impairments. ...

Mar 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / A single blood test can predict heart diseases up to 15 years before onset

A research team from the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has developed an innovative AI-based cardiovascular risk prediction tool, called CardiOmicScore. ...

Mar 12, 2026
Phys.org / Global sorghum 'pangenome' accelerates discovery of resilient crop traits

A team of international scientists, including researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, reports a major advance in sorghum genomics: a powerful new resource designed to speed discovery of traits that help crops ...

Mar 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Power outages linked to more emergency hospital visits for older adults

Adults over age 65 experience greater numbers of emergency hospitalizations for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases during and after power outages, reports a new study by Heather McBrien of Columbia Mailman School of ...

Mar 12, 2026
Phys.org / Gut microbes: The secret to squirrel hibernation

When winter sets in and food becomes scarce, some mammals hibernate, entering a state of deep rest that slashes their energy needs and allows them to fast for months. However, fasting deprives them of essential nutrients, ...

Mar 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Major genetic risk factor for rare form of dementia identified

Researchers at VIB and Antwerp University have identified a major genetic risk factor for a rare form of frontotemporal dementia. The discovery, published today in Nature Genetics, provides a biological entry point for a ...

Mar 12, 2026
Phys.org / Wetlands in Brazil's Cerrado are carbon-storage powerhouses

The Amazon rainforest is famous for storing massive amounts of carbon in its trees and soils, helping regulate the global climate. Yet a paper published in New Phytologist shows that one of South America's largest carbon-storing ...

Mar 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Federal drug price reforms are improving medication adherence, new study finds

More than 1 in 4 U.S. adults struggle to afford their prescription medications. Those who can't are left with grim choices—such as skipping doses, cutting pills in half, or abandoning prescriptions entirely—that can come ...

Mar 12, 2026
Phys.org / Salt may have pushed us further into Snowball Earth 700 million years ago

Our planet plunged into one of the most dramatic climate states in its long history, approximately 720–635 million years ago. During a period geologists call Snowball Earth, ice sheets crept from the poles all the way to ...

Mar 6, 2026
Medical Xpress / A new reagent makes living brains transparent for deeper, non-invasive imaging

Making a living brain transparent and watching its neurons fire without disturbing their function—sounds like science fiction, doesn't it? Yet the solution may already exist within our own bodies. In a paper published in ...

Mar 12, 2026
Phys.org / Centuries of net-negative emissions are required to secure a safe climate future, two studies suggest

Two new studies conclude that stabilizing long-term climate risks will require sustained net-negative carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions for centuries. Approaching the problem from distinct perspectives—legal and technological ...

Mar 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Anchoring a key immune molecule makes T cells hit harder

Researchers at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology have found that physically resisting the formation of an immunological synapse actually promotes a stronger immune response. The findings could help explain how immune ...

Mar 12, 2026