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Medical Xpress / Blocking gene boosts T-cell attacks on chronic hepatitis B virus and tumors

A research team led by Professor Zhou Xuyu from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with researchers from Beijing Ditan Hospital and Capital Medical University, has identified ...

Sep 14, 2026
Phys.org / Pollinators keep a later calendar in human-modified landscapes, study finds

Human development may be changing more than where pollinators live—it may also be changing when they are active. University of Florida researchers at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have found that ...

Sep 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Newly found dendrite bottlenecks may reshape how neurons handle information

Neurons receive thousands of signals via tree-like extensions called dendrites. Until now, these dendrites were thought to be relatively smooth cables that conduct electrical signals to the cell body. An international research ...

Sep 14, 2026
Dialog / Researchers propose quantum Earth observation for photon-limited environments

Have you ever wondered what Earth observation satellites see when they look down at the deep ocean or a dense tropical forest during the dead of night? The answer, for the most part, is nothing. Standard optical sensors require ...

Sep 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain-computer interface enables avatar speech and gestures for people with paralysis

A scientific team has shown that a new brain-computer interface (BCI) can allow people with vocal tract and bodily paralysis to convey both speech and upper-body gestures simultaneously. While BCIs have facilitated one or ...

Sep 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Continuous glucose monitoring reveals trade-off between glucose control and daily well-being

New research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy, Sept. 28–Oct. 2, shows that among people living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, data from continuous ...

Sep 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Engineered vesicles protect brain from bacterial toxin

Bacterial meningitis can cause severe brain damage even when patients receive antibiotic treatment promptly. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed tiny biological vesicles that, in animal studies, were able ...

Sep 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Protein restriction may trigger body-wide program linked to longer life

A new perspective from LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center proposes a new way of understanding how dietary protein restriction may promote healthy aging and extend lifespan: through a coordinated physiological response ...

Sep 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Metabolic vulnerability identified that may affect heart development

The heart undergoes major changes during the first weeks of life. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now shown that a previously unknown metabolic vulnerability in mitochondria can disrupt heart development. The study, ...

Sep 14, 2026
Phys.org / Study reveals peatlands may have less capacity to store carbon than predicted

A new study has revealed that peatlands may break under their own weight before they reach their carbon storage potential.

Sep 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Pancreatic tumors use clotting pathway to build immune shields, study finds

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that small populations of pancreatic cancer cells can create localized immune-protective niches that shield tumors from immune attack. The finding could ...

Sep 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Bacteria in the airway may shape air pollution health risk

Air pollution is linked to different risks of bacterial pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis, depending on the bacterial subtype a person carries, new research suggests.

Sep 14, 2026