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Medical Xpress / Drug candidate could help L-dopa work better for patients with Parkinson's
For many people with Parkinson's disease, the body stops moving the way it used to. A hand may tremble at rest. Muscles may stiffen. Walking can become slower and balance more uncertain. The most effective treatment remains ...
Phys.org / Healthier, more sustainable diets could reshape global agriculture: New study shows by how much
There is a clear need to shift toward healthier and more sustainable food systems. According to the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission Report, global adoption of a flexitarian Planetary Health Diet could prevent around 15 million ...
Phys.org / Medaka males can mate 27 times daily, but sperm performance drops fast
Oryzias latipes, commonly known as medaka, is a small fish measuring about 2–3 cm (0.8–1.2 inches) in length that exhibits highly active spawning behavior during the breeding season. Previous research by an Osaka Metropolitan ...
Phys.org / What one of Emperor Hadrian's latrines is telling us about the durability of Roman concrete
One of the many marvels of the Roman world is that some of its buildings are still with us. But why have they lasted for so long when some relatively modern structures are in a state of decay after a few decades?
Medical Xpress / How did the COVID-19 pandemic shift seasonal surges of other respiratory diseases?
A German analysis explores what underlies shifts in the timing of seasonal surges of respiratory diseases, as well as shifts in surges of heart-related deaths, that occurred after the COVID-19 pandemic began. Michael Sieber ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers find brain signal linked to communication challenges in autism
Why do some children with autism communicate more easily than others, even when they hear the same words? Researchers from the University of Virginia believe the answer may lie in the brain's electrical activity. In a new ...
Medical Xpress / Upending decades of debate, scientists discover most neurons are jacks-of-all-trades
What scientific findings proved so compelling that more than 11,000 preliminary copies were downloaded before they finally appeared in Nature?
Phys.org / Not the greatest glider: First study puts Australia's biggest glider to the test
Australia's largest gliding marsupial may not be the country's best glider after all, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) that challenges a decades-old belief about how far southern greater ...
Phys.org / Oxygenic photosynthesis works with one photosystem, overturning 50-year textbook rule
LMU researchers demonstrate that oxygenic photosynthesis can occur with only a single photosystem, overturning a fundamental principle of biology.
Medical Xpress / Ear nerve stimulation eases lung inflammation in mice, opening possible asthma therapy path
Neuroimmunology, the study of interactions between the nervous and immune systems, is a rapidly growing field enabling new approaches for monitoring and treating inflammatory diseases. In a study published in Immunity, scientists ...
Phys.org / Desert dust in Europe is increasing with implications for health and solar energy installations
While particulate matter air pollution from human activity in transportation, households and industry is decreasing in Europe, thanks to strict regulations, another source is developing in the opposite direction: desert dust.
Tech Xplore / Researchers mimicked bird bones to create lightweight, high-performance structures
Using bird bone structure as inspiration, Xin Ning and Sepideh Ebad Sichani, Ph.D. '26, have created a new class of aircraft wing structures—unbound by traditional designs of ribs, spars and stiffeners. The researchers are ...
