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Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover molecular roots of tissue scarring in inflammatory bowel disease

When inflammation in the body goes unchecked, it can cause fibrosis, or tissue scarring that may lead to organ dysfunction or even failure. This can happen in conditions such as inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative colitis ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Inflammatory disorders
Medical Xpress / More than a quarter of adults worldwide could benefit from GLP-1 medications for weight loss, study finds

The worldwide prevalence of obesity has more than doubled in the last three decades, bringing with it an increase in weight-related diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancers. This public health crisis strains ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Medications
Phys.org / Roads can become more dangerous on hot days—especially for pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists

During heat waves, everyday life tends to feel more difficult than on an average day. Travel and daily movement are no exception.

Jan 8, 2026 in Earth
Tech Xplore / More efficient holographic solutions can enable smarter vehicle head-up displays

Imagine driving down a busy highway. You need to check your speed and navigation, but glancing down at the dashboard takes your eyes off the road for a critical second. This is where head-up displays (HUDs) come in, projecting ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Phys.org / Canada has too few professional archaeologists, and that has economic consequences

Canadian cultural resource management archaeologists—professional consultants involved in environmental assessment and compliance processes—are increasingly finding themselves in the public eye when their work intersects ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Whooping cough vaccination for pregnant women strengthens babies' immune systems, international study shows

International research led by Radboud University Medical Center shows that vaccinating women during pregnancy leads to the transfer of antibodies to their newborns. Antibodies from the mother are transferred to the baby through ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Medical Xpress / Single-dose oral cholera vaccine completes phase 1 trial with promising results

A team of scientists and physicians at Mass General Brigham has developed a single-dose oral cholera vaccine and tested it in a phase 1 clinical trial, with results published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Phys.org / CRISPR discovery could lead to single diagnostic test for COVID, flu, RSV

Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most known CRISPR systems target invading pathogens' DNA and chop it up to disable and modify genes, ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Long day at work? Go ahead and watch some TV, research suggests

Brain dead after a hard day of work? It turns out it's totally fine to park yourself in front of the TV. It might even make recovery—an essential part of burnout prevention—easier.

Jan 7, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Urban atmosphere acts as primary reservoir of microplastics, researchers find

Over the past two decades, microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have been recognized as emerging pollutants, detected across every environmental compartment of Earth's system—the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Nearly every corn seed planted in Colorado is covered in insecticide: Lawmakers may restrict the chemical

Colorado farmers plant tens of millions of corn seeds every year, nearly every one of them covered in a thin layer of insecticide.

Jan 5, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / How a parasite 'gave up sex' to find more hosts—and why its victory won't last

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal species, offering new insights into how parasitic infections emerge and spread to people.

Jan 7, 2026 in Biology