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Medical Xpress / Loss of vitamin C synthesis protects animals from deadly schistosome infection

Scientists at Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered a benefit of vitamin C deficiency: protection from a major parasitic disease. Their research suggests an explanation for ...

Dec 30, 2025 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Amid conflicting vaccine recommendations, Americans are less likely to trust Trump's CDC, study finds

After a year of major shifts in the federal government's policy toward vaccines, Americans are now more likely to trust the American Medical Association than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when the two conflict ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Vaccination
Phys.org / Simple wipe test reveals hidden PFAS contamination on firefighter protective gear

The flames die down. The sirens fade. Firefighters peel off their gear, thinking the danger has passed. But in the quiet aftermath, another enemy lingers, an invisible film of "forever chemicals" clinging to jackets, pants ...

Dec 30, 2025 in Chemistry
Phys.org / 2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said.

Dec 30, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / New dataset maps global city boundaries in high resolution from 2000 to 2022

A research team led by Prof. Liu Liangyun from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS) has produced the first comprehensive, high-resolution map of global city and town boundaries, ...

Dec 30, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Brain immune cells may drive more damage in females than males with Alzheimer's

More than 7 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, and two-thirds of them are women, according to the Alzheimer's Association. The O'Banion Lab at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester ...

Medical Xpress / A protein that makes hydrogen sulfide shows potential as a therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say results of a new study are advancing efforts to exploit a new target for Alzheimer's disease: a protein that manufactures an important gas in the brain.

Medical Xpress / UK starts ban on junk food ads on daytime TV and online

New regulations come into force Monday in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for so-called junk foods, in what the government calls a "world-leading action" to tackle childhood obesity.

Jan 5, 2026 in Health
Tech Xplore / New sensor measures strain, strain rate and temperature with single material layer

Researchers from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an innovative flexible sensor that can simultaneously detect strain, strain rate, and temperature using a single active ...

Tech Xplore / Passengers' brain signals may help self-driving cars make safer choices

Cars from companies like Tesla already promise hands-free driving, but recent crashes show that today's self-driving systems can still struggle in risky, fast-changing situations.

Dec 30, 2025 in Automotive
Phys.org / Ethylene and oxygen found to drive periderm regeneration after plant injury

Plants have an extraordinary ability to sense tissue damage and quickly rebuild their protective outer layers, a process vital for survival amid environmental stresses. The periderm—a specialized protective tissue found ...

Dec 30, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Curiosity sends holiday postcard from Mars

Team members working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover created this "postcard" by commanding the rover to take images at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025, spanning periods that occurred on both the 4,722nd and 4,723rd Martian ...

Jan 2, 2026 in Astronomy & Space