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Medical Xpress / Remote Alzheimer's testing: At-home blood tests can accurately detect key biomarkers

A new international study has demonstrated that Alzheimer's disease biomarkers can be accurately detected using simple finger-prick blood samples that can be collected at home and mailed to laboratories without refrigeration ...

Tech Xplore / From climbing vacuums to cyber pets: Some highlights of CES 2026

CES 2026 offered a glimpse of a future that feels straight out of a sci-fi movie: bendable screens, paper-thin TVs and cars and gadgets that can think for themselves as they get to know you and your family's wants and needs.

Medical Xpress / Gene therapy 'switch' may offer non-addictive pain relief

A preclinical study uncovered a new gene therapy that targets pain centers in the brain while eliminating the risk of addiction from narcotics treatments, a breakthrough which could provide hope for the more than 50 million ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Want to speed brain research? It's all in how you look at it.

To get a better look at brains, Harvard researchers are making microscopes work more like human eyes.

Jan 7, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Survey across 153 countries links the effects of LGBT-phobia and economic insecurity

LGBTQ+ people face unequal treatment across different human societies. Several concomitant factors can contribute to this discrimination at various levels of society, resulting in diminished living conditions. In a study ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Chemistry is stuck in the dark ages: 'Chemputation' can bring it into the digital world

Chemistry deals with that most fundamental subject: matter. New drugs, materials and batteries all depend on our ability to make new molecules. But discovery of new substances is slow, expensive and fragile. Each molecule ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / Targeting epigenetic modifiers and splicing regulators together may offer new acute myeloid leukemia treatment paths

Treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) depends on knowing what goes wrong inside cells. A new study suggests that two genetic mutations—IDH2 and SRSF2—work cooperatively to mis-splice RNA messages and change how blood ...

Jan 6, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / As we age, immune cells protect the spinal cord, study reveals

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that the nervous system's own immune cells help protect the spinal cord from age-related damage. The results, which may contribute to new knowledge about how certain neurological ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Pain-sensing neurons kick-start immune responses that drive allergies and asthma

Pain-sensing neurons in the gut kindle inflammatory immune responses that cause allergies and asthma, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine. The findings, published in Nature, suggest that current drugs may not ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Neuroscience
Tech Xplore / Elon Musk's xAI to build $20 billion data center in Mississippi

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI is set to spend $20 billion to build a data center in Southaven, Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Thursday, calling it the largest private investment in the state's history.

Jan 9, 2026 in Business
Medical Xpress / How the last two respiratory pandemics rapidly spread through cities: Simulations highlight air travel as key driver

Public health researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health used computer modeling to reconstruct how the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in the U.S. The findings highlight ...

Tech Xplore / Chinese AI unicorn MiniMax soars 109 percent in Hong Kong debut

Shares in Chinese AI startup MiniMax soared 109% as it went public in Hong Kong on Friday, raising US$619 million in a sign that strong investor demand is rewarding the country's rapidly developing sector.

Jan 9, 2026 in Business