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Medical Xpress / mRNA flu vaccine offers immune protection against diverse strains

A new study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that an investigational mRNA influenza vaccine helps the immune system recognize a wider range of influenza viruses than today's ...

Jun 15, 2026
Phys.org / Some bees cannot escape rising heat, and their tiny homes make crisis even harder

Bee species that nest in plant stems appear to be at the greatest short-term risk from increasing temperatures due to climate change, while those that nest in the ground are better able to evade extreme heat, according to ...

Jun 15, 2026
Phys.org / Digital twin predicts Alaska permafrost changes using real-time sensors and AI

Communities around the world have adapted to live on the year-round frozen soil of frigid environments, such as in the Arctic. However, rising temperatures have introduced a new challenge: What happens when the ground under ...

Jun 16, 2026
Phys.org / Chemists uncover new metal carbene radical cross-coupling by merging two catalytic cycles

In an effort to open the door to new and useful products, chemistry researchers are on the continual lookout for processes that unlock important molecules and the bonds that can put them together. Such is the case for UC ...

Jun 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Examining the cardioprotective effects of heart failure treatments in patients with cancer

Patients receiving cancer treatment often face the added complication of side effects affecting the heart, which can lead to the need to discontinue anticancer therapy, reducing its effectiveness. Researchers from the Erasmus ...

Jun 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Newborn neurons routinely break then repair DNA during brain cortex formation, study reveals

Newborn nerve cells must squeeze through crowded, narrow spaces—through dense tissue, past other cells, and between fibers—to reach the areas where they form neural circuits in the brain cortex. In a study published in Nature, ...

Jun 17, 2026
Phys.org / Only 10 viral particles cause H5N1 avian flu infection in cows

Just 10 viral particles of the H5N1 bird flu that caused hundreds of influenza outbreaks in U.S. dairy cattle can cause infection in cows, a new study shows. The research also hints at why the outbreaks have confounded scientists, ...

Jun 15, 2026
Phys.org / Making a big, life‑changing decision? Seven steps to consider

Should you marry that person? Quit a steady career to retrain? Move across the country, away from aging parents? Sit with any of these and watch your mind spin. You weigh what you'd gain against what you'd lose. You run the ...

Jun 18, 2026
Phys.org / Beyond frozen snapshots, protein 'breathing' comes into view with combined imaging methods

Advances in structural biology have allowed scientists to determine molecular structures with atomic-level detail, sometimes yielding static snapshots that do not reflect the dynamism of proteins. However, these motions are ...

Jun 15, 2026
Phys.org / A waltz over evolutionary timescales: Why it's so hard for animals to invent a new mating dance

"Love makes fools of all of us," wrote 19th-century novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. A moment spent watching the pigeons at your local park suggests he was right: males with puffed-up, shimmering necks hop, pirouette, ...

Jun 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / Exploiting a common weakness in enzymes could lead to a single vaccine against diarrhea-causing gut pathogens

The bacteria enterotoxigenic E. coli and Shigella together cause hundreds of millions of infections each year and are among the leading causes of diarrheal death, especially in children. Decades of vaccine development efforts ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain keeps familiar routes intact as new experiences get layered on top, study suggests

Every time we move through a familiar environment, the hippocampus consults an internal map, a detailed spatial representation built up through repeated experience. But what happens when something unexpected occurs on a well-known ...

Jun 15, 2026