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Medical Xpress / Experts provide policy roadmap to reduce dementia risk

A national panel of experts has issued the strongest call yet for the Department of Health and Social Care to overhaul how it approaches dementia prevention, pointing to vital evidence that dementia risk can be reduced and ...

Phys.org / A dry surface thanks to fluid physics: Contact-free method gently remove liquids from delicate microstructures

Researchers at the University of Konstanz have developed a gentle, contact-free method to collect liquids and remove them from microscopic surface structures. The method uses vapor condensation to generate surface currents ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / This crystal sings back: Study sheds light on magnetochiral instability

Researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have reported the first observation of a dynamic magnetochiral instability in a solid-state material. Their findings, published ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / Western populations endorse support for Ukraine despite nuclear escalation fears, finds study

Most people in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy clearly endorse military support for Ukraine. They overwhelmingly reject Russia's positions on territorial claims and restrictions on Ukraine's ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / One in four older Americans with dementia prescribed risky brain-altering drugs despite safety warnings

Despite years of clinical guidelines warning against the practice, one in four Medicare beneficiaries with dementia is prescribed brain-altering medications linked to falls, confusion, and hospitalization, according to new ...

Medical Xpress / Using rare sugars to address alcoholism

While investigating the FGF21-oxytocin-dopamine system, a mechanism that regulates sugar appetite, a team of researchers at Kyoto University noticed reports suggesting that the protein FGF21 may regulate alcohol ingestion.

Jan 12, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Sailboat measurements improve estimates of ocean CO₂ uptake

During training cruises and regattas, sailors collect valuable data for climate research at sea. A study appearing in Science Advances showed that this data can help improve estimates of the marine carbon sink.

Jan 13, 2026 in Earth
Tech Xplore / Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children

Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms by those under 16, officials said.

Jan 16, 2026 in Internet
Medical Xpress / Night-time changes in metabolism may be driving common liver disease

Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that the most common liver disease follows a strong day-night pattern, and the metabolic changes that drive the disease are most pronounced overnight, when the body ...

Dialog / Scientists report new immune insights and targets into LRRK2 mutations in Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating and progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra, a brain region essential for motor control. Clinically, it is ...

Jan 12, 2026 in Genetics
Phys.org / Marine sediments suggest glaciers retreated in sync across both hemispheres

An international team of scientists has uncovered evidence glaciers in the Southern and Northern hemispheres were synchronous during the last ice age.

Jan 13, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / A simple blood test can predict Crohn's disease years before symptoms appear

Sinai Health researchers have shown a blood test that can predict Crohn's disease years before symptoms appear, opening the doors to early diagnosis and potentially prevention.