Shaping light like never before – with photonic time crystals
image: A THz electromagnetic wave induces strong, fast temporal modulations that realize a photonic time crystal: a crystal lattice in time...
New-deal mortgage programmes benefited white borrowers disproportionately
We show that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Veterans’ Administration (VA) mortgage programmes had few Black borrowers and proportionate...
Ultrasensitive detection of alpha-synuclein oligomers in human plasma using optimized nano-QuIC
Jeong, H., Christenson, P.R., Ahn, H. et al. Ultrasensitive detection of alpha-synuclein oligomers in human plasma using optimized nano-QuIC. npj...
Perpendicular switching of polarization in layered ferroelectrics
Ferroelectric materials exhibit a spontaneous electric polarization that can be reversed by an electric field1, a property central to non-volatile...
Shining a light on constructing blood supply systems for artificial tissues
video: Concept of meniscus-guided interfacial ring-by-ring assembly for in situ fabrication of tubular hydrogels view more Credit: 2026, Yuki Kamiya et...
The world smells different in Parkinson’s disease
Andelman-Gur, M.M., Shushan, S., Snitz, K. et al. The world smells different in Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinsons Dis. (2026).
LorMe: a unified framework for standardized microbiome analysis
image: Overview of the analytical workflow implemented in LorMe view more Credit: Ningqi Wang, Yaozhong Zhang, Xinrui Yangon, et al. Microbial...
Beyond bunny tourism: the hidden consequences of unregulated feeding of rabbits on Okunoshima Island
image: The illustration depicts an unusual event observed on Okunoshima Island, where wild boars have been seen capturing rabbits. Researchers suggest...
Chicken kidney sponge could be ‘outstanding’ at cleaning up polluted ports
image: Specimen of the chicken kidney sponge Chondrosia reniformis transplanted into the harbor view more Credit: Carlota Escarré Ports rank among the...
Sensing-storage monolithically integrated system for wearable physiological sensing
image: A sensing-storage monolithically integrated system fabricated using a low-cost solution spin-coating process is reported. This system organically combines a...
Low-cost, rare-earth-free material for carbon recycling
image: Iron-substituted calcium titanate (Fe-doped CaTiO3) contains oxygen vacancies and exhibits high oxygen-ion and electronic conductivity, helping accelerate carbon dioxide...
RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers researchers find AI tool helps detect patient deterioration earlier, reducing hospital deaths
Researchers from RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School found that an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled early warning system...
Why the hepatitis E virus cannot infect mice
Genetic material is not unpacked It has long been known that the hepatitis E virus cannot establish an infection in...
The increase in fat-free mass during weight loss does not prevent greater than predicted reductions in resting energy expenditure in recreational athletes
Energy restriction and resistance training (RT) are commonly used by athletes to induce body weight and fat losses and improve...
Sequential reading of a stepwise-shortened peptide immobilized on nanopore
Accurate decoding of peptide sequences is crucial in proteomics. However, achieving this goal is a technical challenge, owing to the...
A multimodal consensus parcellation of the human brainstem and its applications in Parkinson’s disease
Wang, K., Liu, T., Ma, Y. et al. A multimodal consensus parcellation of the human brainstem and its applications in...
Older adults’ engagement with social prescribing to active ageing centres in Singapore: a qualitative study from public primary care
Goh, J.H., Tan, S.Y., Li, H.D. et al. Older adults’ engagement with social prescribing to active ageing centres in Singapore:...
Routine duodenal papillary biopsy enhances detection of duodenal papillary adenoma in familial adenomatous polyposis patients: a prospective cohort study
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) confers high periampullary malignancy risk. Early detection remains challenging. This prospective cohort study evaluated whether protocolized...
Scientists at UMass Chan Medical School develop microRNA-based gene therapy that halts ALS progression in mice
image: UMass Chan scientists Jun Xie, PhD and Guangping Gao, PhD, help develop a microRNA-based biologic to supress production of the mutant SOD1 protein...
The Lancet: Bloodstream-delivered cell therapy slows muscle decline in young people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, phase 3 trial finds
A cell therapy called deramiocel could slow muscle weakening in boys and young men with advanced Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD),...