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May 6, 2026

Fish fossils become buried treasure

Antioxidant agent may prevent chronic kidney disease and Parkinson’s disease

Researchers from Osaka University develop a novel dietary silicon-based antioxidant agent with renoprotective and neuroprotective effectsCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan...

9 in 10 Americans concerned pharma will use COVID-19 pandemic to raise drug prices

Fears abound of COVID-19 crisis worsening affordability challenges of US healthcare systemCredit: Gallup-West Health Cost of Healthcare Study, May 2020...

Study sheds light on why retinal ganglion cells are vulnerable to glaucoma

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Millions of sufferers of glaucoma might someday benefit from a study released today in...

Researchers take a bloody good look at the medicinal leech genome

Study offers new insights into the powerful anticoagulants contained in the saliva of leeches most often used in medical practice.Credit:...

Silicosis: Ominous resurgence of an occupational lung condition reported

New research in the journal CHEST sounds an alarm about long-term health consequences, including massive pulmonary fibrosis, for workers who...

AI goes underground: root crop growth predicted with drone imagery

Using machine learning, scientists can analyze drone images shot above the soil to understand how root crops respond to drought...

Seeing corneal degeneration in a new light

A UT Southwestern study shows what happens over the decades it takes for one eye disease to develop and cause...

Adhesive film turns smartwatch into biochemical health monitoring system

Credit: Yichao Zhao/UCLA UCLA engineers have designed a thin adhesive film that could upgrade a consumer smartwatch into a powerful...

Evidence lacking for drug treatment of multiple sclerosis-related cognitive impairment

Systematic review of available drugs for treating multiple sclerosis fails to identify interventions effective for treating cognitive symptomsCredit: Kessler Foundation...

CUNY SPH weekly COVID-19 survey update week 12 — Vaccines

Lack of knowledge may stop many New Yorkers from taking a COVOD-19 vaccine, but personal experience of disease may encourage...

Research grant for biochemist to go ‘back to the future’ to get to grips with COVID-19

Dr Cooper is the academic lead for a project titled SARS-CoV-2 in silico protein modelling and determination of novel therapeutic...

NASA’s IBEX charts 11 years of change at boundary to interstellar space

Results show the shifting outer heliosphere in great detailCredit: Credits: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio/Conceptual Imaging Lab Far, far beyond the...

RNA structures by the thousands

Every cell contains thousands of different RNA molecules. In the past, it would have taken many research careers to decipher...

New techniques improve quantum communication, entangle phonons

Credit: Photo by Nancy Wong Quantum communication--where information is sent through particles, typically entangled photons--has the potential to become the...

COVID-19 Innovation Challenge funds virtual nursing station

Hamilton Health Sciences & McMaster University launch national post-operative virtual care studyCredit: Hamilton Health Sciences HAMILTON, ON - JUNE 17,...

Scientists gain detailed images of how a protein that calms brain activity works

The findings provide a clear path to uncovering new drugs to control addiction, pain and neurological disorders such as epilepsy...

A step forward in solving the reactor-neutrino flux problem

Credit: Igor Ostrovskiy/University of Alabama Joint effort of the nuclear theory group at the University of Jyvaskyla and the international...

Data Security in Website Tracking

Computer Scientists of KIT and TU Dresden Study How Well a Generalization of Tracking Data Covers up Our Traces on...

Researcher named a Top Young Innovator by MIT Technology Review