Breast cancer after childbirth may be more aggressive in young women
For young women, the years immediately following childbirth may harbor a stealthier form of breast cancer. A new study from UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer...
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Smart textile electrodes map brain-to-muscle signals on the body surface.
Imagine slipping into a lightweight, form-fitting garment that can silently eavesdrop on the intricate electrical dialogue between your brain and every twitching muscle fiber, all...
Weakening Atlantic current drives stronger California storms
A massive oceanic current critical to regulating Earth’s climate is losing strength, and new research reveals that its decline will dramatically reshape storm patterns thousands...
Evidence supports traditional Chinese medicine for chikungunya fever management.
A dramatic surge in Chikungunya fever cases across China’s Guangdong province in the summer of 2025 has catapulted a once-sporadic tropical disease into the global...
Four new indigenous cacao groups discovered in Peru
A sweeping genetic survey of cacao trees growing on indigenous farms across Peru has uncovered four entirely new genetic lineages of the plant that forms...
Weight loss improves liver health in obese children and teens
A silent but aggressive liver disease is rapidly emerging as one of the most worrying complications of childhood obesity, and a sweeping new meta-analysis reveals...
Evolution silences Hawaii’s crickets in record time
The silent nights of Hawaii are telling a startling evolutionary story. Over two decades ago, on the island of Kauaʻi, male field crickets began to...
LLMs forecast outcomes of social science experiments
In a striking demonstration of artificial intelligence’s encroachment into the scientific method itself, a massive new study has shown that large language models can forecast...
Real-time single-particle imaging of functional lungs reveals mosaic-like patterns of aerosol deposition in alveoli
Inhaled pathogens, pollutants and therapeutics interact with the dynamic architecture of the alveoli, yet how individual particles move and deposit at cellular resolution remains unclear....
New approach simplifies black hole mergers, universe’s most violent events.
When two black holes spiral together and merge in a cataclysmic collision, the universe briefly trembles with gravitational waves that carry away a torrent of...
New imaging reveals nerves with stunning clarity
Why would a tiny tissue sample from a rat’s knee hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of chronic jaw pain? The question is not...
Flame retardant BDE-209 targets molecularly linked to ulcerative colitis
The invisible chemicals woven into the fabric of our homes, our electronics, and even the dust we breathe are under fresh scrutiny after a groundbreaking...
Ultra-high frequency particle impacts mimic rockbursts to shatter hard rock
A new rock-breaking technique that harnesses the devastating power of underground rockbursts could revolutionize mining, tunneling, and construction by shattering the hardest rock without explosives....
Kidney transplant outcomes in older adults studied by German researchers
The landscape of organ transplantation is undergoing a seismic demographic shift, one that challenges decades of clinical dogma and forces the medical community to confront...
Embodied cognition yields interpretable trajectory predictions for autonomous systems.
In the halting, uncertain rollout of autonomous machines into public life, there are few moments as perilous as the one where a car, a delivery...
