Deforestation declines show corporate pledges aren’t the driving force
Tropical forests underpin biodiversity, stabilise climate, and lock away vast stores of carbon—yet they are still being converted to other land uses at a rapid...
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New Fungal Species Named After Sweden’s King Unveiled
Uppsala University researchers have identified a completely new fungal species, naming it Semicentenialea rex in honor of Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 50 years on...
Fragmented European wetlands face uneven restoration needs and patchy recovery efforts
European countries are being asked to restore degraded wetlands, but a new analysis shows that the burden will fall very unevenly—largely because the distribution of...
Self-Aligned Heterogeneous Integration Advances Quantum Photonics Fabrication
A new approach to quantum photonics promises to make complex optical chips faster to design and more reliable to fabricate. In a study highlighted in...
Local Complement C3 Shapes Control Myeloid Infiltration and Checkpoint Blockade Efficacy
A team investigating how tumors respond to immunotherapy reports that complement component C3 plays a decisive role—but only when it acts locally within the tumor...
Longitudinal Urine Metabolomics Predicts High-Grade Brain Injury in Very Preterm Infants
Preterm birth leaves many infants vulnerable to brain injury, but detecting damage early is notoriously difficult. A new viral science news report highlights research that...
Risk factors linked to abnormal autism screening in extremely preterm children
Extremely preterm birth is a medical crossroads where early survival can be followed by long-term neurodevelopmental challenges. In a new study published in Journal of...
Novel Prognostic Biomarker and Oncogenic Driver Identified in Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer continues to claim lives worldwide, and clinicians still lack robust biomarkers that can forecast disease behavior and guide targeted treatment. In this latest...
ROS Dynamics Controlled by Polyoxometalate-Functionalized Fe3O4 Nanozyme for Infected Wound Healing
A new inorganic “nanozyme” approach is aiming to improve treatment for infected wounds by solving a long-standing problem: how to use reactive oxygen species (ROS)...
Researchers Improve Allergy Testing to Detect Antibodies Behind Reactions
Allergies can range from mild symptoms to life-threatening anaphylaxis, yet routine blood tests often fail to explain which patients truly need to avoid specific foods....
Regulatory Hurdles Undermine Cell Therapy Approvals: Lessons from IND and BLA Failures
A new analysis in Cell Death Discovery highlights why promising cell therapies can stumble at the regulatory gate, tracing technical and documentation failures behind several...
Ketogenic Diets May Raise Small Intestine Cancer Risk, Study Suggests
A ketogenic diet—high fat, very low carbohydrate—has become a mainstream strategy for weight loss and metabolic “health.” Yet new mouse research suggests that its effects...
Machine Learning Method Widens Accurate Use of Martin-Hopkins LDL Risk Equation
A simplified, machine-learning version of the Martin–Hopkins equation for estimating low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol has been validated in a large analysis of millions of U.S....
Study Finds Smokers Rarely Increase Smoking After Switching to Low-Nicotine Cigarettes
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., July 15, 2026 — A new systematic review suggests that switching to cigarettes engineered with dramatically reduced nicotine is unlikely to trigger the...
SIRT5-SUCLG2 Desuccinylation Axis Delays Ovarian Aging Through Mitochondrial-Epigenetic Control
A new study in Nature Communications reports that a molecular pathway involving SIRT5 and SUCLG2 can slow the pace of ovarian aging. The work by...