Study maps rising lifetime risk of digestive cancers in China
The global landscape of oncology is shifting, and nowhere is this transition more complex or consequential than in…
Targeting cyclin-dependent kinases offers new pathways for cancer therapy
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Germany. In the search for new therapeutic approaches that…
Type 2 diabetes incidence increases 10-fold among American youth
Type 2 diabetes has traditionally been a disease that has developed mostly in middle-aged and older adults. But…
These simple fitness tests revealed which older adults had the lowest death risk
Simple tests of balance, mobility, strength, and aerobic fitness revealed striking differences in survival across more than 13,000…
Amylyx endocrine drug succeeds in key study for low blood sugar
Elaine’s stories explore the boom in new obesity treatments, new drug payment models, the ways companies are affected…
Cosmic plasma was supposed to rule out dark photons. Simulations say otherwise
A major limit on dark photon dark matter may be far weaker because early-universe plasma stops absorbing energy…
CERN physicists recreate matter from the early universe using ‘Little Big Bangs’
Physicists created signs of primordial quark-gluon plasma by colliding oxygen and neon nuclei, much smaller nuclei than traditionally…
Only three of 1,357 FDA-cleared AI devices tested patient outcomes
Hundreds of AI tools are entering clinical care, but researchers traced how quickly the evidence thins out when…
Cross-generational friendships reshape brain synchrony in unexpected ways
The closer two people grow, the more alike their brains work– or so the assumption goes. Two ETH…
Wake-activated brain circuits reveal what drives the urge to sleep
By mapping the brain during prolonged wakefulness, researchers pinpointed neuronal populations whose activity rises with time awake and…
New brain wave theory explains cognition and consciousness
A new theory, published in The Journal of Neuroscience by three scientists in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory…
Why you move — not just how often — could affect dementia risk — USC News
For years, scientists have known that regular physical activity can help lower the risk of dementia. But new…