STAT staffers share stories they wish they had written in 2025
This year saw upheaval in all corners of health, science, and biotech. While our staff was covering all…
Study reveals a therapeutic vulnerability in aggressive subtype of triple-negative breast cancer
Dec 26 2025 A new study published today in Science Translational Medicine by researchers at The University of…
Calcium signaling helps maintain protein quality in the endoplasmic reticulum
Calcium (Ca2+) drives many cellular functions, though the way it controls quality of proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum…
Bridging neuroscience and LLMs for efficient, interpretable AI systems
NSLLM bridges LLMs and neuroscience Large language models (LLMs) have become crucial tools in the pursuit of artificial…
Pediatric surgeons weigh AI benefits against ethical challenges and practical barriers
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing across modern healthcare, yet its role in pediatric surgery remains limited and…
New Species Being Discovered Faster Than Ever – At a Rate of Over 16,000 a Year
New lanternfly discovered in India – SWNS New species are being discovered at a faster rate than ever,…
Alaknanda: Ancient spiral galaxy challenges existing knowledge of cosmic evolution
Early in the story of the universe, long before galaxies like the Milky Way were expected to take…
Abandoning home ownership may be changing how people behave at work and home
The consequences of giving up Lee and Yoo are high school friends who grew up in South Korea…
Researchers develop mild mitochondrial uncouplers for obesity treatment
Researchers have developed experimental drugs that encourage the mitochondria in our cells to work a little harder and…
Restoring brain energy balance reverses Alzheimer’s disease in mouse models
For over a century, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been considered irreversible. Consequently, research has focused on disease prevention…
Alcohol consumption plays a major role in India’s mouth cancer burden
Even a low daily intake of alcohol–just 9 g or around one standard drink-is linked to a 50%…
Scientists bend magnetic fields around real-world objects to create ‘invisibility cloaks’
For nearly 20 years, physicists and engineers have chased the idea of invisibility. Early efforts focused on hiding…