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People with life-threatening injuries may be more likely to survive when advanced medical care reaches them by helicopter. Survival data from a regional air ambulance service in South East England shows that outcomes were better than expected for major trauma patients. The analysis suggests that about five additional people survived…
Broadband achromatic wavefront control is a key requirement for next-generation optical technologies, including full-color imaging and multi-spectral sensing. Researchers led by Professor Yijun Feng and Professor Ke Chen at Nanjing University have now reported a major advance in this area in PhotoniX. Their work introduces a hybrid-phase cooperative dispersion-engineering approach…
New research from neuroscientists at Trinity College Dublin shows that babies as young as two months old can already organize what they see into distinct object categories. This ability appears far earlier than scientists previously believed and suggests that important building blocks of perception are present almost from the very…
Researchers have built a new optical device that can produce two different vortex-shaped forms of light, one electric and one magnetic. These structured light patterns, known as skyrmions, are exceptionally stable and remain intact even when exposed to interference. That resilience makes them attractive candidates for encoding information in future…
H5N1 avian influenza, often called bird flu, was first identified in the United States in 2014. Since then, the virus has moved beyond wild birds, spreading into farm animals and eventually infecting people. More than 70 human cases have been reported in the U.S. since 2022, including two deaths. Because…
Experts from UCL and the University of Cambridge warn that many people prescribed newer weight loss medications may not be receiving enough nutrition guidance to support safe, long-term weight loss. As a result, some users could face preventable risks such as vitamin and mineral deficiencies and loss of muscle mass.…
A major long-term study from Sweden found that middle-aged and older adults who ate more full-fat cheese and cream had a lower risk of developing dementia. While the results may sound encouraging, researchers emphasize that they should be interpreted with caution. The study tracked 27,670 people over a 25-year period. During…
Consciousness has long been described as one of science’s toughest puzzles. Researchers still do not fully understand how physical brain tissue gives rise to thoughts, emotions, and subjective experience. A relatively new technology, known as transcranial focused ultrasound, may offer a powerful way to investigate this mystery more directly. Although…
A new study published in Nature Geoscience shows that changes in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) closely followed shifts in marine algae growth in the Southern Ocean during past glacial cycles. However, the relationship unfolded in a surprising way that challenges long-standing assumptions. At the center of the discovery…
According to the National Institutes of Health, people living with type 2 diabetes are more likely to experience heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular conditions. This risk is not the same for everyone. Women and men with diabetes face different levels of heart disease risk, but the biological reasons behind…
Scientists at the University of St Andrews have identified an important missing piece in understanding how animals with backbones first evolved. This includes mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. The findings help explain how vertebrates emerged and diversified from simpler animal ancestors. The research was published February 2 in the journal…
Pink noise is commonly used to help people fall asleep, but new research suggests it may interfere with the most restorative stages of sleep. A study from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, published in the journal Sleep, found that pink noise reduced REM sleep and disrupted overall…
Plants naturally produce chemicals called alkaloids to protect themselves from threats such as insects and disease. People have relied on these same compounds for generations, using them in pain relief, medical treatments, and everyday products including caffeine and nicotine. Scientists want to better understand how plants create alkaloids so they…
An international research team has identified a new dinosaur species, Foskeia pelendonum, a tiny plant-eating dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now Vegagete (Burgos, Spain). At just about half a meter long, Foskeia ranks among the smallest known ornithopod dinosaurs. The study, led by Paul-Emile Dieudonné…
A new study from scientists at Yale University and the University of Missouri shows that catalysts made with manganese can efficiently convert carbon dioxide into formate. Manganese is widely available and low cost, making it an attractive alternative to expensive metals. Formate is considered a promising material for storing hydrogen,…
Scientists have produced the most detailed map ever created of dark matter that runs throughout the Universe, revealing how it has influenced the formation of stars, galaxies, and planets. The research, which includes astronomers from Durham University in the UK, provides new insight into how this unseen substance helped draw…
Advances in public health and medicine have helped people live longer than ever before. However, those extra years are often affected by poor health rather than vitality. While aging is unavoidable, it greatly increases the risk of many chronic illnesses, including cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. Understanding why aging so…
A new study examining how memory functions in the brain suggests that different kinds of remembering may rely on the same brain regions. Instead of using separate neural pathways to retrieve different types of information, the brain appears to activate overlapping areas, a finding that could change how memory is…
A new scientific analysis finds that plastic pollution has reached even the most isolated Pacific coastal waters. According to research published January 28, 2026 in the open-access journal PLOS One, about one-third of fish living near Pacific Island Countries and Territories contain microplastics. The study was led by Jasha Dehm…
What if an injectable protein could one day help repair both “leaky gut” and severe depression? New research from the University of Victoria (UVic), published in the journal Chronic Stress, suggests this idea may not be far-fetched. Scientists found that a glycoprotein known as Reelin could play a key role…
Miracle Mineral Solution, commonly called MMS, has been promoted for years as a supposed cure for serious conditions such as cancer, autism, and COVID-19. Despite these claims, MMS is simply a marketing name for sodium chlorite (NaClO2), a strong disinfectant used in applications like water treatment. When sodium chlorite is…
The global demand for critical metals is rising quickly, prompting many countries to explore the possibility of extracting these valuable resources from the ocean floor. A new international study has revealed that this push toward deep-sea mining may have less overall environmental impact than scientists once feared. At the same…
New research suggests that the Vatican’s recently opened eco-friendly farm reflects a long forgotten chapter in Catholic history. The farm was inaugurated by the first ever Augustinian pope and, according to historian Dr. Krisztina Ilko, mirrors the early values and practices of his religious order. Her work challenges long held…
For decades, scientists believed a major group of ocean bacteria was ideally suited for life in waters with very little food. New research suggests that this assumption may be incomplete. These microbes appear to be far more sensitive to environmental change than previously thought. The bacteria, called SAR11, are the…
An international team led by scientists at Sun Yat-sen University and the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has launched an ambitious experiment known as MACE. The project is designed to look for an extremely rare event in which muonium, a short lived system made of…
The four astronauts assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission have entered a standard two-week quarantine at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The isolation period began Wednesday and is designed to protect the crew’s health as they prepare for their upcoming trip to the International Space Station. The Crew-12 astronauts…
Lava tunnels on nearby planetary bodies are increasingly seen as strong candidates for future base camps. These underground structures can naturally shield astronauts from harmful radiation and frequent meteorite impacts. Despite their promise, reaching and studying these environments is extremely challenging due to rough terrain, limited entry points, and dangerous…
After years of slow progress, researchers may finally be seeing a clear path forward in the quest to build powerful quantum computers. These machines are expected to dramatically shorten the time required for certain calculations, turning problems that would take classical computers thousands of years into tasks that could be…
For scientists who track faint ripples traveling through the cosmos, GW250114 stands out. It is the clearest gravitational wave signal ever recorded from a pair of merging black holes, giving researchers an unusually sharp tool for testing Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, called general relativity. “What’s fantastic is the event…
A large U.S. study involving nearly 2 million older adults found that cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a condition in which amyloid proteins accumulate in brain blood vessels, is linked to a much higher risk of developing dementia within five years. The increased dementia risk was seen in people with cerebral amyloid…
