Read More 2026-06-02 210-Million-Year-Old Croc Relative Discovered in New Mexico A new crocodile relative, Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa, has been identified from a 210-million-year-old Ghost Ranch fossil. CT scans reveal a short-snouted predator that coexisted with Hesperosuchus, shedding light on early croc diversification.
Read More 2026-06-02 Anti-inflammatory Drug Shows Promise for Tough Depression A Bristol pilot trial found that tocilizumab, an IL-6 blocking drug, improved symptoms in some people with treatment-resistant depression who showed blood markers of inflammation, pointing toward personalized immunotherapy approaches.
Read More 2026-06-02 New Pancreatic Cancer Pill Nearly Doubles Survival Daraxonrasib, a KRAS-targeting oral drug, nearly doubled median survival in a randomized trial for previously treated metastatic pancreatic cancer, offering a potential new standard of care and directions for future research.
Read More 2026-06-02 How Statins May Open a Tiny Calcium Gate in Muscles Researchers trace a common statin side effect to RyR1, a muscle calcium channel. New structural and mouse data show how simvastatin can open the gate, prompting interventions that could help millions with statin intolerance.
Read More 2026-06-01 Programmable Living Plastics That Self-Destruct in Six Days Scientists embedded engineered Bacillus subtilis and two enzymes into polycaprolactone to create living plastics that, when activated, fully degrade within six days without producing microplastics.
Read More 2026-06-01 Stanford's New iISM Microscope Reveals Living Cells Stanford researchers combined interferometric scattering and image-scanning techniques to create iISM, a label-free microscope that images living cells at ~120 nm resolution with lower illumination, enabling longer, gentler live-cell observation.
Read More 2026-06-01 How Giant Telescopes Will Soon Reveal Earthlike Worlds New space missions and enormous ground telescopes such as the Giant Magellan Telescope will combine adaptive optics and spectroscopy to locate and study Earth-sized exoplanets, shifting us from detection to characterization.
Read More 2026-06-01 One Sign of Aging That Predicts Decline and Recovery Frailty, more than age alone, predicts whether older adults will recover from illness. Simple, evidence-based steps — strength training, adequate protein and social engagement — can prevent or reverse decline.
Read More 2026-06-01 New Glenn Explosion Forces Six-Month Delay at Blue Origin A New Glenn booster exploded during a preflight test, destroying Blue Origin's launch pad and delaying Amazon's Project Kuiper and NASA lunar plans. Reconstruction may take six months while investigations proceed.
Read More 2026-05-31 Foamy Microglia: A New Clue to Severe Multiple Sclerosis Researchers link fat-filled microglia to aggressive multiple sclerosis. Post-mortem tissue and mouse models suggest lipid-overloaded immune cells switch from repair to harm, offering new diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets.
Read More 2026-05-31 Did Earth Seed Life in Venus’s Clouds? New Models Say Maybe New modeling suggests material blasted from Earth could reach Venus’s cloud decks and remain viable. Researchers using the Venus Life Equation estimate hundreds to billions of transferred cells over geological time.
Read More 2026-05-30 Wearable Ultrasound Patch Enables Continuous Fetal Monitoring Scientists have developed UPatch, a wearable ultrasound that can monitor a fetus continuously for hours, measuring anatomy and blood flow. Trials show clinical promise, detecting sustained distress and offering potential for earlier intervention.
Read More 2026-05-30 Typhoid Superbugs Are Rising: A Global Warning Now Genomic surveillance shows extensively drug-resistant Salmonella Typhi spreading across regions and threatening the last oral treatments. Vaccination, surveillance and new drugs are urgent priorities.
Read More 2026-05-30 Why Colon Cancer Is Increasing Among People in Their 30s Colorectal cancer is rising in younger adults, including those in their 30s. A Swiss national study and global data point to increases in rectal and right-sided tumors, later-stage diagnoses, and the need for earlier awareness.
Read More 2026-05-29 Engineered T Cells Use Hidden Sugar to Beat Solid Tumors UCLA scientists engineered T cells to metabolize cellobiose, a plant sugar tumors cannot use, restoring immune function in solid tumors and improving CAR-T performance in preclinical models.
Read More 2026-05-29 Why Rubbing Your Eyes Can Permanently Harm Vision Now Eye rubbing feels good in the moment but can cause abrasions, infections, and accelerate corneal thinning such as keratoconus. Learn causes, treatments, and prevention tips from eye specialists.
Read More 2026-05-29 Hidden Giants: A Virus That Reinvents Nuclear Replication Researchers have identified furtivovirus, a new giant virus that replicates in the nucleoplasm after breaking the nuclear membrane. This intermediate strategy may illuminate viral evolution and the origins of the cell nucleus.
Read More 2026-05-29 Svalbard and Central Europe: When Warming Accelerates Copernicus data reveal stark regional differences in warming: Svalbard heats fastest, parts of central and eastern Europe follow, while western Europe and sub-Arctic Scandinavia warm more slowly. Impacts span melting ice, thawing permafrost and stressed ecosystems.
Read More 2026-05-28 Common Food Preservatives Tied to Higher Blood Pressure A large French cohort study links common food preservatives to higher risks of hypertension and cardiovascular disease, highlighting eight additives of concern and calling for regulatory review and further research.
Read More 2026-05-28 Better Plant-Based Diets Could Cut Alzheimer's Risk A large Neurology study links higher-quality plant-based diets with lower risk of Alzheimer’s and related dementias, while diets high in refined plant foods and sugars may raise risk. Practical swaps discussed.
