Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-052The Sun's Changing Heartbeat: A Shift Under the SurfaceLong-term helioseismology from BiSON reveals that the Sun's magnetic activity is shifting into shallower layers, altering the relationship between interior oscillations and surface indicators and affecting space weather forecasts.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-052Quitting Smoking Lowers Dementia Risk, But Weight MattersA long-term U.S. study of over 32,000 retired adults found quitting smoking cuts dementia risk by 16 percent, but significant weight gain after quitting can erase that benefit. Maintaining weight helps preserve cognitive gains.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-053Why Giant Planets Can Spin Faster Than Brown DwarfsKeck Observatory measurements reveal that some giant exoplanets spin faster than heavier brown dwarfs, implicating magnetic braking and disk interactions in planet formation and prompting new studies with next-generation instruments.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-053A Cannibal Star Reveals the Source of Strange Radio SignalsAn accreting white dwarf in a tight binary, discovered with ASKAP, explains a rare class of repeating radio signals. The finding links long-period radio transients to cataclysmic variables and opens new paths for multiwavelength study.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-042Inside Pigeon Livers: A Quantum Compass Guides HomeResearchers found evidence that pigeons may use iron-rich liver immune cells as a quantum magnetic compass. Field tests that removed those cells impaired navigation under overcast skies, suggesting a new model for animal magnetoreception.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-022Anti-inflammatory Drug Shows Promise for Tough DepressionA 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 MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-022New Pancreatic Cancer Pill Nearly Doubles SurvivalDaraxonrasib, 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 MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-013Stanford's New iISM Microscope Reveals Living CellsStanford 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 MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-013How Giant Telescopes Will Soon Reveal Earthlike WorldsNew 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 MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-312Did Earth Seed Life in Venus’s Clouds? New Models Say MaybeNew 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 MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-302Typhoid Superbugs Are Rising: A Global Warning NowGenomic 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 MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-292Hidden Giants: A Virus That Reinvents Nuclear ReplicationResearchers 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 MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-282Common Food Preservatives Tied to Higher Blood PressureA 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 MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-282Better Plant-Based Diets Could Cut Alzheimer's RiskA 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.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-283How Everyday Hobbies Can Reduce Your Dementia Risk NowEveryday hobbies that combine mental challenge, movement and social contact can lower dementia risk. Learn which activities matter, why variety helps, and practical questions to choose sustainable hobbies.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-272JWST Finds a Moonlike World Bigger Than Earth in InfraredJWST's mid-infrared observations of LHS 3844b reveal a scorched, Mercury-like exoplanet larger than Earth, suggesting a basaltic or mantle-like surface with little atmosphere or sign of recent volcanism.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-272How Sleep's Nightly Cleanup May Link Many DementiasResearchers propose that sleep quality and rhythmic brain chemistry may power a glymphatic cleaning system that links stress, heart disease, depression and aging to higher dementia risk. Improving sleep could be a practical prevention route.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-273A Sudden Reversal in Earth's Molten Core: What Happened?Satellite measurements reveal that in 2010 a region of Earth's molten outer core beneath the Pacific reversed its flow, turning eastward. New analysis of decades of data links this to geomagnetic and rotational anomalies and raises questions about core dynamics.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-272When Riboflavin Shields Tumors and How We Fight BackNew research shows vitamin B2 (riboflavin) fuels a protein that shields cancer cells from ferroptosis. A riboflavin mimic, roseoflavin, may expose that weakness and inform targeted therapies.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-262Common Diabetes Drug Linked to Exceptional LongevityA 2025 cohort analysis found that postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes who began metformin had a lower risk of dying before age 90 than those who started sulfonylureas, prompting further study of metformin as a geroprotective agent.
