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New research tracking Australians for over 20 years shows Generation Z drinks far less alcohol than previous generations, a change that could bring major public health benefits if it continues.
A long-term Australian study finds Generation Z is far more likely to avoid alcohol, signaling a lasting shift in drinking culture.
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A Technion study reveals how neurons push toxic proteins onto neighbors, offering new insight into how Alzheimer’s spreads.
HealthNew cellular discovery may explain how Alzheimer’s disease spreads through the brainMac Oliveau
New psychology research explains why nail-biting, procrastination and self-criticism may stem from the brain’s survival instincts.
HealthNail-biting, procrastination, self-harming: The evolutionary origins of bad habitsMac Oliveau
A new study suggests the gut microbiome can reshape brain function and energy use, offering new insight into human brain evolution and development.
HealthGut microbes are reshaping how scientists think about brain evolutionHannah Shavit-Weiner
Conceptual illustration of the bidirectional quantitative scattering microscope, which detects both forward and backward scattered light from cells.
HealthA new type of microscope lets scientists observe life unfolding inside cellsJoshua Shavit
Researchers analyzing 2,647 adults found stool metabolites tracked key food groups and diet patterns, and improved prediction of 10-year cardiovascular risk when paired with BMI.
HealthStool chemistry may reveal your diet, and signal heart riskHannah Shavit-Weiner
New Rutgers research shows how fast and slow brain signals merge through neural wiring to support cognition and behavior.
HealthRutgers research explains why brains think at different speedsRebecca Shavit
A global review shows how antibiotic resistance is spreading and why coordinated action is critical to protect modern medicine.
HealthScientists warn of increasing global antimicrobial resistanceMac Oliveau
Stanford-led study finds aging protein blocker regrows knee cartilage
HealthBlocking a key aging enzyme helps regrow knee cartilage, study findsHannah Shavit-Weiner
A decade-long study of 1,051 adults over 50 used a single lower-back sensor to measure how people turn while walking down a 20-meter hallway.
HealthHow you turn while walking could signal Parkinson’s risk nearly 9 years in advanceMac Oliveau
Professor KIM Jae Kyoung of the IBS Biomedical Mathematics Group
HealthNew study provides a key breakthrough in cancer therapy and synthetic biologyMac Oliveau
A new JNeurosci study shows that music does not boost memory in a single way. Instead, how strongly you feel the music determines whether you remember the big picture of an event or the small details, pointing toward more personalized music based memory therapies.
HealthMusic shapes your memory through emotional intensity, study findsRebecca Shavit
A soft, wireless implant developed at Northwestern University can deliver precise light patterns through the skull to activate neurons across the cortex. In mouse experiments, animals learned to recognize those patterns as meaningful signals and used them to complete tasks without relying on sight, sound, or touch. The Nature Neuroscience study points toward future brain devices that could restore lost senses, add sensory feedback to prosthetics, and deepen understanding of how perception forms.
HealthWireless implant sends information straight to the brain using lightShy Cohen
A new study from UC San Francisco and Northwestern University finds that young indoor tanners carry more skin cell mutations than people twice their age, including changes known to seed melanoma. The work reveals that tanning beds make skin look decades older at the genetic level and strengthens calls to avoid artificial UV exposure.
HealthTanning beds turn young skin genetically old, study findsRebecca Shavit
A global team has built single-cell maps of brain activity across the day in mice, uncovering shifting networks that track fatigue and recovery with sleep. The work could guide future tests that objectively measure tiredness in people who hold safety-critical jobs.
HealthAll day brain tracking helps scientists finally decode fatigueMac Oliveau
A long-term high-fat diet can trigger liver cells to shift into a survival mode that looks more like early development than healthy adult tissue.
HealthHigh-fat diets may lead to liver cells becoming cancerousJoseph Shavit
A Colorado team has found that sargramostim, a long used immune drug, cut a blood marker of neuron death by 40 percent in people with Alzheimer’s and modestly improved scores on a standard memory test, offering cautious hope that brain cell loss in the disease can be slowed.
HealthFDA-approved drug may slow brain cell death in Alzheimer’s patientsMac Oliveau