RESEARCH

Apr 03 2026HEALTH

Why global health research needs more regional voices

Medical research shapes how countries handle health problems, but most studies come from wealthy nations. This leaves poorer countries with solutions that don’t always fit their needs. Local journals help change that by making research more accessible and practical for communities that need it most.

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Apr 03 2026SCIENCE

Space Rings: The Hidden Weather Radars of Cool Stars

Scientists recently uncovered something cool about small, young stars scattered across our galaxy. These stars, called M dwarfs, often host large donut-shaped rings of superhot gas, or plasma, trapped by their magnetic fields. Instead of just being odd cosmic decorations, these rings are actually wo

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Apr 02 2026SCIENCE

Science Scores: AI Helps Spot Reliable Studies

Scientists write more than ten million papers each year. Some discoveries become useful facts, while others turn out to be wrong. Checking every paper by repeating its experiments is slow and costly. A group of researchers long ago tried to speed this up by training computer models that could predic

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Apr 02 2026SCIENCE

Studying Brain Health in Latino Adults: A Big New Research Push

Scientists at two major universities just got $15. 8 million to study how Latino adults' brains change as they age. The money comes from the government’s top health research group. Two professors, one from each school, will lead the project. They want to follow about 1, 800 Latino adults for 12 year

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Apr 01 2026SCIENCE

Nuclear Medicine Turns Sixty: A Look Back and Ahead

The British Nuclear Medicine Society, or BNMS, turns 60 this year. It started in 1966 when four doctors met at a London pub and saw how radioactive imaging could change medicine. Since then the group has grown into a large network of doctors, scientists, and technicians who keep UK standards high.

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Apr 01 2026SCIENCE

Learning from Chernobyl’s radiation-loving fungus

In the ruins of a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl, something strange is growing. A dark, almost black fungus called Cladosporium sphaerospermum has taken over the walls of the abandoned Unit 4 building. This isn’t just any fungus—it thrives where radiation levels would be deadly to humans. Scientists h

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Mar 26 2026SCIENCE

Women Scientists Lead the Fight Against Plant Stress

In recent years, farms around the world have faced harsher conditions: salty soils, long dry spells, and heat waves that hit more often. These challenges threaten the food we rely on, so scientists need to find crops that can survive such hardships. Women researchers have stepped up in this field, m

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Mar 25 2026HEALTH

Nurses Lead the Way: A Decade of Research and Change at KPNCAL

The first paragraph shifts the focus to the big picture: KPNCAL has long aimed to make nursing better by training its staff and blending caring science with a holistic view of health. Yet, nurse research had been slower than doctors’, lacking structure and few leaders. In 2019 the organization an

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Mar 25 2026SCIENCE

Twin Lives: When Identical Brothers Choose Different Paths

Three or four sentences about how most identical twins grow up in the same faith, but a rare case shows two brothers from one womb raised together yet picking opposite religions. This surprising split invites scientists and parents alike to rethink how environment, choice, and chance shape belief

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Mar 24 2026SCIENCE

Mosquito Hunt: A Student’s Bite‑Proof Experiment

The experiment began with a curious question: how do tiny mosquitoes spot us? A professor and a college student tried to answer it by putting the student in a room full of insects. The first attempt used a mesh suit, but it didn’t stop the mosquitoes from biting. After many painful stings, the team

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