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Aannual report on the global effort to find a cure for Alzheimer's shows a 35% increase in the number of clinical trials and a 40% increase in therapies being tested since 2016. Significantly, 59 new trials entered the pipeline during the past year signaling an increased confidence in the ability to develop drugs to slow the loss of memory.

A nationwide survey of more than 2,000 nurses and nursing students reveals a workforce driven by purpose - but under growing strain since 2022. While 83% enter nursing to make a difference (up from 66%), burnout has surged from 39% to 67%, pay and benefits concerns from 24% to 53%, and those feeling undervalued from 26% to 49%. Short staffing also rose from 53% to 61%. Even so, 62% prioritize fle…

From workforce shortages to child safety concerns, Australia's early childhood education sector is under pressure. Despite these pressures, children should never bear the consequences - particularly those who have already experienced trauma.

SLAC's Derek Mendez and Xueli "Sherry" Zheng have been honored with prestigious DOE Early Career Research Program awards to develop novel AI tools that will accelerate drug discovery and advance energy storage to power the future.

Plants use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich sugars and oxygen in various ways (photosynthesis). Drought is a major challenge in this process. A research team led by Wolfram Weckwerth at the University of Vienna has now demonstrated how a particularly water-efficient variant of this process (CAM) has evolved in diverse ways within a single tropical tree genus. By analy…

It is well known that biological invasions can be severely harmful to native biodiversity - preventing the damage they cause is a global conservation priority. A new University of Bristol study highlights a different type of impact that they cause - the often-overlooked animal welfare consequences of biological invasions. The research, published in Nature Communications today [5 May], reveals t…

Fungal vaccine tech could help Africa make affordable HPV vaccines. Wits scientists are advancing the C1 platform, which uses fungi to produce vaccine proteins faster and more cheaply, potentially expanding protection against cervical cancer.

David Page, head of the Geographic Data Science Section at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, leads with a focus on judgment, collaboration and empowering teams.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a $3.9 million grant to a multi-institutional team led by scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute to develop a non-opioid pain therapeutic and advance it into a Phase 1 clinical trial.

Theorists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign address an experimental paradox by developing a general theory uniting a kind of order known as electronic nematicity with a crystal's elasticity.

Two studies led by the Chahrour Lab at UT Southwestern Medical Center shed new light on genes associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the neurodevelopmental disease characterized by impaired communication, abnormal social interactions, and restricted, repetitive behaviors.

Heightened immigration enforcement during the second Trump administration has not expanded job opportunities for U.S.-born workers and is associated with a reduction of employment for U.S.-born men with no more than a high school degree, according to new CU Boulder research.The study also found that employment among remaining immigrants declines 4% on average after an Immigration and Customs Enfo…

Researchers from UC San Diego have found that microdosing -- taking very small amounts of psychoactive substances -- is more common among U.S. adults than previously recognized, with cannabis leading by a wide margin.

New FAMU-FSU College of Engineering research shows how different angles of flight affect the vortices that form behind the forebody of aircraft in flight. The research, published in Journal of Aircraft, could help design more stable missiles and high-speed aircraft.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital immunologist recognized for his contributions to advancing immunology and immunometabolism.

New research shows that equipping primary care providers with dementia training and electronic medial record tools can improve dementia diagnosis and care.

Today, students from Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California, won the high school competition for the 2026 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl(r) (NSB). In the middle school competition, students from William Diamond Middle School in Lexington, Massachusetts, took home first place.

At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists are building the next generation of research: self-driving labs powered by AI, robotics and high-performance computing. Autonomous systems run continuous "design, build, test, learn" cycles to analyze data in real time and guide experiments.