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Release date: 5-Oct-2026 1:15 PM EDT
E-Bikes Causing Far More Severe Injuries Than E-Scooters
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
As e-bike use surges among children and teens, researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have uncovered a troubling trend: Kids injured on e-bikes often sustain significantly more serious injuries than those hurt on e-scooters.
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Invasive Egyptian Geese: They Eat Whatever is Available
Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
The Egyptian goose, native to Africa, is considered an invasive species of Europe-wide significance. Researchers from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center and Goethe University Frankfurt spent four years investigating the ecological and economic impacts of its expansion.
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Release date: 5-Oct-2026 12:30 PM EDT
Karl Deisseroth Awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
HHMI Investigator Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in developing optogenetics, which makes it possible to switch on or off the activity of individual nerve cells in a living brain.
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New HF Stats 2026 Report Finds Heart Failure Mortality Rising as Disease Increasingly Affects Younger Americans
Heart Failure Society of America
The burden of the disease in the United States continues to grow, with mortality reaching a new peak and younger adults experiencing some of the most concerning increases, according to the new HF Stats 2026: An Updated Report on Heart Failure Epidemiology and Outcomes Statistics from the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA).
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UW-led optoelectronic center receives second round of funding from the US National Science Foundation
A University of Washington-led center for optoelectronics — technologies that combine light and electronics — brings researchers from 14 universities across the U.S. together with the mission to develop new materials to transform information technology with light. Founded in 2021, NSF IMOD has received a second round of funding from the NSF to continue its work for the next five years.
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Released: 5-Oct-2026 11:30 AM EDT
Keeping Kids Moving Beyond the School Bell
The school bell may signal the end of lessons, but for more than half a million Australian children each week, it doesn’t mean the end of opportunities to be active.
Improving How Models Predict Ocean Waves with AI
Department of Energy, Office of Science
Ocean surface waves affect coastal flooding. It’s difficult to represent in computer simulations how waves at each location in the ocean exchange energy. Scientists developed a deep neural network emulator that comes close to exact interactions’ accuracy with a lower computational cost.
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Release date: 5-Oct-2026 11:10 AM EDT
Q&A: Why consumer confidence is falling, and who pays the price
U.S. consumer confidence sank to a 12-year low in September, according to the U.S. Consumer Confidence Survey. With households cutting back and businesses raising prices, Virginia Tech marketing expert Shreyans Goenka explains what the decline means for shoppers, brands, and policymakers amid inflation and job anxiety. How do we define consumer confidence, and why is it dropping? “At its core, consumer confidence is consumers’ belief in the strength of the economy, and right now that belief is being hit from every direction at once.
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Cigarette Smoke May Prime Lung Stem Cells for Different Types of Lung Cancer
Chronic exposure to cigarette smoke may reprogram different populations of lung stem cells, which maintain and repair lung tissue, in ways that make them vulnerable to specific cancer-causing gene alterations and ultimately helps determine the type of lung cancer that develops.
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Nearly Twice as Many People Quit Smoking When Offered Cash Rewards
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Offering financial incentives of up to $600 nearly doubled smoking cessation rates among medically underserved adults undergoing lung cancer screening, according to a large randomized clinical trial. The findings were published today in JAMA.
Suspected Second-Generation Planet Solves NASA Hubble Cold Case
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
For more than a quarter century, unidentified chemical signatures from a white dwarf star have laid dormant in the archive of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, until diligent sleuthing by a young astronomer revealed something extraordinary: high amounts of the element niobium, and other unusual chemical abundances, indicating a potential second-generation planet orbiting the white dwarf.
Human trial: Popular diabetes drug shown to lower inflammation, which may protect the heart
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
For the first time in a human trial, a class of drugs known as sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, already known for their weight loss and glucose lowering benefits, has been shown to also reduce inflammatory cells in the blood..
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Pulsed Resources and Marine Food Webs: How Capelin Fluctuations Shape Top Predator Diets in Coastal Newfoundland
Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI)
Stable isotope analyses reveal how capelin (small forage fish) fluctuations in Newfoundland alter predator diets. While spatially restricted breeding seabirds rely heavily on annual capelin biomass, non-breeding shearwaters track fish migrations. Sand lance serves as a key alternative prey.
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Released: 5-Oct-2026 10:45 AM EDT
UA Little Rock Student Selected for national Board of Directors of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
University of Arkansas at Little Rock senior Michaela Reynolds has been elected Undergraduate Student Representative for the Board of Directors of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.
RWJBarnabas Health President and CEO Mark E. Manigan Named 2026 NJBIZ Executive Excellence Honoree
Mark E. Manigan, President and Chief Executive Officer of RWJBarnabas Health, the largest, most comprehensive academic health system in New Jersey, has been named a 2026 Executive Excellence honoree by NJBIZ, recognizing his leadership and impact on New Jersey’s health care landscape.
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Agriculture is producing more with more. That’s the problem.
Farmers are producing more. That’s the good news. The bad news is that globally, they’re using more land, fertilizer, machinery, and other resources to do it. For farmers, that can mean higher production costs and greater financial risk. For consumers, those costs can contribute to higher prices for food, clothing, pharmaceuticals, and other products that begin on farms.
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Red de Atención Médica de Mayo Clinic celebra el hito de los 15 años como comunidad global de organizaciones miembros para impulsar la atención médica
Mayo Clinic ha anunciado que su Red de Atención Médica de Mayo Clinic ha alcanzado el hito de los 15 años como comunidad global de más de 50 organizaciones miembros, que representan a 80 hospitales y a casi 20 mil médicos.
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Rede de Assistência Médica da Mayo Clinic celebra marco de 15 anos como comunidade global de organizações membras para o avanço dos cuidados com a saúde
A Mayo Clinic anunciou que sua Rede de Assistência Médica da Mayo Clinic alcançou o marco de 15 anos como comunidade global de mais de 50 organizações membras, representando 80 hospitais e quase 20 mil médicos.
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Released: 5-Oct-2026 10:20 AM EDT
Food Processing Influences Metabolism and Brain Activity
Most nutrition science suggests that meals with the same basic nutritional profile will have the same impact on a person’s blood sugar. But is there something about food processing itself that influences how our bodies respond? Researchers exploring that question were surprised to find that minimally and highly processed meals nutritionally matched on calories, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, water, salt, and weight produced distinct metabolic responses.
Mapping Baseline Ocean Ecosystems for Offshore Wind Energy Development
New research led by BRI scientists reveals why local ecological context and community composition are critical to consider when planning offshore wind energy development across Atlantic marine waters.
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Digital Alerts Support Timely Treatment Decisions of Critically Ill Cardiac Patients
Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan
Digital alerts embedded in the electronic health record helped clinicians identify when critically ill cardiac patients needed treatment changes, supporting faster, more consistent care decisions and highlighting the potential of data-driven tools to improve outcomes.
Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to hold Lincoln residency
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Legendary trumpeter and nine-time Grammy Award winner Wynton Marsalis will mark his final season as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with a historic Lincoln residency Oct. 8-10
Tips for Treats: A Dentist’s Guide to Halloween Candy
Halloween is a time for costumes, fun, and – of course – candy. But not all treats are created equal when it comes to your child’s dental health. Cheen Loo, DMD, chair and professor of pediatric dentistry at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, can offer tips to navigate the sugar rush without sacrificing your child’s smile.
Burnside, Miller Crowned Homecoming Royalty at Nebraska
Seniors Caleb Burnside of Stapleton and Hannah Miller of Shickley have been crowned homecoming royalty at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.Burnside and Miller, elected in an online vote
Warmer Oceans and Increasing Disease Put Coral Reefs at Risk
Disease and heat pose a deadly combination for coral reefs, according to a new University of Georgia study.
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center Earns Four Surgical Review Corporation Center of Excellence Accreditations
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center has earned accreditation from Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) as a Center of Excellence in four specialty areas: Complex Endometriosis Care, Fibroid Care, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, and Robotic Surgery. These accreditations recognize Pascack Valley Medical Center’s ongoing commitment to delivering the highest standards of patient safety, quality care, and surgical excellence.
Physics to Fusion: Collab Brings Lab-Developed Sensor Tech to Future Energy Markets
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
A new agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and a radiation detection and monitoring startup aims to develop a key technology for ensuring groundwater near future energy facilities is free of potentially hazardous materials. As part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), a type of public-private partnership, Jefferson Lab has teamed with Canary Instruments to help bring a lab-developed radiation sensing system to the burgeoning fusion energy market. The partnership grew out of the Boost Platform, a DOE initiative that helps connect entrepreneurs and national labs to solve some of today’s most pressing energy and infrastructure challenges.
NYU Tandon and NYU Grossman Launch Joint Research Center Dedicated to Engineering a Solution to Plastics
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
NYU Tandon School of Engineering and NYU Grossman School of Medicine announced the launch of the NYC Center for Healthier Plastic Solutions, dedicated to understanding the full range of health and environmental threats posed by plastics, and to developing new materials that curtail them.
Annual Walk of Hope Returns to Carrier Clinic on October 17 to Benefit Mental Health Initiatives
Hackensack Meridian Carrier Clinic is proud to announce that its annual Walk of Hope will be held on October 17. This year’s walk, held rain or shine, consists of a one-mile loop around the beautiful Carrier Clinic campus, live music and family-friendly fall activities. All proceeds from the event will go directly to services at Carrier Clinic and the communities it serves, which include the expansion of Carrier’s adolescent unit, therapy programs such as pet, equine and music therapy, as well as language interpretation services — all helping to provide the resources our patients need to reclaim their lives from mental illness and addiction.
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Recognizes
Care Award Winner Terry Ann Forsythe
Hackensack Meridian Health (Mountainside Medical Center)
Mountainside Medical Center is proud to recognize Terry Ann Forsythe as this month’s Care Award recipient.
New Microscope Developed to Study Material Behavior
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
A new type of advanced microscope (wide-field coherent multidimensional microscopy) has been developed. It uses a carefully designed sequence of ultrashort light pulses to study the behavior of high-tech materials, with potential practical applications in the study of innovative materials such as those used to build solar panels. This is the result of work by a research group of physicists from the Faculty of Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Natural Sciences at Università Cattolica’s Brescia campus who, for the first time, have developed a “multidimensional microscope” that, in a sense, records the behavior of materials.
A Novel Path to Fusion Ignition: Heat First, Then Add Fuel
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
A new PPPL framework maps the least demanding route to a self-sustaining fusion plasma and shows that a trace of tungsten and super high magnetic fields can make the climb far steeper
How Inverted Repeats Shape Sex Determination in a Woody Tree
How do plants decide to be male or female? In dioecious species, sex is often controlled by small genomic regions called sex-determining regions (SDRs). But in many plants, these regions remain difficult to resolve due to complex repetitive sequences and structural variations. Now, researchers have constructed a haplotype-resolved female genome of Vernicia montana — a dioecious woody tree with a ZW sex-determination system — and pinpointed a ~61.4-kb W-specific SDR. Their findings challenge the conventional view that sex determination requires a novel “master sex gene,” instead pointing to structural remodeling that reshapes the regulatory landscape of existing genes.
NIH Awards Mount Sinai Researcher $3.3 Million to Study How “Forever Chemicals” May Contribute to IBD
Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called “forever chemicals,” may play a role in the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) years before symptoms appear, according to a new five-year study supported by a $3.3 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Released: 5-Oct-2026 8:35 AM EDT
Managing Misfolded Proteins to Prevent Parkinson’s Disease
The protein alpha-synuclein is abundant in healthy brains and plays an important role in enabling communication between nerve cells. However, under certain conditions, misfolded alpha-synuclein proteins can accumulate into toxic clumps inside neurons. Known as Lewy bodies, these clusters of proteins are a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease and some forms of dementia.
Digital Science appoints Charlesworth as strategic sales partner of Altmetric and Dimensions in China’s scholarly publishing sector
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd
Digital Science has appointed Charlesworth as its strategic sales partner of Altmetric and Dimensions in China’s scholarly publishing sector. This collaboration aims to support the growing demand for research data and information across this rapidly developing market.
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FvJMT2 Links Strawberry Aroma with Insect Deterrence
Strawberry aroma is more than a sensory trait: the same volatile molecules that shape flavor can also influence how fruits interact with insects. A new study traces this connection to natural genetic variation in woodland strawberry, identifying FvJMT2 as a key gene for producing methyl benzoate, a fragrant compound that also reduced attraction of the spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, in laboratory tests. By combining genome-wide association studies with gene-function experiments, enzyme assays, insect behavior tests, and comparisons across wild and cultivated strawberries, the research reveals genetic resources that could help breeders recover desirable aroma traits while exploring whether naturally produced volatiles can contribute to crop protection.
Release date: 5-Oct-2026 8:30 AM EDT
WVU research informs new otter management policy across Mountain State
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Genezen and InterAct Therapeutics Partner to Advance AAV8-based Gene Therapy for Liver-Dominant Metastatic Breast Cancer
Genezen, a gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), and InterAct Therapeutics, a gene therapy innovation organization with a proprietary platform that pinpoints cancer targets and powers anti-metastasis therapies to save lives, today announced a strategic manufacturing partnership to advance the clinical development of a therapy for breast cancer liver metastases (BCLM).
RNA Methylation Reshapes Alfalfa Growth and Forage Quality
A chemical mark placed on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) helps alfalfa coordinate stem growth with the way it distributes carbon and nitrogen, revealing a previously hidden layer of control over forage performance. Researchers found that the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methyltransferase MsMTA stabilizes transcripts needed for photosynthesis, redox balance and nitrogen metabolism. Reducing MsMTA expression lowered global m6A levels, shortened stems and decreased biomass, while increasing soluble sugars and reducing acid detergent fiber, with only a modest decline in crude protein. The findings show that RNA methylation can reshape both plant architecture and nutritional composition, offering a molecular framework for breeding alfalfa with a better balance between forage yield, digestibility and energy value.
