20-Nov-2025 Worried about health insurance for 2026? Read this Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan A plain-language explainer for individuals who buy their own health insurance, in a year when headlines about higher costs and delayed policymaker decisions about assistance are increasing worries.
20-Nov-2025 How GREGoR Consortium is advancing the diagnostics of rare diseases Baylor College of Medicine The National Institutes of Health established the Genomics Research to Elucidate the Genetics of Rare Diseases (GREGoR) Consortium in 2021 with the goal of finding molecular diagnoses for individuals with rare diseases who remain undiagnosed after clinical testing – to solve the unsolved. Baylor College of Medicine is one of five clinical sites in the consortium. A new paper published in Nature reviews the major accomplishments of the consortium’s first five years and the frontiers in genomic medicine that researchers will tackle next. Journal Nature
20-Nov-2025 Wearable health technology brings research closer to people University of Oulu, Finland At the University of Oulu Finland, researchers are exploring new ways to utilize microwave technology in monitoring and assessing health conditions. The results of experiments conducted with realistic models are promising. Bras that detect breast cancer, leg sleeves that identify blood clots, and a helmet that monitors the effects of radiation therapy offer a glimpse into what future healthcare might look like.
20-Nov-2025 Korea establishes its first ultra high-voltage DC standards, accelerating the “energy highway” National Research Council of Science & Technology The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Lee Ho Seong) has established Korea’s first national standards for the reliable performance verification of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC)* transmission systems. Based on these newly established standards, KRISS will begin providing calibration and testing services for national power authorities and related industries. Funder Ministry of Science and ICT
20-Nov-2025 Q&A: How will recent economic disruptions impact the holiday shopping season? Penn State Tony Lynch, assistant professor of supply chain management at Penn State Harrisburg, explained how tariffs, the longest government shutdown on record and the grounding of the MD-11 cargo planes used by UPS and FedEx may impact Black Friday deals and product availability through the holidays.
20-Nov-2025 How a UBC course helps students transform climate anxiety into agency University of British Columbia UBC Nursing’s Monica Rana helps students turn climate anxiety into action—exploring health impacts, resilience strategies and inclusion at COP30. Discover how climate-aware communities and nurses can make a difference.
19-Nov-2025 Forecaster.Health now issues health alerts of air pollution for vulnerable populations Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) The Forecaster.health early warning system now includes a new feature: the ability to anticipate mortality associated with air pollution in Europe, using epidemiological models to adjust forecasts for different regions and population groups by sex and age. Funder European Research Council
19-Nov-2025 Wolves get clever with crab traps University of Victoria Wild wolf behaviour on British Columbia’s central coast may represent the first documented case of potential tool use in the species, according to a new study. Journal Ecology and Evolution
19-Nov-2025 AI and psychosis: What to know, what to do Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan A psychosis expert reflects on the potential dangers of artificial intelligence chatbots to people at higher risk of psychosis.
19-Nov-2025 X-ray vision dives deep to boost safety, inspection and response DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed the first X-ray imaging system that clearly reveals the interior of suspicious objects or infrastructure underwater.
