Healthcare workers who wash their uniforms at home may be unknowingly contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, according to a new study led by Katie Laird of De Montfort University, published April 30, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One.

Conservatives may rate their mental health more positively than liberals in part because of stigma around the phrase “mental health,” according to a study published April 30, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Brian F. Schaffner from Tufts University, U.S., and colleagues.

U.K. adults with face blindness reveal the daily challenges of the condition, with a third reporting being unable to reliably recognize immediate family members and 41% unable to recognize closest friends in out-of-context or unexpected encounters

Mounting evidence supports ayahuasca’s potential to improve mental health, but its long-term effects are shaped by both individual mental health history and the context in which the psychedelic is used, according to a study published on April 30, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS Mental Health by Óscar Andión from Research Sherpas, Spain; José Carlos Bouso from the International Centre for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Services (ICEERS) and the University of Rovira i Virgili, Spain; Daniel Perkins from the University of Melbourne and Swinburne University; and colleagues.

Researchers led by the University of Cincinnati’s Anna Kruyer and the University of Houston’s Demetrio Labate have published research in the journal Science Advances applying object recognition technology to track changes in brain cell structure and provide new insights into how the brain responds to heroin use, withdrawal and relapse.

A new 3D "atlas" of the mouse brain, developed by Duke University School of Medicine and collaborators, promises to sharpen scientists' ability to measure brain changes and share findings across studies of diseases like Alzheimer's. The Duke Mouse Brain Atlas combines microscopic detail from multiple imaging techniques into a living, distortion-free map—offering a powerful new tool for research and discovery. The open-source atlas, reported April 30 in Science Advances, is already helping scientists track neurodegeneration in mouse models.