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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 29-Dec-2025 05:11 ET (29-Dec-2025 10:11 GMT/UTC)

15-Oct-2025

Leopoldina and Stifterverband honor atmospheric researcher Johannes Lelieveld with the 2024 Carl-Friedrich-von-Weizsäcker-Prize

The chemist Johannes Lelieveld uses innovative measurement methods and computer models to examine how chemical and meteorological processes impact Earth’s atmosphere. His research offers vital insights into the atmosphere’s self-cleaning capacity as well as into the influence of different kinds of emissions on climate and human health. The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Stifterverband are honouring his achievements with the 2024 Carl-Friedrich-von-Weizsäcker-Prize. The prize, endowed with 30,000 euros, is awarded for scientific achievements that deal with important challenges facing society. It is thus the German award for scientists working in the area of science-based policy advice.

15-Oct-2025

HKUMed discovers dietary fatty acids that boost cancer-fighting immune cells

The University of Hong Kong
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) discovered that certain dietary fatty acids can supercharge the human immune system's ability to fight cancer. The team found that a healthy fatty acid found in olive oil and nuts, called oleic acid (OA), enhances the power of immune γδ-T cells, specialised cells known for their cancer-fighting properties. Conversely, they found that another fatty acid, called palmitic acid (PA), commonly found in palm oil and fatty meats, diminishes the ability of these immune cells to attack tumours. This groundbreaking study, published in the academic journal Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, offers an innovative approach using dietary OA supplementation to strengthen the antitumour immunity of γδ-T cells.

Journal: Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

15-Oct-2025

Breakthrough in coronavirus fight: HKUMed develops powerful bispecific inhibitor to combat a wide range of coronaviruses

The University of Hong Kong
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and the InnoHK Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics (CVVT), in collaboration with Sichuan University, have discovered a powerful bispecific inhibitor capable of combating all existing human-pathogenic coronaviruses, including those resistant to existing treatments like Paxlovid. This promising inhibitor, named TMP1, offers hope for more effective and resilient treatments against future outbreaks. A patent has been filed for further exploration in clinical applications. The study’s findings were published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature Communications.

Journal: Nature Communications

15-Oct-2025

Reichman University researchers show that experiencing music through both hearing and touch enhances emotional response

Reichman University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Study published on 01 October 2025 in Frontiers in Virtual Reality demonstrates how multisensory music experiences can boost enjoyment, reduce anxiety, and open new therapeutic possibilities

A research team at the Reichman University Dina Recanati School of Medicine and the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology has discovered that experiencing music in a multisensory way, combining both hearing and touch , significantly enhances people’s emotional responses to it. The study, conducted at the Institute for Brain, Cognition and Technology, introduces a unique device that converts sound into tactile vibrations on the hands and body, offering listeners a new dimension of musical experience.

Journal: Frontiers in Virtual Reality

15-Oct-2025

New center to advance drug discovery for Africa’s healthcare needs

Stellenbosch University
Business Announcement

Stellenbosch University (SU) has launched a new transdisciplinary centre to advance drug discovery and therapeutic innovation to address Africa’s unique healthcare challenges.

15-Oct-2025

Reduced car commuting is linked to residential environment, health status, and health behaviours – but they explain only a small part of the change

University of Eastern Finland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recently published Finnish study shows that residential environments, health status and health behaviours are associated with reduced car commuting. However, these factors explained only a small proportion of the overall modal shift towards active and sustainable commuting over a two-year follow-up.

Journal: Travel Behaviour and Society

15-Oct-2025

Traditional Chinese medicine protected chickens from Mycoplasma gallisepticum

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) improved body weight gain, feed conversion, survival rate, and immune organ index in MG-infected chickens. TCM reduced MG-induced inflammation and tissue damage by lowering pro-inflammatory cytokines and downregulating pro-apoptotic genes. TCM inhibited the MAPK/ERK/JNK signaling pathway, protecting against MG-induced immunosuppression.

Journal: Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Research and Development Program of China