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More anxiety when religion is lacking

Ruhr-University Bochum
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Young people around the world are increasingly suffering from anxiety disorders. A team from the Mental Health Research and Treatment Center (FBZ) at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, has investigated how this development correlates to changes in societal expectations and values in education. The researchers were able to show that religious belief plays a key role in protecting the mental health of children and adolescents. Countries where religiosity has lost significance exhibit a relatively high increase in the incidence of anxiety disorders, as the researchers report in the journal Developmental Science from February 11, 2026.

Journal: Developmental Science
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health

University of Warwick receives £1.2 million donation to advance antimicrobial resistance research

University of Warwick
Business Announcement

Alumnus Dr David Stirling’s generous contribution will support Warwick to Set the Pace in health equity – ensuring people everywhere benefit from medical research breakthroughs.

Prototype breath tests spot bacterial infections in minutes

American Chemical Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine. And doing so reliably is more important than ever, given the increasing frequency of antibiotic resistance. Now, research published in ACS Central Science could help healthcare professionals non-invasively diagnose bacterial infections, using breath-based tests. Initial experiments demonstrated the approach in animals with pneumonia and infections in the bloodstream, muscles and bones.

Journal: ACS Central Science

Increasing the share of organic farming leads to healthier, more diverse soils, international study finds

University of Alicante
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international team led by University of Alicante (UA) scientists has found that increasing the share of organic farming may improve crop yields and help maintain soil health and biodiversity. Published in the journal Nature Sustainability, the study concludes that landscapes with at least 50% organic farming optimise crop yields, soil biodiversity and key ecosystem functions such as carbon storage, nutrient cycling and water regulation.

Journal: Nature Sustainability

Digital twin brain generates personalized behavior predictions from connectomes, paving the way for individualized psychiatry

BMEF (BME Frontiers)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This study introduces and validates a digital twin brain framework designed to translate an individual's brain connectome into predictions of multitask neurobehavioral dynamics and personalized functional modulations.

Funder: This work was supported by the JSPS KAKENHI, JST BOOST, JST CREST, AMED, and Intramural Research Grant for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders of NCNP

New X-ray technique could transform tissue diagnosis

University College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new X-ray imaging technique could transform how hospitals analyse tissue samples, potentially speeding up diagnoses and improving outcomes for patients, shows a new study led by UCL researchers.

New data platform tracks the complex path to Alzheimer’s and could transform how its risk is predicted

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A powerful new real-world data platform could transform how scientists predict and understand Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease related dementias (AD/ADRD), reports a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and collaborators. The project, known as the M3AD Study and Real-World Data Metaplatform, represents one of the most comprehensive efforts to date to use large-scale clinical data to advance precision aging research and accelerate discoveries in Alzheimer’s prevention and care.

Journal: Alzheimer’s & Dementia

Researchers identify control mechanism against cellular stress

Bielefeld University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international research team from Bielefeld University and the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) has uncovered a previously unknown regulatory mechanism in human cells. For the first time, they demonstrate how a key molecular switch regulates the cell’s “recycling centers.” The findings, published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, provide important insights into the understanding of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Journal: Nature Communications

Nasal swab test spots early Alzheimer’s signals

Duke University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study, Duke Health researchers show that a quick, outpatient nasal swab can pick up early biological changes linked to Alzheimer’s, even before thinking and memory problems appear.

Journal: Nature Communications