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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Dec-2025 12:11 ET (15-Dec-2025 17:11 GMT/UTC)

Why mental health advice often adds to your to-do list

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Bath & University of Hong Kong study finds people and AI are far more likely to suggest “doing more” than “cutting back,” risking self-care overload

Journal: Communications Psychology

Scientists program cells to create biological qubit in multidisciplinary breakthrough

University of Chicago
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a first-of-its-kind breakthrough, researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) have turned a protein found in living cells into a functioning quantum bit, or qubit, the foundation of quantum technologies. The protein qubit can be used as a quantum sensor capable of detecting minute changes and ultimately offering unprecedented insight into biological processes.

Journal: Nature
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Threats of weather disasters for drug manufacturing facilities in the US

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this nationwide assessment of the frequency with which climate-related disaster events affected counties with U.S. drug production facilities, researchers determined that nearly two-thirds of all facilities were located in counties that experienced at least one disaster declaration. These disaster events posed risks of disruptions to facilities active in all aspects of the supply chain, from active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacture to packaging, disruptions that could be further magnified by the time needed for Food and Drug Administration reinspection of damaged facilities.

Journal: JAMA

New research could lead to greener, faster metal production

Binghamton University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Most metals found in nature are actually in their oxide forms. To extract those metals to use in critical applications — ranging from infrastructure such as bridges and buildings to advanced technologies like airplanes, semiconductors or even quantum materials — those oxides must be reduced with gases. A new study from Binghamton University and Brookhaven Laboratory illuminating how different gases can affect oxide reduction, however, has the potential to revamp scientific understandings and current industrial practices.

Journal: Nature

Researchers use electrochemistry to boost nuclear fusion rates

University of British Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using a small bench-top reactor, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated that electrochemically loading a solid metal target with deuterium fuel can boost nuclear fusion rates.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Thistledown Foundation

Ten Kessler Foundation researchers to present at Annual ASCIP Conference

Kessler Foundation
Meeting Announcement

Ten leading researchers from Kessler Foundation will share groundbreaking insights on spinal cord injury recovery, technological innovation, and caregiver support at the upcoming Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals Conference, September 3-6, 2025, in Philadelphia, PA.

Vaccine against Zika virus shows promising results in tests with mice

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The vaccine is being developed by researchers at the University of São Paulo and is based on technology known as “virus-like particles” (VLPs), which does not use genetic material from the pathogen.

Journal: npj Vaccines
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo