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Juneteenth Day , National Immunization Awareness Month and More: Call for Experts June 8, 2026

Newswise — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:40:00 EST

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Ancient Millipedes Still Had Secrets to Tell

Virginia Tech — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:00 EST

A Virginia Tech-led team of international scientists has solved one of the last major mysteries in millipede evolution, revealing new clues about a group of animals that helped pave the way for life on land. The findings, published in Current Biology, complete the first evolutionary history of all living millipede orders. By combining genomic data from living species with morphological evidence from fossils, researchers traced the group's origins to nearly 460 million years ago -- suggesting millipedes may have been present long before the oldest known millipede fossils.

Teens Frequently Encounter Alcohol Industry- and Influencer-Generated Alcohol Content on Social Media Platforms

Research Society on Alcohol — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:00 EST

Social media platforms popular with teens regularly expose teens to alcohol-related content, and often, that content is created by influencers or sources in the alcohol industry.

Acceptance of Chronic Pain May Reduce the Link Between Pain Intensity and Alcohol Use Severity Among Veterans with Recurring Musculoskeletal Pain, Study Suggests

Research Society on Alcohol — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:00 EST

Accepting chronic pain--being willing to experience pain while maintaining valued activities--may be protective against higher alcohol use severity among veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain, according to a preliminary study.

Studying the Studies: Shorter Clinical Trials of Medication for Alcohol Use Disorder Are as Useful or More Useful than Longer Trials

Research Society on Alcohol — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:00 EST

Randomized control trials that are shorter than 12 weeks show similar results to longer trials when assessing a new medication's effectiveness in helping someone with alcohol use disorder reduce or stop drinking. And in trials where the medication showed significant effects, trials lasting 12 weeks or shorter produced more reliable results than longer trials, according to a meta-analysis of clinical trials published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. Currently, the US Food and Drug Administration recommends clinical trials of alcohol use disorder medications last at least six months. The authors of the analysis recommend that regulators and researchers consider shorter duration trials, which reduce burden and risk for trial participants and lower research costs.

JMIR Publications' JMIR Neurotechnology Invites Submissions on the Responsible and Ethical Use of Neurotechnology

JMIR Publications — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:30:00 EST

JMIR Publications invites submissions to a new section titled "Ethics and Policy in Neurotechnology" in its open access journal JMIR Neurotechnology

JMIR Publications Signs Three-Year Open Science Partnership with MetaROR

JMIR Publications — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:00:47 EST

JMIR Publications, a leading publisher of academic journals dedicated to digital health and open science, today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a three-year partnership with MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review).

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Newswise Expert Queries — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EST

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Cosmic Dawn Fuel Discovery Unlocks Early Galaxy Growth Secrets

National Radio Astronomy Observatory — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:35:50 EST

Astronomers have discovered a huge reservoir of cold molecular gas, the direct fuel for star formation, in REBELS-25, a massive, star-forming galaxy.The team, led from Leiden University, focused on REBELS-25, seen when the universe was only about 700 million years old, around 5% of its current age. Astronomers use "redshift" to describe this distance, which measures how much the universe's expansion has stretched a galaxy's light to redder wavelengths.

RHIC and EIC: Celebrating Success and Looking to the Future

Brookhaven National Laboratory — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:30:35 EST

Immediately following the annual meeting of scientists who conduct research at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS), the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory hosted a science symposium to commemorate the end of RHIC operations. The two-day event, held May 14 and 15, celebrated more than 25 years of discovery science at RHIC and kicked off the transition to the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC).

Estudo identifica potencial estrategia de imunoterapia para cancer de prostata em estagio inicial

Mayo Clinic — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:25:46 EST

A combinacao de uma imunoterapia de nova geracao com a terapia hormonal padrao antes da cirurgia pode ajudar a superar uma barreira historica no tratamento do cancer de prostata em estagio inicial, aponta um estudo multicentrico liderado pela Mayo Clinic e publicado na revista Cell Reports Medicine.

U Asia Campus Celebrates Global Partnerships

The University of Utah Asia Campus — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:20:21 EST

What happens when universities, cities, policymakers, and community leaders come together with a shared commitment to education and global engagement?

UCLA Researchers Awarded NIH Grant to Improve Detection and Treatment of Glioblastoma

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:15:51 EST

Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have been awarded a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop advanced imaging and surgical strategies aimed at improving outcomes for patients with glioblastoma, a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumor.

Houston Methodist Experts Available to Discuss Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month

Houston Methodist — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:10:37 EST

Un estudio identifica una posible estrategia de inmunoterapia para el cancer de prostata en estadio inicial

Mayo Clinic — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:10:18 EST

La combinacion de una inmunoterapia de nueva generacion con la terapia hormonal estandar antes de la cirugia puede ayudar a superar una barrera historica en el tratamiento del cancer de prostata en estadio inicial, segun muestra un estudio multicentrico liderado por Mayo Clinic y publicado en Cell Reports Medicine.

Closing the Gap: How Yale Is Advancing Women's Health Research

Yale School of Medicine — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:05:27 EST

For much of modern medical history, clinical research relied overwhelmingly on male participants. Until the last decade of the 20th century, women were routinely excluded from clinical trials, especially in drug development, because of concerns about hormonal variability and pregnancy risk.

Scientists Develop First Comprehensive Atlas of Human Cellular Senescence in Aging

Yale School of Medicine — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:05:02 EST

A massive scientific initiative to decode how aging reshapes the human body reached a major milestone this month. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cellular Senescence Network (SenNet) published its first wave of discoveries, highlighted by a cover commentary in the journal Cell led by Rong Fan, PhD, Harold Hodgkinson Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science and of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine, alongside researchers from nine other institutions.

Nationally Recognized Emergency Medicine Physician-Leader Michael E. Winters Named Chair of Emergency Medicine at UM School of Medicine

University of Maryland School of Medicine — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:00:27 EST

University of Maryland School of Medicine Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, along with University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) President Bert W. O'Malley, MD, today announced the appointment of Michael E. Winters, MD, MBA, as the permanent Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and Chief of Emergency Medicine Clinical Services at UMMC. Dr. Winters, a nationally recognized leader in emergency medicine and critical care, has served as Interim Chair since September 2025 and will continue in the permanent role effective immediately....

UCLA-Led Research Suggests Early Heart Changes May Predict Future Cancer Risk

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:55:28 EST

A new study led by UCLA Health physician-scientists suggests that subtle changes in heart structure and function may signal an increased risk for developing certain cancers years later.

Antibody May Improve Treatment Response in Lung Cancer

UT Southwestern Medical Center — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:55:08 EST

An experimental antibody treatment that binds to a protein known as PCDH7 shrank tumors in preclinical models of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), even those resistant to a targeted therapy, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers showed. The findings, published in Science Advances, could eventually lead to a new class of drugs to treat NSCLC and potentially other cancers.

Ludwig Lausanne's Johanna Joyce begins presidency of the European Association for Cancer Research

Ludwig Cancer Research — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:25:24 EST

Our congratulations to Ludwig Lausanne's Johanna Joyce, who began her two-year term today as President of the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR), a global community of scientists and clinicians dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of cancer and its application to improve patient care.

AI and Quantum Computing Accelerate Materials Development at UW

University of Washington — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:20:52 EST

New computing techniques -- including AI and quantum computing -- are enabling UW researchers to design unique and complex quantum materials.

Texas Tech Assistant Professor Skilled in Energy Transformation, Mentorship

Texas Tech University — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:20:27 EST

Though hydrogen is becoming increasingly recognized as a promising energy source, the U.S. Department of Energy attributes its lagging behind solar and wind to the chasm in current capabilities for production and storage and what is required for the future.

Nursing Job Turnover Has Nearly Doubled Since Pandemic

University of Michigan — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:20:09 EST

The COVID-19 pandemic did not push nurses out of hospitals or other care settings as feared, but nurses left their primary jobs at nearly double the rate from 2018 to 2022, a new University of Michigan study found.

Cannabis: what tips the balance for teens to start consuming?

Universite de Montreal — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:15:52 EST

Having friends who use cannabis isn't enough on its own: it's their influence combined with the perception of easy access to the substance that multiplies the risk of initiation among teens.