https://scitechdaily.com/ Science, Space and Technology News 2026 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 02:17:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-surprising-link-between-obesity-and-dementia-survival/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-surprising-link-between-obesity-and-dementia-survival/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:42:12 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534233 A large study found that people who are overweight or obese when diagnosed with dementia have a significantly lower risk of death than those at a normal weight. A higher body weight at the time of a dementia diagnosis may be linked to longer survival, according to a large study of older Americans. Researchers found [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-surprising-link-between-obesity-and-dementia-survival/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/one-third-of-older-adults-with-cognitive-disorders-take-drugs-that-could-harm-them/ https://scitechdaily.com/one-third-of-older-adults-with-cognitive-disorders-take-drugs-that-could-harm-them/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:07:07 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534082 As the population ages, medication safety is becoming increasingly important for people with cognitive decline. Older adults with dementia and other cognitive disorders are less likely than they were a decade ago to receive medications that can worsen memory, balance, and coordination. But nearly one in three still takes at least one potentially inappropriate drug. [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/one-third-of-older-adults-with-cognitive-disorders-take-drugs-that-could-harm-them/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/inflammation-may-awaken-dormant-cancer-cells-years-after-treatment/ https://scitechdaily.com/inflammation-may-awaken-dormant-cancer-cells-years-after-treatment/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:32:10 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534113 The body’s response to inflammation may disturb cancer cells that have been lying silent for years, giving them an opportunity to grow again. Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that gut inflammation can reactivate dormant breast cancer cells in a mouse model of bone marrow. Their study, published in Cell Reports, suggests that [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/inflammation-may-awaken-dormant-cancer-cells-years-after-treatment/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/the-fossil-record-may-be-missing-200-million-years-of-animal-history/ https://scitechdaily.com/the-fossil-record-may-be-missing-200-million-years-of-animal-history/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:22:16 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534318 By the time animals left their first unmistakable fossils, they may already have had up to 200 million years of evolutionary history behind them. A fossil deposit in Mongolia preserves microscopic organisms in extraordinary detail, down to cells inside specimens that resemble embryos. Yet none of the fossils examined can confidently be identified as an [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/the-fossil-record-may-be-missing-200-million-years-of-animal-history/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/stanford-scientists-discover-weve-lost-ancient-gut-microbes-that-traveled-with-humans-for-thousands-of-years/ https://scitechdaily.com/stanford-scientists-discover-weve-lost-ancient-gut-microbes-that-traveled-with-humans-for-thousands-of-years/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:47:31 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534386 Scientists comparing the gut microbiomes of two geographically distant populations uncovered surprising similarities despite thousands of years of separation. Hundreds of bacterial species missing from modern human guts may have accompanied our ancestors for tens of thousands of years. A Stanford University study published October 7 in Nature found that two populations separated by continents [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/stanford-scientists-discover-weve-lost-ancient-gut-microbes-that-traveled-with-humans-for-thousands-of-years/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-predicted-humanity-would-end-on-november-13-2026-should-we-be-worried/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-predicted-humanity-would-end-on-november-13-2026-should-we-be-worried/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:12:09 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534133 For decades, a doomsday equation predicted population growth better than most experts, until falling birth rates undermined its forecast of catastrophe in 2026. In 1960, Science, one of the world’s leading science journals, published an article with an unambiguous title: Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026. It predicted that on this future date—just over a [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-predicted-humanity-would-end-on-november-13-2026-should-we-be-worried/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/experimental-heart-drug-helps-patients-exercise-more-and-feel-better/ https://scitechdaily.com/experimental-heart-drug-helps-patients-exercise-more-and-feel-better/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:55:51 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=532933 In a new trial, an experimental drug helped patients with an inherited heart muscle condition feel better and exercise more. Two new studies found that aficamten improved exercise capacity and reported health in people with nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (nHCM). This inherited condition thickens and stiffens the heart muscle, often causing shortness of breath and limiting [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/experimental-heart-drug-helps-patients-exercise-more-and-feel-better/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/a-powerful-diet-and-exercise-combination-sends-type-2-diabetes-into-remission/ https://scitechdaily.com/a-powerful-diet-and-exercise-combination-sends-type-2-diabetes-into-remission/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:20:11 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534204 A low-calorie diet and exercise program helped over half its participants reach remission from early-onset type 2 diabetes at 24 weeks while preserving muscle. A falling number on the bathroom scale can hide a difficult trade-off for someone trying to put type 2 diabetes into remission, since the body may be losing muscle along with [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/a-powerful-diet-and-exercise-combination-sends-type-2-diabetes-into-remission/feed/ 2 https://scitechdaily.com/beyond-ozempic-new-weight-loss-drug-shows-stunning-results-in-major-clinical-trial/ https://scitechdaily.com/beyond-ozempic-new-weight-loss-drug-shows-stunning-results-in-major-clinical-trial/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:45:10 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=533829 Retatrutide could help tackle obesity and type 2 diabetes together, with an 80-week trial showing substantial weight loss and better blood sugar control alongside more nausea and diarrhea. A weekly injection beneath the skin helped adults with excess weight and type 2 diabetes lose nearly a fifth of their starting weight, on average, at the [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/beyond-ozempic-new-weight-loss-drug-shows-stunning-results-in-major-clinical-trial/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-strange-new-quantum-state-where-two-materials-meet/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-strange-new-quantum-state-where-two-materials-meet/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:38:58 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534239 Researchers have directly observed an unusual quantum state emerging at the boundary between an atomically thin material and a metal. Scientists have directly observed an unusual quantum state forming where a material just one atom thick meets a metal. The discovery, made by a research team led by the University of Osaka, demonstrates how interactions [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-strange-new-quantum-state-where-two-materials-meet/feed/ 3 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-decode-the-unusual-weather-of-a-planet-20-light-years-from-earth/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-decode-the-unusual-weather-of-a-planet-20-light-years-from-earth/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:03:02 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=533909 JWST observations reveal that the changing atmosphere of brown dwarf SIMP 0136 may be governed by just a few underlying processes. A world 20 light-years from Earth appears to have a much more orderly atmosphere than its constantly changing clouds suggest. Using observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists at Trinity College Dublin [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-decode-the-unusual-weather-of-a-planet-20-light-years-from-earth/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-a-nuclear-clock-so-precise-it-barely-loses-a-second-in-30-million-years/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-a-nuclear-clock-so-precise-it-barely-loses-a-second-in-30-million-years/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:28:50 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534484 A self-stabilizing nuclear clock has achieved precision equivalent to roughly one second in 30 million years, though it still trails the best optical atomic clocks. For a clock that keeps time with laser light, even a slight shift in the laser’s frequency changes its rhythm. Researchers in Vienna have now built the world’s first nuclear [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-a-nuclear-clock-so-precise-it-barely-loses-a-second-in-30-million-years/feed/ 4 https://scitechdaily.com/biologists-may-have-discovered-two-of-the-worlds-loudest-birds/ https://scitechdaily.com/biologists-may-have-discovered-two-of-the-worlds-loudest-birds/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2026 20:24:53 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=533777 An unprecedented study of 123 bird species reveals clues about how some birds produce such powerful calls while leaving open the question of why extreme loudness evolved. A bird can unleash a call loud enough to rival a jackhammer, yet measuring that blast in the wild is surprisingly difficult. Sound weakens as it travels, so [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/biologists-may-have-discovered-two-of-the-worlds-loudest-birds/feed/ 1 https://scitechdaily.com/squid-skin-may-work-like-an-ear-surprising-new-research-suggests/ https://scitechdaily.com/squid-skin-may-work-like-an-ear-surprising-new-research-suggests/#respond Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:49:19 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534104 Squid have hundreds more sensory cells than scientists realized, with hair bundles that may help explain how human hearing works and breaks down. Water flowing over a squid’s head and arms brushes tiny past bundles of hair-like projections that help the animal sense movement around it. Scientists have known about these sensory structures for years, [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/squid-skin-may-work-like-an-ear-surprising-new-research-suggests/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-groundbreaking-clues-to-tissue-regrowth-and-immortality-in-the-ocean/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-groundbreaking-clues-to-tissue-regrowth-and-immortality-in-the-ocean/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:14:58 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=533885 Sea cucumber tissue kept growing for more than three years after removal, surviving in seawater teeming with microbes. Like Thing, the disembodied hand in The Addams Family, a severed piece of sea cucumber tissue kept living without the body it came from, prompting scientists to describe the animal as a “real-life zombie.” Weeks after being [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-groundbreaking-clues-to-tissue-regrowth-and-immortality-in-the-ocean/feed/ 1 https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-stretch-a-quantum-material-and-uncover-two-hidden-superconducting-states/ https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-stretch-a-quantum-material-and-uncover-two-hidden-superconducting-states/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:03:22 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534373 Stretching a quantum material revealed two distinct superconducting states, challenging previous assumptions about its behavior and offering new clues to the mechanisms behind superconductivity. Stretching a crystal by less than 1% has allowed scientists to separate two distinct superconducting states in a material that has puzzled physicists for years. The experiment also increased the temperature [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-stretch-a-quantum-material-and-uncover-two-hidden-superconducting-states/feed/ 11 https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-discover-a-universal-trigger-for-black-hole-jets/ https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-discover-a-universal-trigger-for-black-hole-jets/#respond Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:28:06 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534160 Rare stellar deaths have given astronomers a new clue to when supermassive black holes suddenly produce jets. Black holes separated by millions of times in mass may follow the same rule when they launch powerful jets into space. Astronomers studying stellar destruction events have found that supermassive black holes can switch on jets when their [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-discover-a-universal-trigger-for-black-hole-jets/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/a-new-test-upends-a-long-held-assumption-about-dark-matter/ https://scitechdaily.com/a-new-test-upends-a-long-held-assumption-about-dark-matter/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:53:01 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=533908 A new study puts very different dark matter theories through the same quantitative test of “naturalness.” Some of the most familiar assumptions about dark matter may depend less on the type of dark matter being proposed than on the details of how a particular model produces it. A new analysis by Stefano Profumo, professor of [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/a-new-test-upends-a-long-held-assumption-about-dark-matter/feed/ 2 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-say-the-older-brain-may-be-optimized-for-something-different/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-say-the-older-brain-may-be-optimized-for-something-different/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:57:08 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=533947 New research suggests that healthy brain aging may reflect a shift in cognitive priorities rather than simple decline. The aging brain may not simply be a younger brain in decline. New research from the University of Arizona argues that healthy aging involves a shift in cognitive priorities, with less emphasis on preserving precise details and [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-say-the-older-brain-may-be-optimized-for-something-different/feed/ 3 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-an-unexpected-new-way-to-fight-alzheimers-before-it-starts/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-an-unexpected-new-way-to-fight-alzheimers-before-it-starts/#respond Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:22:41 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534301 A transplant drug improved brain blood flow in a four-week study of healthy adults at higher genetic risk of Alzheimer’s, suggesting a possible role in prevention. Blood flow to parts of the brain can drop years before memory problems appear in people who carry APOE4, a gene variant associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer’s [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-an-unexpected-new-way-to-fight-alzheimers-before-it-starts/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/sleeping-less-than-5-hours-was-linked-to-higher-risk-of-37-diseases/ https://scitechdaily.com/sleeping-less-than-5-hours-was-linked-to-higher-risk-of-37-diseases/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:47:31 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534081 Researchers found that sleeping too little was associated with elevated risk across a surprisingly wide range of conditions. Sleeping less than five hours a night was associated with a higher risk of dozens of diseases in a large study that tracked nearly 100,000 adults for almost nine years. The analysis also found that people who [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/sleeping-less-than-5-hours-was-linked-to-higher-risk-of-37-diseases/feed/ 1 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-say-the-secret-to-a-happier-healthier-society-may-begin-in-childhood/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-say-the-secret-to-a-happier-healthier-society-may-begin-in-childhood/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2026 02:28:56 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534297 How children are raised may matter for social well-being worldwide, with surveys across three culturally different countries linking supportive childhoods to adults’ trust and sense of belonging. At home, a child seeking comfort depends on a caregiver’s response, while time for free play offers room to explore. A University of Nottingham-led study linked these experiences, [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-say-the-secret-to-a-happier-healthier-society-may-begin-in-childhood/feed/ 1 https://scitechdaily.com/this-crystal-uses-sunlight-to-turn-water-into-clean-hydrogen/ https://scitechdaily.com/this-crystal-uses-sunlight-to-turn-water-into-clean-hydrogen/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:17:17 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=534123 A crystal that uses light to produce hydrogen from water could open a new route to cleaner, more affordable fuel. Hydrogen can power a fuel cell car, yet making that fuel from natural gas releases carbon dioxide before it ever reaches the tank. Water offers another source of hydrogen, but separating its hydrogen atoms from [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/this-crystal-uses-sunlight-to-turn-water-into-clean-hydrogen/feed/ 2 https://scitechdaily.com/this-345-million-year-old-fossil-fooled-scientists-for-decades/ https://scitechdaily.com/this-345-million-year-old-fossil-fooled-scientists-for-decades/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:06:07 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=533800 A famous Scottish fossil is forcing scientists to rethink what claw-like feet really reveal about the move onto land. Pressed flat inside two slabs of Scottish rock, a 345-million-year-old skeleton seemed to carry some unmistakable signs of life on land. Its four limbs ended in five-digit feet, and the tips of its fingers and toes [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/this-345-million-year-old-fossil-fooled-scientists-for-decades/feed/ 3