Public trust in vaccines has sharply declined after COVID-19 due to poor science communication, risking lower vaccination rates and weakening preparedness for future pandemics
https://www.dongascience.com/en/news/75473?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=science
https://redd.it/1pich1g
@r_science
Researchers have created the first detailed model to optimize vanadium flow battery performance across extreme temperatures. This breakthrough is key for making large-scale, economical energy storage a reliable reality for power grids.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378775325015575
https://redd.it/1pi5gri
@r_science
In 2022, researchers delivered world’s first gene therapy made using ‘base-editing’ to a 13-year-old girl with ‘incurable’ T-Cell leukaemia. Now a further 8 children and 2 adults have undergone treatment. 82% achieved very deep remissions. 63% remain disease-free 3 years later and off treatment.
https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/news/ready-made-t-cell-gene-therapy-tackles-incurable-t-cell-leukaemia/
https://redd.it/1pi4qjz
@r_science
Huge rotating structure of galaxies and dark matter is detected
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/huge-rotating-structure-galaxies-dark-162518639.html
https://redd.it/1phq471
@r_science
Social media use damages children’s ability to focus, say researchers. Study of 8,300 US children suggests social media may be contributing to a rise in ADHD diagnoses.
https://publications.aap.org/pediatricsopenscience/article/doi/10.1542/pedsos.2025-000922/205729/Digital-Media-Genetics-and-Risk-for-ADHD-Symptoms
https://redd.it/1phtsru
@r_science
New study finds 11% nationwide decline in rural family physicians
https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/6/535
https://redd.it/1phpw7p
@r_science
Insufficient sleep associated with decreased life expectancy. As a behavioral driver for life expectancy, sleep stood out more than diet, more than exercise, more than loneliness — indeed, more than any other factor except smoking. People really should strive to get 7 to 9 hours of sleep.
https://news.ohsu.edu/2025/12/08/insufficient-sleep-associated-with-decreased-life-expectancy
https://redd.it/1phmymd
@r_science
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is associated with white matter lesions/hyperintensity (WMH), and elevated blood plasma cortisol predicts the severity of the damage.
https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/fulltext/2025/11280/correlation_between_plasma_cortisol_and_white.68.aspx
https://redd.it/1phgab3
@r_science
Health insurance premiums in the U.S. significantly increased between 1999 and 2024, outpacing the rate of worker earnings by three times. Over half of board members at top U.S. hospitals have professional backgrounds in finance or business
https://theconversation.com/health-insurance-premiums-rose-nearly-3x-the-rate-of-worker-earnings-over-the-past-25-years-271450
https://redd.it/1phh8is
@r_science
Hemp Seed Proteins Show Strong Antioxidant and Anti-Cancer Potential
https://thecannex.com/hemp-seed-protein-antioxidant-anticancer-research/
https://redd.it/1phbo6t
@r_science
Receiving anticancer immunotherapy earlier in the day may help individuals with cancer live longer, due to our circadian rhythms. After adjusting for influencing factors, earlier time of day of administration was associated with a 52% lower risk of cancer progression and a 63% lower risk of death.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1108253
https://redd.it/1ph9pil
@r_science
Tricking the brain to make exercise feel easier
https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2025/12/04/tricking-the-brain-to-make-exercise-feel-easier
https://redd.it/1ph7i03
@r_science
A research team has unveiled a small molecule that hunts down a cancer-enabling RNA and quietly erases it.
https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202512715
https://redd.it/1ph1k6c
@r_science
Cancer cells evade apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Inducing apoptosis in cancer may be less toxic to healthy tissue than chemotherapy or radiation. Japanese scientists discovered that when a microbial protein is exposed to green light, it induces apoptosis in cancer-specific cell lines in mice.
https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/research_highlights/index_id259.html
https://redd.it/1pguoha
@r_science
A 32-year Swedish review of 52 sudden deaths during arrests suggests victims weren’t dying from lack of oxygen but from an inability to expel carbon dioxide. “The person can often shout 'I can’t breathe' because they are getting air, but their body is screaming to get rid of CO₂”
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1556-4029.70237
https://redd.it/1pgqj0j
@r_science
Purpose in life acts as a psychological shield against depression. Research found for every standard deviation increase in reported purpose, the risk of incident depression decreased by approximately 35 percent. This protective effect persisted over the decade-long follow-up period
https://www.psypost.org/purpose-in-life-acts-as-a-psychological-shield-against-depression-new-study-indicates/
https://redd.it/1pi91w5
@r_science
Findings suggest red planet was warmer, wetter billions of years ago - Evidence of rain-driven climate on Mars found in bleached rocks scattered in Jezero crater
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/2025/Q4/findings-suggest-red-planet-was-warmer-wetter-millions-of-years-ago
https://redd.it/1pi35ms
@r_science
High glycemic-index diets linked to higher lung cancer risk, while high glycemic-load diets show lower risk in a large U.S. cohort study
https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/6/524
https://redd.it/1phpgvy
@r_science
Young adolescents, especially boys, who participated in organized sports between ages 6 and 10 are less likely to defy their parents, teachers and other authority figures, a new study suggests.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1108413
https://redd.it/1phu6sb
@r_science
Research found that World Trade Centre responders with PTSD had brains that appeared significantly older than their chronological age compared to those without PTSD. Longer exposure duration at Ground Zero further amplified this effect.
https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2025/mount-sinai-study-finds-ptsd-may-accelerate-brain-aging-in-9-11-responders
https://redd.it/1phnw2g
@r_science
Babies of pregnant women who drank well water that had flowed beneath a PFAS-contaminated site had 191% higher first-year infant mortality than babies born to women who drank water from wells upstream of PFAS sites, in study based on 10 years of births in NH
https://theconversation.com/pfas-in-pregnant-womens-drinking-water-puts-their-babies-at-higher-risk-study-finds-270051
https://redd.it/1phngij
@r_science
For the First Time, Mutations in a Single Gene Have Been Linked to Mental Illness
https://www.wired.com/story/mutations-in-a-single-gene-have-been-linked-to-mental-illness/
https://redd.it/1phlfb7
@r_science
New study finds adults participating in a pharmacist directed medical cannabis program may help reduce prescription opioid receipt among adults with chronic pain.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1108424
https://redd.it/1phgumd
@r_science
Fingernail-sized fish species discovered has an organ that is new to science
https://www.earth.com/news/fingernail-sized-fish-species-priocharax-rex-discovered-has-organ-new-to-science/
https://redd.it/1phf2gb
@r_science
A new study drawing on more than 28 million days of real-world health data from more than 70 000 participants worldwide found that fewer than 13 % consistently meet recommended sleep and activity targets, suggesting that better sleep quality could meaningfully boost daily activity.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-025-01226-6
https://redd.it/1phc2xr
@r_science
Screens have risen sharply in past 15 years, coinciding with increase in ADHD diagnoses in Sweden and elsewhere. Children who spent significant time on social media (Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter) gradually developed inattention symptoms; there was no such association with TV or video games.
https://news.ki.se/using-social-media-may-impair-childrens-attention
https://redd.it/1pha5s6
@r_science
"Modeling the Spread of Misfolded Proteins in #Alzheimer’s Disease using Higher-Order Simplicial Complex Contagion"
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11253716
https://redd.it/1pgtvw8
@r_science
Bees ‘infect’ each other with optimism that spreads through the colony. The 'feeling' was spread not by sound or scent but by visual interaction.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr0216
https://redd.it/1pgvgst
@r_science
New research differentiates cognitive disengagement syndrome from ADHD in youth. Approximately 2.5 percent of children and 1.5 percent of adolescents in the general population fit the “cognitive disengagement syndrome only” profile. This confirms that the syndrome can exist as a solo clinical entity
https://www.psypost.org/new-research-differentiates-cognitive-disengagement-syndrome-from-adhd-in-youth/
https://redd.it/1pgsmex
@r_science
A new study shows psilocybin reshapes brain circuits linked to depression by weakening rigid cortico-cortical loops that trap people in negative thinking and strengthening sensory-motor pathways that help restore cognitive flexibility.
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)01305-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867425013054%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
https://redd.it/1pgr1we
@r_science
