New sensor detects airborne bird flu in minutes

Researchers have developed a sensor that detects airborne H5N1 avian flu. It works within five minutes, its creators say.

Leah Shaffer - Washington University in St. Louis • futurity
March 3, 2025 ~8 min

Do ‘forever chemicals’ in water raise cancer risk for kids?

"Our findings indicate suggestive associations between predicted prenatal PFAS exposure and certain childhood cancers..."

UC Irvine • futurity
March 3, 2025 ~4 min


Parental alcohol abuse can raise cancer risk for kids

Chronic alcohol abuse by parents heightens their children's susceptibility to liver cancer and other health risks, according to new findings.

Texas A&M University • futurity
Feb. 27, 2025 ~6 min

What does daylight saving time do to your body?

A one-hour adjustment to the clock on the wall may not sound dramatic. But our biological clock begs to differ.

Talia Ogliore-WUSTL • futurity
Feb. 27, 2025 ~5 min

Jumping exercises could help astronauts avoid cartilage damage

A new study with mice hints at a likely way to counter cartilage damage in long space journeys.

Roberto Molar Candanosa-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Feb. 25, 2025 ~8 min

New framework unravels menopause timing

Researchers have developed a theoretical framework that quantitatively predicts menopause timing.

Marcy DeLuna-Rice • futurity
Feb. 25, 2025 ~4 min

New drug candidate treats antibiotic-resistant bacteria

"I think with our approach... we're starting to target something that bacteria will most likely not evolve resistance to."

Lucas Van Wyk Joel-UC Irvine • futurity
Feb. 25, 2025 ~4 min

What shows like Grey’s Anatomy get wrong about nurses

A nursing professor can't help pointing out a few things that medical dramas tend to get wrong about her profession.

Jonathan King - NYU • futurity
Feb. 25, 2025 ~2 min


How tiny bubbles can deliver drugs in a targeted way

For the first time, researchers have visualized how tiny liquid jets generated by microbubbles penetrate cell membranes enabling drug uptake.

ETH Zurich • futurity
Feb. 24, 2025 ~7 min

Spongey implant helps guide multiple sclerosis treatment in mice

A new implant attracts diseased immune cells, enabling researchers to study and target them with a nanoparticle-based treatment.

Kate McAlpine-Michigan • futurity
Feb. 24, 2025 ~6 min

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