What’s driving phone bans in schools?

A growing number of states and schools are now banning or restricting cell phones. Experts explain the research and weigh in on the policies.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Sept. 26, 2024 ~14 min

Drug may boost motivation for people with depression

"It's exciting to see how modulating inflammation can directly influence motivation, one of the most challenging symptoms to treat in depression."

Emory University • futurity
Sept. 25, 2024 ~5 min


New therapy may improve spinal cord injury recovery

Researchers have designed, in mice, an way to minimize the damage from a spinal cord injury through the use of engineered immune cells.

Marta Wegorzewska-WUSTL • futurity
Sept. 25, 2024 ~6 min

Viruses inspire new way to deliver cancer drug ‘cargo’

"We're mimicking the strategies of viral particles that have been doing this effectively for millions of years."

Steve Martin - Purdue • futurity
Sept. 25, 2024 ~7 min

Your genes may predispose you to anxiety

In a new study, researchers discovered more than 100 genes associated with anxiety.

Yale • futurity
Sept. 25, 2024 ~4 min

Seafood market samples shed light on COVID’s origins

New research on the origin of COVID is "like finishing the last piece of a puzzle showing a picture that has been pretty clear already."

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
Sept. 23, 2024 ~7 min

How a common intestinal bacteria becomes a killer

New research identifies the likely culprit that turns classical Klebsiella pneumoniae into a devastating, drug-resistant killer.

U. Buffalo • futurity
Sept. 23, 2024 ~7 min

Antidepressant may treat deadly brain cancer

Researchers have found a substance that effectively combats glioblastomas, at least in the laboratory: an antidepressant called vortioxetine.

ETH Zurich • futurity
Sept. 23, 2024 ~7 min


Why are so many kids facing anxiety?

The pandemic’s lingering effects and chronic screen time make it hard for anxious kids to stay in school, an expert says, but parents can help.

Jessica Colarossi-Boston University • futurity
Sept. 19, 2024 ~11 min

Nanoparticles deliver drugs to kill cancer cells in mice

Researchers have developed a new nanomedicine approach to improve cancer treatment. It effectively killed cancer cells in mice.

U. Chicago • futurity
Sept. 17, 2024 ~6 min

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