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Systems-thinking study identifies key agricultural practices that threaten soil health and global food supply

Rothamsted Research
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A major review of agricultural practices has concluded that while intensive techniques such as ploughing, fertiliser use and irrigation boost crop yields in the short term, their regular longer-term use can degrade soils, leaving them less able to withstand shocks such as drought, flooding or geopolitical disruption.

Journal: npj Sustainable Agriculture
Funder: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Frontiers Forum Deep Dive series: Mix insect, plant, and cultivated proteins for healthier, greener, tastier food, say experts

Frontiers
Meeting Announcement

Explore the potential for hybrid alternative protein-based foods as healthier, tastier, more sustainable alternatives to animal products.

Instability in foster care doubles the risk of mental health problems, UK study shows

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Children in care who experience frequent changes in care placements are more than twice as likely to experience mental health problems, according to new research led by the University of Bath in the UK.

Journal: The British Journal of Psychiatry

NIH grant will fund autism research replication, validation, and reproducibility center

Weill Cornell Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell’s Ithaca campus have received a $5.1 million, three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI) to launch the Autism Replication, Validation, and Reproducibility (AR²) Center. The center aims to improve the reliability of autism research and foster public trust in the field.

Sex-specific effects found in new anti-aging therapy for elderly mice

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — October 1, 2025 — A new research paper featured as the cover of Volume 17, Issue 9 of Aging-US was published on August 21, 2025, titled “Sex-specific longitudinal reversal of aging in old frail mice.”

Journal: Aging-US

Breast cancer and autism: Visualization of the oxytocin receptor enables new theranostic approaches

University of Vienna
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Vienna have developed fluorescent peptide tracers that can simultaneously visualise and activate the oxytocin receptor. This receptor–also known as the love/bonding hormone receptor–plays a key role in processes related to social behaviour, health and disease. These tracers create new possibilities for imaging and functional analysis in various biological systems–with far-reaching implications for fundamental research as well as for breast cancer diagnostics and therapy. The development of the tracers is described in the current issue of the renowned journal Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, and the tracers have recently been patented.

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

First US national genomic newborn screening initiative launched with $14.4 million NIH award

Mass General Brigham
Grant and Award Announcement

Mass General Brigham and Ariadne Labs, alongside Boston Children’s Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), Case Western Reserve University, Baylor College of Medicine, and sequencing partners GeneDx and Illumina, today announced the launch of BEACONS (Building Evidence and Collaboration for GenOmics in Nationwide Newborn Screening), the nation’s first multi-state genomic newborn screening initiative.