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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 13-Jun-2026 22:15 ET (14-Jun-2026 02:15 GMT/UTC)

Doctors believe preservation has a one in four chance of working, but not without challenges

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Surveyed US physicians believed preservation has a one in four chance of working, though opinions amongst physicians varied. Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston of Monash University, Australia, and colleagues present their findings in the study, published on May 20, 2026 in the open-access journal PLOS One.

Journal: PLOS One

Climate change is destroying Arctic cultural heritage sites

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Climate change is rapidly destroying cultural heritage sites across the Arctic, as exemplified in a 17^th century “whalers’ graveyard” which provides invaluable insights into early whalers’ way of life, according to a study published May 20, 2026 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Lise Loktu of the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research and Elin Therese Brødholt of Oslo University Hospital, Norway.

Journal: PLOS One

Nearly 60% of college students with a psychosis diagnosis are not receiving the recommended mental health treatment

Boston University School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher examined the perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes that influenced college students’ with a diagnosis of psychosis to seek help for their mental health and found that while a majority of these students believed they needed mental health treatment, 60 percent of students did not meet current recommended guidelines for combined antipsychotic medication and therapy. Published in the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, the study found that nearly 8 in 10 surveyed college students with psychosis reported needing mental health support. While 8 in 10 students did seek therapy or counseling within the past 12 months, only 4 in 10 students reported taking antipsychotic medication.

Journal: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Funder: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program

New report: U.S. Government is using AI more, but still has a long way to go

Brookings Institution
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Over the past decade, the federal government has made the adoption of AI a priority. Both the Biden administration and the two Trump administrations have emphasized the need for federal government AI adoption to improve service delivery, foster data-driven analysis, promote national competitiveness, and strengthen national security. New research from the Brookings Institution has found that while the scope and pace of this adoption have accelerated over the past three years, AI use across the federal government remains concentrated in a few large agencies.

Company location, rather than growth, may lead to higher investment returns

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Investors looking for higher returns may want to focus on a company’s location instead of its growth potential, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. They found that portfolios built to consider company headquarter location and the housing market together could produce returns three times higher than portfolios focused on growth stocks alone.

Journal: Journal of Empirical Finance

Extending healthspan through public health and longevity medicine

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — May 20, 2026 — A new editorial was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on May 18, 2026, titled “Public health in the age of longevity interventions: from prevention to system-wide resilience.”

Journal: Aging-US

A well-liked best friend can reduce an isolated child’s exclusion but not their withdrawal, Concordia study finds

Concordia University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Concordia University study finds that socially excluded children may become more accepted by peers if they have a well-liked best friend — but the same effect does not apply to children who are withdrawn or shy. Researchers tracked 252 Montreal elementary students and found that a friend’s social standing can help reduce exclusion over time, suggesting schools should tailor interventions differently for excluded versus withdrawn children.

Journal: Child Development
Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

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