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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 12-Jun-2026 16:16 ET (12-Jun-2026 20:16 GMT/UTC)

12-Jun-2026

Hantavirus: the hidden agricultural hazard exposed by the MV hondius cruise outbreak

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Recent Hantavirus cases, including the MV Hondius cruise outbreak, show renewed global concern. Agricultural and wildlife-farming environment remain overlooked hotspots for rodent-borne Hantavirus exposure. One Health prevention is needed through rodent control, PPE, farm hygiene, and surveillance.

Journal: Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Funder: Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Innovation Capacity Enhancement Program (in the Field of Scientific and Technological Cooperation), Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program (ASTIP), Shanghai Leading Talent Program of Eastern Talent Plan

12-Jun-2026

New research reveals how brains update their predictions

Washington University in St. Louis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

WashU scientists explore the role of corollary discharge in the brain using electric fish.

Journal: Current Biology

12-Jun-2026

The enemy within: How the immune system worsens brain injury outcomes

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) — even mild concussions — may trigger a chain reaction in the brain that disrupts neuronal communication, long-term memory, and cognition, according to University of California, Riverside research investigating how the brain’s immune system responds after injury.

Journal: Journal of Neuroinflammation
Funder: CDMRP- Epilepsy Research Program

12-Jun-2026

Sorting cells’ inner structures provides new path to drug development

Princeton University, Engineering School
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study published in Cell advances understanding of how drugs shape vital cellular structures known as biomolecular condensates, blob-like mechanisms that drive gene regulation processes and have been linked to Alzheimer's, ALS and cancer.

Journal: Cell
Funder: Howard Hughes Medical Institute

12-Jun-2026

Ancient millipedes still had secrets to tell

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Virginia Tech-led team of international scientists has solved one of the last major mysteries in millipede evolution, revealing new clues about a group of animals that helped pave the way for life on land. The findings, published in Current Biology, complete the first evolutionary history of all living millipede orders. By combining genomic data from living species with morphological evidence from fossils, researchers traced the group's origins to nearly 460 million years ago — suggesting millipedes may have been present long before the oldest known millipede fossils.

Journal: Current Biology

12-Jun-2026

Finding cell subgroups could spur retinal cell transplant success

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By discovering retinal cell subgroups in mice, researchers hope to pinpoint an optimal cell type for transplantation to restore vision in blinding conditions

Journal: Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Funder: National Institutes of Health, Foundation Fighting Blindness

12-Jun-2026

The featherlight long-distance fliers with parchment-thin wings

Lund University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

They cross oceans, glide on monsoon winds, and can appear in new places after thousands of kilometres in the air. Now a new study from Lund University shows that dragonflies are among nature’s most extreme migrants - and that their journeys may help us understand climate change.

Journal: Biological Reviews

12-Jun-2026

Horse owners' personality and attachment style shape how they interact with and care for their horses

University of Turku
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study shows that horse owners' psychological characteristics, including their attachment styles and personality traits, are systematically linked to how frequently they ride, train, and spend quality time with their horses, as well as the equipment they choose to use. The findings offer new insights into how human psychology shapes horse welfare and management.

Journal: Anthrozoös

12-Jun-2026

Rockefeller University Press partners with Cashmere for responsible AI discoverability

Rockefeller University Press
Business Announcement

Rockefeller University Press (RUP) has partnered with Cashmere, a data infrastructure platform, to manage the integration of its scientific literature into AI-powered research applications. The collaboration establishes a secure and transparent framework for AI inference, which is the phase in which a trained AI model queries live data to answer user questions and generate real-time results. Through the partnership, RUP will make Journal of Cell Biology (JCB), Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), Journal of General Physiology (JGP), and Journal of Human Immunity (JHI) available for AI inference use cases.