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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 5-Jul-2025 07:10 ET (5-Jul-2025 11:10 GMT/UTC)

30-Jun-2025

From lab to market: how renewable polymers could transform medicine

FAR Publishing Limited
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The development of renewable polymers for use in healthcare has shown excellent results, especially in biomedicine, such as in controlled drug release. Using materials like cellulose, chitosan, and starch, scientists have developed advanced ways of applying these polymers to the human body. However, turning these discoveries into commercially available products is still a significant challenge.

Journal: JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE MATERIALS
Funder: FAPESP

30-Jun-2025

Scientists harness micropattern arrays to decode and direct cellular biomechanics for regenerative medicine

FAR Publishing Limited

Researchers have unveiled the transformative potential of micropattern arrays—engineered microstructures—to probe and guide cellular biomechanics. These arrays not only help decipher how cells sense physical cues but also steer tissue regeneration and stem cell fate, paving the way for breakthroughs in tissue regeneration, organ-on-a-chip systems, and disease modeling.

Journal: BIOCELL
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Key Research and Development Program of Sichuan Province

30-Jun-2025

Early birds get the burn: Monash study finds early bedtimes associated with more physical activity

Monash University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers looked at how sleep habits and sleep fluctuations are related to next-day physical activity. On average, those who went to bed earlier were more physically active the next day. Next-day exercise was highest following earlier than usual bedtimes combined with a person’s normal number of hours of sleep.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation

30-Jun-2025

UM School of Medicine research reveals alarming health and resource burden of sleep apnea among U.S. active-duty military

University of Maryland School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

With more than 1 in 10 Americans suffering from obstructive sleep apnea putting them at increased risk of heart problems and other health ills, a new study conducted by the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) carefully analyzed the toll that this sleep disorder takes on U.S. active-duty military members, and their analysis was alarming: They found that soldiers with sleep apnea who are serving on the front lines are more than four times more likely to experience post traumatic stress disorder and three times more likely to suffer a traumatic brain injury compared to those who don’t have the condition.

Journal: CHEST Journal
Funder: Military Health System

30-Jun-2025

Rare achievement: UTA undergrad publishes research

University of Texas at Arlington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Caroline King didn’t expect to get involved in research when she arrived at The University of Texas at Arlington. But after joining the Honors College and taking a job with the Center for Rural Health and Nursing, she found herself diving into a literature review on midwifery in rural Texas.

Two and a half years later, King is a published author in the Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care. While publication is a milestone for any academic, it’s a rare achievement for an undergraduate.

30-Jun-2025

University of Oregon to create national children’s mental health center with $11 million federal grant

University of Oregon
Grant and Award Announcement

With a new $11 million federal grant, the University of Oregon will create a national center for children’s mental health, putting the university at the forefront of national prevention efforts to improve the mental health and well-being of adolescents.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Mental Health

30-Jun-2025

Aging-related inflammation is not universal across human populations, new study finds

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Inflammation, long considered a hallmark of aging, may not be a universal human experience, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The research suggests that "inflammaging"—chronic, low-grade inflammation associated with aging—appears to be a byproduct of industrialized lifestyles and varies significantly across global populations.

Journal: Nature Aging
Funder: French National Research Agency