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There is no evidence for the existence of sterile neutrinos - a fourth type of the elementary neutrino particle. This is shown by the international MicroBooNE collaboration at the US research center Fermilab with the participation of the University of Bern. The results confirm the standard model of particle physics and rule out the possibility that sterile neutrinos are the explanation for certain anomalies in earlier physics experiments.

As nearly one in six couples experience fertility issues, in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is an increasingly common form of reproductive technology. However, there are still many unanswered scientific questions about the basic biology of embryos, including the factors determining their viability, that, if resolved, could ultimately improve IVF's success rate.

Dr Aviv Barnoy (assistant professor in Digitalisation and Business at Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication) and his fellow researchers have discovered that clear agreements on how people should share information online can significantly reduce the spread of misinformation. Concerns about misinformation on social media have led platforms and policymakers to experiment with warnings, labels and other countermeasures.

Researchers uncover the mechanisms of phage adaptation to eradicate clinically relevant bacteria A study led by Celia Ferriol-González and Pilar Domingo-Calap, researchers at the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (a joint centre of the University of Valencia, UV, and the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC), reveals the evolutionary mechanism used by phages - viruses of therapeutic interest - to infect multidrug-resistant bacteria.

More than 90 percent of local insect biomass decline in German grasslands is explained by species loss, according to a new study published in »Nature Ecology & Evolution«. The research draws on 11 years of data from two long-term research programmes where the scientists counted and identified arthropods-insects and spiders-then measured their biomass.

Instead of jumping, water molecules walk: Graz University of Technology and the University of Surrey show how water moves in surprisingly different ways on ultra-thin materials. In a study published in Nature Communications , researchers from Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) and the University of Surrey tested two ultra-thin, sheet-like materials with a honeycomb structure - graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN).

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna has gained new insights into how ticks influence the human immune system in order to introduce pathogens. The study shows that the saliva of Ixodes ricinus - the most common tick species in Central Europe - plays a central role in altering the immune response of skin cells, thereby facilitating the transmission of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi.

Contraception The contraceptive pill has been hailed as one of the most revolutionary health technologies of the 20th century - a tool that gave women control over their fertility and paved the way for education and careers.

A team from the University of Geneva shows that certain vocal processing skills are shared between humans and great apes. The brain doesn't just recognise the human voice. A study by the University of Geneva shows that certain areas of our auditory cortex respond specifically to the vocalisations of chimpanzees, our closest cousins both phylogenetically and acoustically.

Infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue, and tuberculosis are considered to pose as great a challenge to global health as new or emerging pathogens, according to a major international study led by The Global Health Network at Oxford's Nuffield Department of Medicine and commissioned by Wellcome.

In a study, scientists at McGill University explored the link between celibacy and loneliness using a new concept: relational clarity Single people who date without having a clear idea of what they're looking for in a relationship feel lonelier and are less satisfied with their lives. These are the findings of a McGill University study.

The presence of a compound present in cruciferous vegetables, indole-3-carbinol, is essential to make certain cancer treatments effective. Photo by Monika Borys / Unsplash It is a universally recognized truth that vegetables are good for your health. A study conducted by Institut Curie and Inserm reveals that the presence of a compound present in cruciferous vegetables, indole-3-carbinol, is essential to make certain cancer treatments effective.

McGill study uses new concept, relationship clarity, to explore the association between singlehood and loneliness Single people who date without a clear understanding of what they are looking for in a relationship experience more loneliness and decreased life satisfaction, McGill researchers have found.

Posted on: 02 December 2025 Trinity researchers have led a new collaborative study, combining large genetic datasets with satellite weather data and uncovering over 30 distinct genes that influence vitamin D status, many of which were not previously known. The study involved collaborators from Maynooth University, the Netherlands, UK, Denmark, Austria, and Germany and is published in the journal Nature Communications.

Early disease detection in the colony: Ants signal incurable sickness to save others Ant colonies operate as tightly coordinated "superorganisms" with individual ants working together, much like the cells of a body, to ensure colony health. Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have now discovered that terminally ill ant brood, like infected cells in a body, release an odor signaling their impending death and the risk they pose.

Scientists at EPFL have created a scalable 3D organoid model that captures key features of early limb development, revealing how a specialized signaling center shapes both cell identity and tissue organization. During early development, the embryo builds the body's organs by exchanging chemical signals between different cell types.

New research shows that infants under three months old, whose mothers received the RSV vaccination during pregnancy, had around 80% reduced risk of hospitalisation due to an RSV infection, compared to infants whose mothers were unvaccinated. The groundbreaking study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases and led by Public Health Scotland (PHS), in collaboration with the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Edinburgh, and Oxford, details the positive impact the new RSV vaccine is having on infant health across Scotland.

Physicists overcome a fundamental limitation of acoustic levitation with charge Physicists from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have developed a method to acoustically levitate objects while keeping them physically separated using charge. Their results, published in PNAS , could find applications in materials science, robotics, and microengineering .

An international team observed with the JWST huge clouds of helium escaping from the exoplanet Wasp-107b. An international team, including astronomers from the University of Geneva and the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, has observed giant clouds of helium escaping from the exoplanet WASP-107b.

For more than two decades, researchers at the University of Basel have been investigating a severe form of muscular dystrophy in which muscles progressively degenerate. The research team has now discovered that the muscles' ability to regenerate is also impaired. Future therapies should therefore aim not only to strengthen muscles but also to promote their regeneration.