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Research from the University of Southern Denmark and Lillebaelt Hospital shows that a digital treatment intervention combined with written support from a psychologist can reduce the fear of cancer recurrence and improve the quality of life for people who have had colorectal cancer. Fear of cancer recurrence is a common late effect among former cancer patients.

Biodiversity: An international study shows that medieval communities on Lake Constance actively increased biodiversity. Researchers document an increase in plant diversity that peaked around 1000 AD. Human activities: The study proves that human activities can support the health and resilience of environments, which is also important for modern nature conservation strategies.

Scientists at EPFL have developed an innovative, non-invasive brain stimulation therapy to significantly improve visual function in stroke patients who have suffered vision loss following a stroke. The approach could offer a more efficient and faster way to regain visual function in such cases. Each year, thousands of stroke survivors are left with hemianopia, a condition that causes loss of half of their visual field (the "vertical midline").

An international team involving UCL astronomers has observed the first clear signal of a giant stellar eruption from a star beyond our solar system. The stellar eruption is analogous to a coronal mass ejection (CME) seen on our Sun, and implies a devastating impact for any planet unlucky enough to orbit the star.

An international study presents, for the first time, a complete system capable of controlling and releasing drugs within the body using magnetic microrobots. The system combines a clinical magnetic field, a precision catheter and biodegradable microcapsules that can be directed exactly to the specific point in the body where the drug needs to act.

New research from The University of Manchester has found that areas with higher community resilience experience better health - including lower rates of drugs, alcohol and suicide deaths - even when those areas face significant deprivation. The study tested a new "Community Resilience Index" which measures how well local areas can withstand long-term pressures such as economic hardship, poor housing and inequality.

Cu-64 is a copper isotope needed for medical applications - but it is very difficult to produce. At TU Wien, researchers have now developed an alternative production method. The copper isotope Cu-64 plays an important role in medicine: it is used in imaging processes and also shows potential for cancer therapy.

A team at TU Wien combines quantum physics and general relativity theory - and discovers striking deviations from previous results. It is something like the "Holy Grail" of physics: unifying particle physics and gravitation. The world of tiny particles is described extremely well by quantum theory, while the world of gravitation is captured by Einstein's general theory of relativity.

Active music-making together with a musical facilitator helps reduce challenging behaviour in adults with a mild to moderate intellectual disability. Music intervention not only has positive effects on the participants themselves, but also contributes to the wellbeing of support staf. This is evident from by behavioural specialist Gerianne Smeets.

Posted on: 14 November 2025 A comprehensive programme of new research from the Health Research Board (HRB) Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) in Multimorbidity has provided crucial insights and evidence-based solutions to improve healthcare and outcomes for people living with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity).

UCalgary-led international study finds new insulin delivery technology supports healthier pregnancies An international study co-led by University of Calgary researchers has found new insulin delivery technology helps control glucose levels during pregnancy for those with Type 1 diabetes, which is crucial to the health of women and their newborns.

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a microrobot capable of transporting drugs to specific locations within the body, with the potential for use in hospitals in the near future. Every year, 12 million people worldwide suffer a stroke; many die or are permanently impaired. Currently, drugs are administered to dissolve the thrombus that blocks the blood vessel.

Researchers have achieved a new level of control over the atomic structure of a family of materials known as halide perovskites, creating a finely tuned 'energy sandwich' that could transform how solar cells, LEDs and lasers are made. Due to their remarkable ability to absorb and emit light, and because they are cheaper and can be configured to convert more of the solar spectrum into energy than silicon, perovskites have long been touted as a potential replacement for silicon in solar cells, LEDs and quantum technologies.

A new software enables brain simulations which both imitate the processes in the brain in detail and can solve challenging cognitive tasks. The program was developed by a research team at the Cluster of Excellence 'Machine Learning: New Perspectives for Science' at the University of Tübingen. The software thus forms the basis for a new generation of brain simulations which allow deeper insights into the functioning and performance of the brain.

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In every functional MRI scan, after the whir and pounding begins, there is a brief 10 to 20 seconds of stabilization as the machine's magnetic field settles into place. For decades, scientists have treated this period as dead time, discarding the data or 'dummy scans'. But a team of researchers at Western 's  Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping (CFMM) have discovered these early few seconds offer some of the richest data a scanner can produce.

According to a communication from the CNRS dated November 12, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution to which Lucie Étienne, CNRS research director at CIRI, and Alexandre Legrand, INSERM researcher and CIRI doctor, contributed: Evolutionary characterization of antiviral SAMD9/9L across kingdoms supports ancient convergence and lineage-specific adaptations.

Droughts are having a major impact on Europe's forests - and climate change could make them even more frequent. But diversity helps: a new study led by the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and Leipzig University shows that forests are more resistant to drought when trees employ different strategies for using water.

With an average sea level rise of 0.7mm per year, the coastline has moved 3km inland over a period of 1,500 years Off the Belgian coast some 6,000 years ago there was a barrier island system.