Researchers used Million Veteran Program electronic health records plus diverse cohorts to map schizophrenia genetics in people of African ancestry, identifying ancestry-independent signals, fine-mapping causal genes, and expanding implicated regions by over 100 loci.
Researchers report a 55 billion tonne deposit with more than 60% iron in the Hamersley region, valued at about 6.15 trillion AUD and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on 27 January 2026.
A Nature Communications paper by Timothy M. Smith et al. identifies the alloy mechanisms that give GRX-810 superior high-temperature stability and points to design principles for future high-temp metals for nuclear propulsion and fusion.
A global analysis of more than 1.15 million microbiome samples shows that closely related microbial taxa tend to occur in similar ecological communities, a pattern the authors call community conservatism that is detectable across environments and deep evolutionary time.
Analysis of blood from about 1,800 people in the EIMS cohort found that high concentrations of PFOS and certain hydroxylated PCBs were associated with roughly double the odds of a recent MS diagnosis, though the study is observational and does not prove causation.
Silencing specific vagus nerve sensory cells and lowering inflammation in a connected neck ganglion improved heart function and reduced scarring after heart attacks in mice, pointing to new treatment targets while noting translation to humans will take time.
An audit published in Annals of Internal Medicine reports that 46 percent of 82 routinely updated CDC databases experienced delays or cessations in 2025, with vaccination-related systems making up 87 percent of affected datasets and most blackouts lasting over six months.
A UK modelling study published in Hypertension found that meeting the 2024 voluntary salt targets would cut average adult salt intake by 1.12 g/day and could prevent about 128,000 major cardiovascular events while saving roughly £1.0 billion in NHS healthcare costs over time.
A Barcelona cohort study found higher prenatal exposure to NO2, black carbon, PM2.5 and PM2.5 metal content was associated with reduced novelty preference on an eye-tracking memory test at 6 and 18 months.
A multi-ancestry Mendelian randomization and colocalization study shows genetic effects on gene and protein levels influence type 2 diabetes risk in a tissue-dependent way, and many causal signals are not visible in blood alone. The results stress the need for diverse ancestry QTL data and disease-relevant tissues to map mechanisms and prioritize targets.