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July 13, 2026-- Despite affecting an estimated 2 billion people, menstrual health continues to be overlooked by governments, businesses and the scientific community, prompting calls for it to be recognized as a fundamental public health issue.

image: Flow chart showing participant recruitment and dropouts. view more For patients with keratoconus, corneal scarring, post-transplant irregularity, or secondary corneal ectasia, clearer vision is often not as simple as changing a pair of spectacles. When the corneal surface becomes irregular, conventional glasses or soft contact lenses may not fully correct distorted optics, leaving patients with blurred vision, reduced visual quality, and difficulty in daily activities.

When South Korea's professional baseball league introduced "robot umpire" ball-and-strike calls in 2024, famous batters appeared to lose an edge—but star pitchers did not. A new University of Michigan study found that after the Korea Baseball Organization adopted its Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) System, high-status hitters performed worse in statistics most closely tied to strike-zone judgment.

Chestnut Hill, Mass (7/13/2026) – In environmental, health, and technology crises, Americans are more persuaded to take action by scientists and public consensus than by leaders in government and industry, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by researchers at Boston College and Princeton University.

Wearable health devices rely on electrodes that can pick up tiny electrical signals from the body. However, maintaining a stable connection between an electrode and the skin remains difficult. As the skin is soft, uneven and constantly moving, many electrode materials are either too stiff, dry out over time or lose signal quality during daily activity.

PRIME-6G (Pilot for Resilient Industrial Manufacturing Environments with 6G Technologies), a EUR 7.76 million project funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme through the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), has officially launched.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Eating an avocado every day may decrease heart disease risk in adults with obesity, according to a recent study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences and published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology.

image: Using a conductive, face-paint-like ink, researchers can now paint electrodes to monitor a wearer’s heart, muscle or brain activity in style. view more UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Engineers at Penn State are blending art and science to create cute, paint-on tattoos that could help spot heart attacks early, power robotic prosthetics and read brain waves — all within a colorful, customizable system that can be easily washed away or reapplied.

Just like other teenagers, many teens on the autism spectrum are itching to exercise their social muscles. They hope for new friends, fun with people who share their interests, maybe even a romantic relationship. “Adolescence is a moment of opportunity for these kids,” said Daniel Abrams, PhD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford Medicine. “They want to build friendships.” But spreading their social wings is challenging for teens with autism.

image: This photograph shows the jet-like flows of water emitted by the forward sprinkler, as visualized using dye and false colored. view more Each summer, lawns are marked by a familiar addition: “silly sprinklers,” whose loops and spirals spew water in creative ways. While seemingly frivolous in their construction, a team of mathematicians has used their design to address a long-standing mystery surrounding the laws of physics.