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Do you think preprints are unreliable? Analysis of 70,000 studies could change your mind 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 11, 2026
Posting studies to preprint servers like bioRxiv is common practice in many scientific fields.Credit: Michael Szebor/Nature The central conclusions of biomedical preprints rarely change after peer review in a journal.1according to a study published on the preprint server bioRxiv this month. The research also found that studies that first appeared as preprints are retracted at
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Laboratory-grown sperm: Scientists get closer to advancing fertility 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 11, 2026
Researchers are trying to produce human sperm (shown here in a colored electron microscope image) from stem cells in the laboratory.Credit: Juergen Berger/Scientific Photo Library It sounds like science fiction: collecting blood cells from a person, engineering them to eventually develop into immature sperm, and then incubating them in a small sac grown in a
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why the ‘disease’ label doesn’t always fit 0
- SCIENCE
- June 1, 2026
People with the same body mass index can have radically different health statuses. Credit: Hiraman/Getty Nearly one billion people worldwide live with obesity1. Yet the scientific community is divided over what obesity means for health. For decades, obesity was viewed mainly as a health risk, increasing the likelihood of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and premature death2.
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This organoid can menstruate — and shows how tissue can repair itself 0
- SCIENCE
- May 2, 2026
Gynaecological disorders such as endometriosis could be studied using endometrium organoids.Credit: fizkes/Shutterstock Researchers have developed organoids that can regenerate like the endometrium, the lining of the uterus that sheds and re-forms during the menstrual cycle. The team used the miniature 3D structures to simulate rarely seen repair processes, which could inform future therapeutic strategies for
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Engineered blood clots stop bleeding in seconds 0
- SCIENCE
- April 29, 2026
Jiang, S. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10412-y (2026). Article Google Scholar Guo, B., Dong, R., Liang, Y. & Li, M. Nature Rev. Chem. 5, 773–791 (2021). Article PubMed Google Scholar Peshkova, A. D. et al. Blood Adv. 9, 3418–3428 (2025). Article PubMed Google Scholar Garyfallogiannis, K. et al. Acta Biomater. 159, 49–62 (2023). Article PubMed Google
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Four rising stars shaping the future of cancer research 0
- SCIENCE
- April 16, 2026
In laboratories and hospitals around the world, a new generation of cancer researchers is working on the treatments and technologies of tomorrow. Some have turned their focus to improving imaging techniques for diagnostics; others are developing minimally invasive tests for early detection. Despite the differences in their work, they are united in achieving a common
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