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A large-scale investigation has found that people who regularly consume both sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and low- or no-sugar-sweetened beverages (LNSSBs) face a significantly greater likelihood of developing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).1 Presented at UEG Week 2025, the research followed 123,788 adults from the UK Biobank who had no signs of liver disease at…

How did the universe come into existence, and what early processes shaped everything that followed? A new study published in Physical Review Research takes aim at this fundamental question. Scientists from Spain and Italy have introduced a model that reimagines what happened moments after the universe was born. Their approach could upend long-standing ideas about…

For nearly ten years, the Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program has been redefining how scientists study the human brain. Instead of relying on intact brain tissue from humans or animals, researchers in the program grow three-dimensional brain-like structures in the lab using stem cells. These tiny models, called human neural organoids and assembloids, allow scientists to…

A major study from Cleveland Clinic found that people with both obesity and type 2 diabetes who had weight-loss surgery lived longer and experienced fewer serious health issues than those who used GLP-1 receptor agonist medications alone. These drugs, which mimic a natural hormone that helps regulate blood sugar and appetite, are commonly prescribed for…

Scientists say seven skeletons found in a mass grave in Croatia were most likely Roman soldiers who lived 1,700 years ago. The male skeletons, all with various injuries, were found “completely preserved” during excavations in 2011 at the site of the Roman city of Mursa – modern-day Osijek – in Croatia’s far east, a new…

Chen Ning Yang, Nobel laureate and one of the world’s most influential physicists, has died at the age of 103, according to Chinese state media. An obituary released by CCTV cited illness as the cause of death. Yang and fellow theoretical physicist, Lee Tsung-Dao, were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 for…

For centuries, scientists have noticed that certain illnesses seem to pass from one generation to the next, a connection first noted by Hippocrates, who observed that some diseases “ran in families.” Over time, researchers have steadily advanced their ability to uncover the biological roots of these inherited patterns within the human genome. A team of…