For millions of men, ageing brings with it a set of frustrating and often disruptive urinary symptoms. These symptoms, caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, can affect sleep, confidence, and...

Mental health challenges are one of the biggest issues facing children and adolescents across the world, particularly in low-resource settings. In Zimbabwe, a 3-day intervention called Singing to the ...

For millions of men, ageing brings with it a set of frustrating and often disruptive urinary symptoms. These symptoms, caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, can affect sleep, confidence, and...

Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis (RAS) is an oral condition characterized by one or several painful mucosal ulcers. RAS affects a large proportion of the population and has a point prevalence of approxim...

Age-related macular degeneration, often abbreviated as AMD, is one of the leading causes of vision loss among older adults worldwide. In Asia, where populations are ageing rapidly, its impact is parti...

For many parents, a child’s snoring may seem harmless, even endearing. Yet in some cases, it signals something more serious. Obstructive sleep apnoea is a condition in which a child’s breathing is rep...

For millennia, humans have looked up towards the life-giving Sun and sought to understand its nature. One of its earliest features noticeable before the age of technology was the presence of small dar...

Accessing healthcare is a serious challenge for people living in rural and remote Australia. Large distances, sparse populations, and limited services can prevent residents from receiving care when th...

A pioneering research team from the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, United States, has been instrumental in developing innovative techniques...

The genetic code stores the instructions for building proteins, yet how it first arose remains unclear. It likely did not appear fully formed, but instead emerged step by step from simple chemical int...

Early childhood is a critical period for growth and development, yet many young children face nutritionrelated risks that can go unnoticed. Professor Janis Randall Simpson and colleagues have develope...

Professor Tony Butler of the University of New South Wales explores the dynamic relationship between mental health and justice, unravelling the transformative potential of mental health treatment in t...

At Boston University, Professor Tian Yu Cao is rethinking the foundations of modern physics. His work builds on twistor theory which demonstrates that spacetime is secondarily derived from twistor con...

In environments where magnetic fields exceed even the limits of classical physics, such as magnetars and next-generation laser experiments, plasma behaviour is fundamentally altered by quantum effects...

Artificial intelligence is often discussed as a future challenge for research, yet it is already shaping how many papers are written. Drawing on emerging evidence and recent analysis, work led by Alex...

Artificial intelligence is often discussed as a future challenge for research, yet it is already shaping how many papers are written. Drawing on emerging evidence and recent analysis, work led by Alex...

Acetogenic bacteria can convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen into useful products, making them promising tools for sustainable biotechnology. Research led by Laura Muñoz and Jo Philips reveals that hyd...

At Montana State University Billings, Dr Lynn George and her team are investigating the cellular mechanisms underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Using a new mouse model, their research reve...

Green advertising is becoming an increasingly important means of differentiation in modern markets. Organisations that can credibly communicate their environmental sustainability efforts are often bet...

Adolescence, the transitional stage between childhood and adulthood, comes with challenges as well opportunities for growth and learning.

Cancer immunotherapy has transformed treatment outcomes, yet many patients still fail to respond. At Maastricht University, Jella van de Laak, working with Professor Ludwig Dubois and Professor Jan Th...

Geophysicists use a variety of different methods to peer beneath the Earth’s surface. Seismic activity, gravitational fields , and magnetic fields each offer their own windows into the world undergrou...

Cerebral palsy is the most common childhood motor disorder and leads to lifelong difficulties with walking. Alongside colleagues at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, as well as national and internat...

As automation and controlled environments reshape modern farming, the need for technicians who understand both plant science and engineering is rapidly increasing. At Virginia Western Community Colleg...

Professor Deanna Sellnow from Clemson University argues that crisis and risk communication research must evolve beyond simply describing and deconstructing problems to actively empowering people prote...

Across Europe, refugees and asylum seekers often find themselves in precarious situations, facing limited access to housing, employment, education, and legal protection. While government responses hav...

Happy New Year from us at Scientia! We hope this time off enabled you all to recharge your batteries and get ready for new challenges. Getting time away from work and screens reminded me of why we do ...

After explaining the concept of open impact in last issue’s editorial, we learnt about the aims of this publication. Now, Nick answers some questions regarding the process and how we produce the arti...

Brain and mental disorders are conditions that disrupt how the brain works, affecting how people think, feel, or behave. The current insufficient approach to diagnosing these conditions has contribute...

Turbulence remains one of the most enigmatic and poorly understood phenomena in physics, despite being ubiquitous in nature and everyday life—from the experience of flying through turbulent air, to dr...

In early modern Europe, ancient Greek was far more than a scholarly pursuit. Intellectuals from many regions discovered that demonstrating resemblance of their native languages to Greek could elevate ...

The mining industry plays a vital role in driving Mongolia’s economic growth and creating employment opportunities. However, in the Gobi Desert —one of the driest regions in Mongolia— water access, an...

Dr Norio Mitsuhashi, former Professor of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Tokyo Women’s Medical University, leads revolutionary clinical research into optimising stereotactic body radiation the...

A major new scientific resource has been produced with the support of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. Edited by Profs Ariel Dinar and Robert Mendelsohn, The Handbook on Climate Chan...

Pharmaceutical manufacturers face increasing pressure to reduce solvent use, energy consumption and waste. Mechanochemistry explores mechanical force rather than heat to drive chemical reactions in th...

Insufficient sleep can cause much more than tiredness and grouchiness in adolescents. As well as being important for their health, adolescents also need to get enough sleep to feel satisfied with thei...

This book explores the history of the area in Turkey where these two cities lie. Prof Richard Ludueña and his daughter visited Harran and Sanliurfa (formerly Edessa) in 2014. He found them fascinating...

Avian necrotic enteritis (NE) is one of the most significant intestinal diseases affecting poultry worldwide, particularly broiler chickens. It causes major economic losses due to reduced growth rates...

Chemical reactions often demand precise control over their operating conditions to proceed efficiently. While chemists routinely use pH buffers to stabilise acidity levels, far less attention has been...

Scientists have long debated where solar cycle magnetic fields come from—deep within its interior or closer to its surface. Compelling new evidence suggests these fields may originate much closer to t...

MELAS is a rare and serious genetic condition that affects how the body’s cells produce energy, leading to extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, and a range of other symptoms. With no cure currently avail...

Water resources are essential for human life. Knowing how to manage water, both now and in the future, is necessary to continue using it as well as possible. Nick Martin and Jeremy White are examining...

Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy offers life-saving potential, particularly against blood cancers, but severe side effects such as cytokine release syndrome (CRS) limit its safety. These...

As the practice of psychotherapy increasingly embraces the spiritual dimensions of the human experience, therapists are investigating new ways to weave faith and meaning into healing. Dr Suzanne Coyle...

Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating condition that strips away people’s memory, thinking, and independence. By 2050, it is expected to affect over 100 million people around the world, making it a hig...

At University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, recent work by Professor Bo Song and colleagues suggests that light may play an unexpected role in the way our nerves use and transmit energy. The...

Category 5 hurricanes, financial crashes, and global pandemics are just a few examples of rare events whose high risks necessitate understanding and mitigation. Developments in artificial intelligence...