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Scientists Found That the Alzheimer's Protein Tau Is Also Essential for Normal Memory Formation

Flinders University researchers found in Nature Communications that tau — the Alzheimer's protein — is also essential for forming long-term memories in healthy brains via engram cell coordination.

Medical Daily · Jul 14

Researchers Found That a Second Pregnancy Rewires the Brain in a Completely Different Way Than the First One Does

Amsterdam UMC study in Nature Communications finds a second pregnancy triggers a different pattern of brain rewiring than a first pregnancy. Implications for postpartum depression.

Medical Daily · Jul 13

Scientists Cracked the Bacterial Code Behind Powerful Anti-Cancer Drugs, and It Could Help Build Better Ones

Researchers decoded how bacteria naturally produce multiple anti-cancer drug variants, a Nature Communications finding that could accelerate development of improved cancer therapies.

Medical Daily · Jul 11

Baylor College of Medicine Scientists Find Tubulin Protein Prevents Tau and Alpha-Synuclein Clumping in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

Baylor scientists reported June 21, 2026, in Nature Communications that tubulin prevents Tau and alpha-synuclein from forming toxic aggregates — a potential pre-disease intervention.

Medical Daily · Jun 23

Nature Communications: Declining Phosphatidylcholine Drives Mitochondrial Aging — and Restoring It Reversed the Decline in Worms Within 2 Days

Leibniz Institute / Nature Communications April 2026: phosphatidylcholine decline triggers mitochondrial fragmentation during aging. Restoring it reversed aging in worms in 2 days.

Medical Daily · Jun 20

Texas A&M Scientists Unlocked the Human Body's Hidden Ability to Regrow Bone and Joints — Using Two Already-Approved Signals

Texas A&M / Nature Communications June 17, 2026: FGF2 + BMP2 sequential treatment regrew bone, joint, cartilage, and ligaments in mice that normally scar. What it means for medicine.

Medical Daily · Jun 19

Scientists used AI to complete the US flood map, and the result is a startling gap: More than 11 million people and 4.1 million buildings may sit in flood zones that official records never counted

A gap in U.S. flood mapping systems, caused by outdated traditional methods, leaves millions of homeowners unaware of their true flood risk. Researchers used AI to create more accurate maps, revealing 11 million people and 4.1 million buildings in previously unrecognized flood-prone areas. This discovery has significant implications for the…

The Times of India · Jun 16

A Blood Test That Detects Alzheimer's Disease Years Before Brain Scans Can Just Took a Major Leap Forward — Harvard Study Confirms It Outperforms PET Imaging in Early Detection

Harvard Mass General Brigham study in Nature Communications (April 2026): plasma pTau217 blood test detects Alzheimer's progression years before PET scans. FDA already cleared Lumipulse pTau217 test for symptomatic patients.

Medical Daily · Jun 12

Metal in your ordinary kitchen foil could soon replace some of world’s most expensive metals like platinum & palladium: Here’s what researchers have found

Researchers from King's College London and Trinity College Dublin have developed a new aluminium compound called cyclotrialumane that could potentially replace expensive rare metals like platinum and palladium in industrial catalysts. According to reports published in Nature Communications, the breakthrough could lead to cheaper, cleaner and more sustainable manufacturing processes…

The Economic Times · May 12

A 220,000-year-old ‘stone workshop’ found in South Africa is changing what we know about early humans

New research has revealed that the early humans quarried metamorphic rock as far back as 220,000 years ago. A revolutionary study in Nature Communications uncovers that early humans in South Africa were involved in organised stone quarrying as long ago as 220,000 years. At the Jojosi site, located in eastern…

The Times of India · May 11