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Scientists find a way to stop dangerous belly fat as we age

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Aging doesn’t just add fat—it redistributes it in risky ways, pushing more into the abdomen where it can harm health. Scientists found that testosterone plays a key role in this shift. In older women recovering from hip fractures, a testosterone gel combined with exercise helped prevent the usual rise in dangerous visceral fat. The result could point to a powerful new strategy for improving recovery and long-term health.

A molecule with half-Möbius topology

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Science, Volume 392, Issue 6798, May 2026.
Igor Rončević, Fabian Paschke, Yueze Gao, Leonard-Alexander Lieske, Lene A. Gödde, Stefano Barison, Samuele Piccinelli, Alberto Baiardi, Ivano Tavernelli, Jascha Repp, Florian Albrecht, Harry L. Anderson, Leo Gross

Intermetallic nanoassemblies potentiate systemic STING activation

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Science, Volume 392, Issue 6798, May 2026.
Xingwu Zhou, Xiang Ling, Xiaoqi Sun, Ziye Wan, Tobias Dwyer, Timothy C. Moore, Quguang Li, Hannah E. Dobson, Qi Wu, Xiangbo Kong, Fang Xie, Xinran An, Jingyao Gan, Kaikai Wang, Young Seok Cho, Wang Gong, Katherine Dong, Jie Zhang, Mariko Takahashi, Cheng…

Human DHX29 detects nonoptimal codon usage to regulate mRNA stability

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Science, Volume 392, Issue 6798, May 2026.
Fabian Hia, Yitong Wu, Masanori Yoshinaga, Sakurako Goto-Ito, Wakana Iwasaki, Koshi Imami, Hirotaka Toh, Peixun Han, Ting Cai, Takayuki Ohira, Akira Fukao, Daron M. Standley, Yuichi Shichino, Masaki Takegawa, Toshinobu Fujiwara, Tsutomu Suzuki, Shintaro…

In Science Journals

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Science, Volume 392, Issue 6798, Page 602-604, May 2026.
Michael Funk, and Jesse Smith, Phil Szuromi, Michael A. Funk, Jack Huang, Peter Stern, Angela Hessler, Jelena Stajic, Jake S. Yeston, Christiana N. Fogg, Yury Suleymanov, Mattia Maroso, Di Jiang, Sarah H. Ross, Bianca Lopez, Courtney Malo, and Annalisa M…