Researchers lacked clear evidence regarding the mummification techniques and cause of death for an ancient Egyptian mummy. To investigate, researchers used high-resolution medical X-ray scans to create three-dimensional views of the preserved body.

Goodman, M. J., Araj, V., Pierce, D., & Nelson, A. (2026). Radiological examination of the “Braided Lady”: A CT-based case study of an Egyptian mummy. Radiology Case Reports, 21(10), 4149-4155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2026.06.060   Andrew Nelson

Balancing competing water needs and making science-based choices remains difficult for communities facing environmental and population pressures. The researchers examined ten case studies to identify practical methods for sustainable water management.

Uysal, G., Chaffe, P. L. B., Fischer, S., Cudennec, C., Croke, B., Blöschl, G., Leong, C., Liu, S., Rosbjerg, D., Simonovic, S. P., Kileshye Onema, J. M., Takeuchi, K., Viglione, A., & Loucks, D. P. (2026). Integrated water resources management in the IAHS HELPING decade: bridging science, policy and practice. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2026.2734278   Slobodan Simonovic

Tornado strikes can damage wind farms, disrupting electricity production and delaying post-storm repairs. Researchers built computer models to simulate storm damage, turbine repairs, and recovery strategies using real and hypothetical wind farms.

Detière-Venkatesh, M., Romanic, D., & Simonovic, S. P. (2026). Wind farm resilience to tornado strikes: A coupled probabilistic damage and system dynamics framework. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 113601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2026.113601   Slobodan Simonovic

Doctors and scientists face difficulties testing and fairly using new artificial intelligence tools to treat psychosis, a condition marked by breaks from reality.

Palaniyappan, L., Abassi, B., Abboud, F., Alarabi, M. A., Aramburu, M., Arslan, B., Barnes-Scheufler, C. V., Böke, A., Bryant, L., Carvajal-Paredes, P., Castiello de Obeso, S., Chau, A. K. C., Chung, L. K. h., de Beer, F., De Simone, G., Destro, P. H., Dlikan, M., El Mouslih, C., Fang, Z., ... Ferreira, R. (2026). Schizophrenia research in 2026: report from the annual meeting of the Schizophrenia International Research Society. Schizophrenia. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-026-00813-3   Lena Palaniyappan

Scientists do not know whether mood-related and non-mood psychoses—conditions involving breaks from reality—share the same biological brain mechanisms. Researchers analyzed brain scans from healthy controls and patients with psychosis or mood disorders to measure communication efficiency across brain networks.

Wang, Y., Wang, F., Zhong, M., Zhang, M., Yang, J., Liu, Z., Yang, J., & Palaniyappan, L. (2026). Superposition of distinct psychotic and affective axes explains affective psychosis: evidence from cross-diagnostic connectomics. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 150, 111952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2026.111952   Lena Palaniyappan