When pathogens enter our cells as part of an infection, our body will trigger a programmed cell death known as "pyroptosis" as part of an antimicrobial response. This response also plays a role in processes which are not ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 4, 2025
0
18
On Nov. 11 each year, a curious holiday takes over China. What began among Nanjing University students in the 1990s as a tongue-in-cheek counter to Valentine's Day has exploded into the world's largest shopping event: Singles' ...
Social Sciences
Nov 4, 2025
0
28
Oklahoma has become a testing ground for reshaping public school curriculum to reflect conservative viewpoints, Make America Great Again priorities and a push for Christian nationalism in the classroom.
Education
Nov 4, 2025
0
19
Small mountain ponds high in the tropical Andes may be playing an outsized role in global climate change, according to new research led by scientists at the University of North Carolina.
Earth Sciences
Nov 4, 2025
0
33
A new study led by Prof. Chen Hongsong from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed that calcium-rich bedrock can reshape the latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) within karst ...
Ecology
Nov 4, 2025
0
12
A new study introduces an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven remote sensing framework designed to map the potential for forage cultivation across northern China's drylands, with a particular focus on the middle reaches of ...
Ecology
Nov 4, 2025
0
23
Deep within the world's oceans lurk marine bacteria armed with plastic-munching enzymes, their evolution seemingly sculpted by our synthetic castaways.
Evolution
Nov 4, 2025
0
158
As satellite technology surges ahead and space becomes increasingly accessible to private and state actors alike, the new and unsettling threat of space terrorism looms above Earth's atmosphere.
Political science
Nov 4, 2025
0
27
Water droplets can slide down or bounce off a leaf's surface because it has a waxy hydrophobic (water-repellent) coating. However, this poses a challenge to farmers when pesticides are sprayed, as the droplets can bounce ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 4, 2025
0
31
For much of the 20th century, teaching was a stable, middle-class job in the U.S. Now it's becoming a lot harder to survive on a teacher's salary: Wages have been stagnant for decades, according to a study from the Economic ...
Economics & Business
Nov 4, 2025
0
17
