Biochemistry
Packets of freeze-dried bacteria can grow biocement on demand
Cement manufacturing and repair could be significantly improved by using biocement-producing bacteria, but growing the microbes at construction sites remains a challenge. Now, researchers report a freeze-drying approach in ...
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Plants & Animals
After 120 years of conservation efforts, Yellowstone bison are a single breeding population, researchers discover
Researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have discovered that bison in Yellowstone National Park—the only group of American bison that has continually existed as wildlife ...
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Gorillas with heart disease have altered gut microbiomes, study shows
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in zoo gorillas, but its origins remain unknown. Researchers from the University of Minnesota, in collaboration with national and international partners, have studied the trillions ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Nanoparticle immune therapy shows potential to halt pancreatic cancer spread
Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most challenging tumors to treat, partly because it is often discovered at advanced stages when the disease has already spread, or metastasized. About half of pancreatic cancer patients ...
Bio & Medicine
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Do weekends really affect surgical outcomes?
Researchers from Houston Methodist Hospital, UCLA, the University of Toronto, and others have tried to answer a longstanding fear that undergoing surgery on a Friday leads to higher levels of complications or even death. ...
Cases of Parkinson's disease set to reach 25 million worldwide by 2050, study suggests
By 2050, there will be 25.2 million people living with Parkinson's disease worldwide (a 112% increase from 2021), largely due to population aging, suggests a modeling study published by The BMJ.
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
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Anti-obesity drugs found to benefit kidney transplant recipients with type 2 diabetes
Kidney transplant recipients with type 2 diabetes treated with a new class of anti-obesity drugs were less likely to experience organ failure and survived longer, a new study shows. Not only is obesity a known risk factor ...
Diabetes
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Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease using blood tests—p-tau biomarkers not as disease-specific as previously thought
Elevated levels of p-tau 181 and 217 in cerebrospinal fluid are considered to reflect early Alzheimer's disease pathology. However, biomarker detection, which is now part of the diagnostic criteria, requires a lumbar puncture ...
Neuroscience
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Feeling is believing: Bionic hand 'knows' what it's touching, grasps like a human
Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its grasp to avoid damaging ...
Robotics
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When you get hurt matters: Circadian rhythms shown to play a role in muscle repair
The body's internal clock doesn't just dictate when we sleep—it also determines how quickly our muscles heal. A new Northwestern Medicine study in mice, published today in Science Advances, suggests that muscle injuries ...
Immunology
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Tech Xplore
Discovery of molecular 'spring' reveals how hearing is triggered
Hearing begins with the stretching of elastic molecular "springs" that open ion channels in the sensory hair cells of the ear. For decades, researchers have known that these gating springs must exist, but they could not find ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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New STI impacts 1 in 3 women: Study reveals men are the missing link
A study reveals that bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition affecting nearly a third of women worldwide and causing infertility, premature births and newborn deaths, is in fact a sexually transmitted infection (STI), paving ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Astronomer finds gas giant exoplanets formed earlier than previously thought
A fresh look at past data reveals that exoplanets with masses similar to Jupiter formed much sooner than previously thought, according to new research. The Ohio State University study's results provide new information about ...
Planetary Sciences
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Insights into molecular process of sperm production may shed light on male infertility
A genetic mutation in mice affects cells required for sexual reproduction and holds clues about male infertility that could pave the way for new treatments and male contraceptives, a Rutgers University–New Brunswick researcher ...
Genetics
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A 'Trojan horse' approach may enable development of new antimalarial drugs
Antimalarial drug resistance is a pressing issue in combating the spread of malaria worldwide. In a new study, researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have discovered a key process where malarial parasites ...
Medications
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NASA powers down two Voyager science instruments to extend mission life
Mission engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the cosmic ray subsystem experiment aboard Voyager 1 on Feb. 25 and will shut off Voyager 2's low-energy charged particle instrument ...
Planetary Sciences
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Damaged but not defeated: Bacteria use nano-spearguns to retaliate against attacks
Some bacteria deploy tiny spearguns to retaliate against rival attacks. Researchers at the University of Basel have mimicked attacks by poking bacteria with an ultra-sharp tip. Using this approach, they have uncovered that ...
Bio & Medicine
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Why more water is not always better in ion-conducting membranes: New insights for clean energy technology
Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and at the Tandon School of Engineering of New York University have made a breakthrough in understanding how water transports ...
Engineering
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Research identifies key antibodies for development of broadly protective norovirus vaccine
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a strategy to fight back against ...
Vaccination
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Engineered cartilage from nasal septum cells helps treat complex knee injuries
Injuries to the articular cartilage in different joints, including the knee, are painful and limit mobility. In response, researchers at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel are developing cartilage implants ...
Arthritis & Rheumatism
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The ethics of tipping: Interviews with chefs provide insights
Anyone who likes to visit their local cafe is familiar with the following scenario. Upon purchasing your lunch, a cashier turns a payment screen toward you: "This will just ask you a few questions."
Canada proposes phase out of 'forever chemicals' in consumer products
Canada on Wednesday proposed phasing out "forever chemicals" in many consumer products after finding them to be toxic and harmful at current high levels found in people and the environment.
Preemergence and postemergence herbicide combination offers best weed control outcome for early planted soybeans: Study
Farmers in most states often try to plant soybeans as early as possible to increase yields. However, planting soybeans sooner than later might also require a corresponding change in herbicide application strategy to garner ...
Tunable asymmetric hysteresis loop: Researchers develop method to control magnetic reversal in Weyl semimetal
Recently, a research team found a new way to control the magnetic reversal in a special material called Co3Sn2S2, a Weyl semimetal. The team was led by Prof. Qu Zhe from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese ...
'Women don't need to be fixed': Researcher points to systemic issue for cause of gender inequality
"Women are the problem"—this unspoken narrative has been circulating in the world of work for decades. Countless initiatives and programs are designed to make women "fit" for a career. But what if the problem isn't the ...
Sweden's plan to ensure future generations remember highly radioactive nuclear waste
Sweden's radioactive nuclear waste will be stored in a sealed bedrock repository for 100,000 years. It will be hazardous for a very long time. So how can we ensure that humanity does not forget that it is there? Researchers ...
Interviews with businesses reveal obstacles meeting net-zero emissions target
As we endeavor to address climate change issues, businesses must play an increasingly important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A study in the International Journal of Business Performance Management, has looked ...
Kids who skip breakfast have poorer testing results, study says
An Australian study has revealed the clear link between eating breakfast and academic success, with students who skip breakfast some or all of the time achieving poorer NAPLAN results than children who always eat breakfast.
Novel adsorbent reduces ammonia emissions, offering alternative to deep nitrogen placement in wheat fields
A research team in the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel ammonium adsorbent that significantly reduces ammonia emissions from wheat fields, enhancing the soil's ...
Innovations in core-shell nanoparticles advance drug delivery and precision medicine
A review in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology explores how core-shell nanoparticles could revolutionize drug delivery systems and play a key role in advancing personalized and precision medicine.
Researchers find that caribou migration patterns are shrinking
Decades of data following the migratory patterns of endangered caribou show that migration areas have decreased significantly. Researchers are concerned that resource extraction is disturbing caribou habitats.
Artificial photosynthesis research represents a step forward towards green hydrogen
How can we produce clean hydrogen without burning fossil hydrocarbons or other non-renewable energy sources? We can do so through photoelectrochemistry, or artificial photosynthesis, a method that—just like photosynthesis—uses ...
Lava fountain height soars in latest episode of Hawaii volcano eruption
Lava fountains from a Hawaii volcano reached heights of 600 feet (180 meters) during the latest episode of an eruption that has been pausing and resuming for several months.
Banning swearing in Formula One could be bad for drivers
Motor sport's governing body the FIA (International Automobile Federation) has not ruled out extending its recent swearing ban to Formula One (F1) team radio communication. Last month FIA president Mohammed Sulayem said the ...
Top earners are increasingly isolated at work. Here's why it matters
Nike's current CEO, Elliott Hill, began his career at the global footwear giant as an intern fresh out of university, steadily making his way up the ranks.
Methane emissions are turbocharging climate change. These quick fixes could slow it down
The biggest challenge to limiting climate change to 2°C, the upper target of the 2015 Paris agreement, is this: methane emissions are rising very fast.
Creating the optimal pond for amphibians: Research identifies key factors
Amphibians are land animals, but can only reproduce in water. They prefer to live in and around small bodies of water. But this habitat is becoming increasingly rare—in Germany alone, more than half of this type of body ...
Beetle exoskeleton and conductive polymer create novel light-modulating material
Some beetles, such as Anomala albopilosa, strongly reflect left circularly polarized light (electromagnetic waves that oscillate leftward relative to the direction of light reception). This property originates from the formation ...
Rich Brits blamed for high emissions—but they might hold the power to accelerate climate action
Survey data, published in PLOS Climate reveals that while the UK's top earners are far more likely to adopt green technologies like electric vehicles and heat pumps, they remain unwilling to compromise their lifestyle to ...
How schools can improve gender equality in Latin America
In Latin America, deeply ingrained cultural beliefs about gender roles—what women and men should and shouldn't do—persist. This is despite increased involvement by women in traditionally male spheres, such as business ...
