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Biotechnology Oct 12, 2026

Cholesterol-linked drug boosts gene-targeting potency in early findings

Nucleic acid therapeutics, such as antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), have emerged as promising platforms for treating a variety of previously hard-to-treat diseases, including neurological diseases.

Polymers Oct 12, 2026

Vapor-based method creates ultralight aerogels without conventional liquid-based chemistry

Researchers at National Taiwan University (NTU), working across the College of Engineering, College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), have developed a new method for producing aerogels, introducing ...

Nanomaterials Oct 12, 2026

Water-based process turns wood industry byproduct into carbon nanofibers for sodium-ion batteries

A new study led by researchers at the University of Limerick (UL) has identified a new battery material from a renewable wood industry byproduct that could help reduce reliance on scarce and expensive materials.

Analytical Chemistry Oct 12, 2026

New light-emitting organic materials could enable deep-tissue bioimaging

Researchers at the University of St Andrews have identified the first examples of a new class of advanced organic semiconductor materials that could one day be used as bioimaging agents, opening up new possibilities for deep-tissue ...

Education Oct 12, 2026

Escape rooms give health care students a safe place to get things wrong

The buzzer goes off. Three occupational therapy students are convinced they have worked out what should happen to their patient next. They are wrong.

Plants & Animals Oct 12, 2026

High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers keep pumping venom after detachment

Australian scientists have used high-speed video to uncover the unique mechanism that allows a honey bee's stinger to continue to pump venom into its target even after it has separated from the bee's body.

Space Exploration Oct 12, 2026

NASA demonstrates next-generation heat shield technologies

NASA is taking an unusual approach to testing heat shields that can keep astronauts safe as they return from missions to the moon and Mars: taking out the trash.

Planetary Sciences Oct 12, 2026

The dying sun could tear the solar system apart sooner than thought

The fate of our solar system is written in the stars—well, one star to be precise: the sun. Estimates of what the end will look like once the sun sheds much of its mass and ultimately dies vary widely. New research published ...

Astronomy Oct 12, 2026

Physics Nobel highlights Antarctica's role in exploring the cosmos

When Belgian American particle physicist Francis Halzen was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical ...

Agriculture Oct 12, 2026

Ancient people relied on genetic variation already present in wild plants to domesticate crops like rice and corn

Oryza rufipogon is an ordinary-looking wild grass found today in parts of China, India and Southeast Asia. More than 8,000 years ago, people living in the Lower Yangtze Valley began cultivating it.

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