Phage contingency loci let viruses hedge against bacterial defenses
Bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria, are often portrayed as highly specialized molecular machines: particles that recognize a host, inject...
Six-Year Ugandan Study Reveals How Sexual-Stage Antibodies Block Plasmodium falciparum Transmission
Malaria researchers are turning attention to one of the most difficult stages of the disease cycle to control: the brief...
Where to Prioritize Cropland Restoration: Integrating Natural, Economic, and Spatial Stability
The question of where to restore cultivated land is becoming increasingly urgent as cities expand, soils degrade and climate pressures...
N-glycosylation stabilizes CD155, helping colorectal tumors evade NK-cell surveillance
Colorectal cancer may be using a molecular disguise to slip past one of the immune system’s most aggressive patrols. A...
DOPAL Links Dopamine Dysregulation to Neurodegeneration, Systematic Review Finds
A molecule produced every time the brain breaks down dopamine is emerging as a possible missing link between dopamine imbalance...
Practical Toolbox Enables Improved In Vitro Fibrosis Modelling
Fibrosis is one of medicine’s most persistent and difficult biological problems: a repair response that refuses to switch off. Across...
Orai1 Calcium Entry Regulates Lipolysis and Mitochondrial Activation During Brown Fat Thermogenesis
A new study has identified a calcium-signaling pathway that helps brown fat convert stored energy into heat, offering a sharper...
GPS Study Shows Barred Owl Management Gives Spotted Owls a Fighting Chance
BLUE LAKE, Calif., Aug. 13, 2026 — An invasive owl is occupying the same ancient forests that northern spotted owls...
Damon Runyon Foundation Awards $4.2 Million to Promising Early-Career Cancer Researchers
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has selected 14 postdoctoral scientists as its May 2026 Fellows, awarding each researcher independent...
Physics-guided AI creates low-noise amplifiers using 62% less power than expert designs
A new physics-guided artificial intelligence framework could change how engineers design one of the most important circuits inside modern wireless...
AGR2-high cells fuel FOXM1-driven malignancy and predict outcomes in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PanNETs) are often described as relatively indolent cancers, but that broad label conceals a striking range...
NUS Medicine professor tests himself, revealing a biological age 15 years younger
Most health checks offer a still photograph of the body: a blood-pressure reading, a cholesterol level, a glucose measurement and...
From Cabozantinib to Zanzalintinib: Chemical Tweaks Open New Frontier in Product Hopping
For decades, the pharmaceutical industry’s most familiar strategy for extending the commercial life of a successful medicine has been to...
Light-triggered proximity labeling identifies SLK as a cancer-specific c-Myc co-regulator
Cancer researchers have identified a previously hidden molecular partnership that may help explain why the protein c-Myc becomes so destructive...
Coral-inspired scaffold reprograms immune cells to accelerate bone regeneration
A coral-inspired scaffold that combines multi-walled carbon nanotubes with nano-hydroxyapatite has shown promise in restoring bone regeneration in steroid-induced osteonecrosis...
Giant Virus Genome Catalogue Reveals Vast Diversity and Functional Potential
Giant viruses are rewriting one of biology’s most familiar stories. Once regarded as unusual but relatively isolated curiosities, these oversized...
STARFISH Reveals Dendritic Translation and Neuroproteasome Degradation of Endogenous Tau
Alzheimer’s disease has long been associated with the accumulation of tau, a neuronal protein that normally helps organize and stabilize...
Brainstem neurons coordinate the body’s homeostatic responses to cold
Cold is more than an uncomfortable sensation. For mammals, falling environmental temperatures trigger a coordinated emergency programme involving the brain,...
US Visa Bureaucracy Imposes an Invisible Tax on International Scholars
For international scientists, the cost of working in the United States is often measured in laboratory rent, research materials and...
Cord Blood Cytokine Patterns May Guide Early Autism Interventions
A newborn’s first blood sample may one day offer scientists an early view of how the developing brain has been...