Visual reliance drove diverse brain evolution among primates
A new study is challenging one of the most persistent assumptions about the evolution of the primate brain: that our...
Environmental Noise May Threaten Kidney Health
Close your eyes and listen. Beneath the obvious sounds of conversation, traffic, machinery, and music, the modern environment is filled...
Targeting Autophagy May Overcome Cisplatin Resistance in Gastric Cancer
Gastric cancer remains one of the world’s most lethal malignancies, and its treatment is increasingly threatened by resistance to cisplatin,...
DTU Researchers Double Low-Noise White Laser Range in Single Optical Fibre
Supercontinuum light sources are often described as “white lasers” because they produce an extraordinarily broad, continuous spectrum containing many colors...
Bacterial infections affect 1 in 20 adults hospitalized with firearm injuries
A national study of more than 24,000 adults hospitalized after firearm injuries has found that approximately 5 percent developed a...
Gut Cell Turnover Depends on Nutrient Quantity, Not Quality, Study Finds
RIKEN researchers in Japan have uncovered an unexpected way that fruit-fly gut cells respond to nutrition: they appear to sense...
Siberian methane emissions doubled over decade, UK-led study finds
Methane emissions across Siberia have more than doubled in just over a decade, according to a new study published in...
$2 million NCI grant supports research into pancreatic cancer’s cholesterol survival strategy
Oklahoma researchers have received a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate how pancreatic cancer alters...
Scientists Discover Never-Before-Seen Woven Structure Naturally Forming Inside a Crystal
Scientists have observed a form of organization in matter that looks less like a conventional crystal and more like an...
Radiopharmaceutical could benefit metastatic prostate cancer patients sooner
A targeted radioactive drug has moved closer to the front line of metastatic prostate cancer treatment, after a large international...
RNA Modification Sheds New Light on Environment-Linked Neurodegeneration
A molecular switch hidden in RNA is emerging as a crucial link between environmental pollution, brain development and neurodegenerative disease,...
Rice Scientists Harness Electrical Charges for More Precise Peptide Delivery
Rice University engineers have developed a charge-based method for controlling how therapeutic peptides are released from gelatin microparticles, potentially addressing...
Gene Mutations Driving Severe Bone Marrow Disorders
Kyoto, Japan — Scientists at Kyoto University have identified germline abnormalities in the genes SLF2 and SMC5 as the cause...
Light-field microscopy pushes 3D neuroimaging toward unprecedented speed
Neural activity unfolds in three dimensions and at extraordinary speed. Electrical signals can travel through brain circuits on millisecond-to-microsecond timescales,...
AI detects elusive heart dysfunction using routine ECG scans
Winston-Salem, N.C., August 6, 2026 — A new artificial intelligence system developed by researchers at Wake Forest University School of...
New Platform Accelerates Bacterial Gene Mapping for Improved Biotechnology Design
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a platform that could transform the way...
SNORD18B/SNORD18C-RPL23A Promotes Homologous Recombination Through BRCA1 Translation in Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer cells appear to have evolved an unexpected molecular partnership that helps them repair one of the most dangerous...
Gene therapy may prevent dilated intercellular spaces linked to acid reflux disease
Gastroesophageal reflux disease is commonly associated with burning chest pain, regurgitation and irritation of the esophagus, but the disorder begins...
Engineered macrophages reprogram tumor microenvironments, boosting antitumor immunity with IL-10–TLR9 switches
Cancer immunotherapy has transformed treatment for some patients, yet many solid tumors remain protected by a hostile biological environment that...
Microplastics Alter Soil Heavy-Metal Risks Differently Across Metals
Microplastics May Transform the Risks of Heavy Metals in Soil, Review Finds Microplastics and toxic metals are spreading together through...