Revealing How Female Restitution Occurs in Sugarcane Hybrids
Sugarcane’s extraordinary genetic complexity has finally yielded one of its oldest biological secrets. A new study has resolved how certain...
International Bladder Cancer Group recommends integrating actionable biomarkers into bladder cancer care
Bladder cancer care is entering a molecular era in which the most important question may no longer be only where...
Uneven mitochondrial calcium regulator distribution shapes compartment-specific function and neuronal development
A new study has identified an important spatial principle governing how mitochondria support developing neurons: the machinery that controls mitochondrial...
Climate pledges could reduce global cropland by 12.8% by 2100
A global push to limit warming to 1.5 °C could create an unexpected threat to food security: less land available...
Blocking MDA-9 slows head and neck tumors and overcomes treatment resistance
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is among the world’s most challenging cancers, accounting for approximately 90% of malignancies...
Quartz Particles Show Reactor Design Can Improve Coal Tar Yield and Quality
Coal pyrolysis may have found a surprisingly simple way to become more selective. Researchers from Chongqing University and Monash University...
Circular RNA discoveries uncover pathways to reduce cancer treatment toxicity
A new review in Genes & Diseases examines how circular RNAs, or circRNAs, could help scientists understand and control one...
New Molecule Class Produces Hardy, Drought-Tolerant Plants
Water scarcity is becoming one of the most serious threats to global agriculture as climate change intensifies droughts and raises...
Scientists Propose Two Possible Origins of Life
Scientists have reconstructed a possible sequence of events linking the chemistry of hydrothermal vents to the emergence of the first...
CD40+MHC-II+ Astrocytes Present Antigens, Promoting Central Nervous System Autoimmunity
Multiple sclerosis has long been understood as a disease in which immune cells attack the central nervous system, but the...
CS18: New Drug Shows Potential to Overcome Cancer Drug Resistance
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed an experimental anticancer compound that appears to make treatment-resistant tumors vulnerable again....
AI-designed first-in-class small-molecule inhibitor shows preclinical promise against pancreatic cancer
Jacksonville, Fla. — Mayo Clinic researchers have used artificial intelligence to identify an experimental small-molecule drug that targets a protein...
Tangled seaweed inspires universal cleaners for ocean microplastics
A fluffy, seaweed-inspired “net” could offer a new way to remove microplastics from water, capturing particles that range from visible...
Brazil’s aging decline begins a decade earlier than Europe’s, study finds
Aging does not begin at the same time everywhere. A new analysis of more than 30,000 adults over the age...
Machine-learning study finds captive black bears sleep twice as much during hibernation
American black bears may spend far more time asleep during hibernation than previously appreciated, according to a machine-learning analysis of...
Thermally Evaporated Perovskite–Silicon Tandems Enabled by Formamidinium Eutectics
Perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells have become one of the most closely watched technologies in the race to increase the efficiency...
Genomic surveillance maps shared Plasmodium falciparum drug-resistance variants across Ethiopia’s transmission settings
Malaria parasites in Ethiopia are carrying a more complex portfolio of drug-resistance mutations than surveillance systems based only on treatment...
Breaking Problems Apart Helps Deliberative Crowds Make Wiser Decisions
A new study in Nature Communications is drawing attention to a deceptively simple idea with potentially far-reaching consequences: groups may...
Vasopressin Supports Blood Pressure in Newborns: Evidence and Clinical Uses
A drug best known for its role in controlling water balance may offer a crucial rescue option for newborns whose...
Allogeneic Immunotherapy Harnesses Donor Cells to Fight Disease
Cell-based immunotherapy is moving from a largely experimental concept toward a more standardized form of medicine, according to a new...