Vibrio-produced tryptophan activates gut immune signaling through ultraspiracle phosphorylation
A new study has identified a molecular connection between a nutrient produced by the cholera bacterium and the innate immune...
India’s Nitrogen Crop Restructuring Could Deliver Environmental Benefits and Reshape Interstate Trade
India’s crop map may be carrying an invisible environmental price tag. A new study in Nature Communications examines how restructuring...
Risk model links intraoperative hypotension to clots after elderly hip surgery
Intraoperative Hypotension May Help Predict Venous Thromboembolism After Hip Surgery in Older Adults Hip surgery is one of the most...
How glial cells may drive sleep disruption in Alzheimer’s disease
Sleep may be one of the earliest casualties of Alzheimer’s disease, and scientists are increasingly looking beyond neurons to understand...
Rice to lead $15 million Army center advancing next-generation sensing, communications
Rice University has received a five-year, $15 million award from the U.S. Army Research Office to establish a national research...
Study reveals how tumors recruit nerves to sustain their growth
OKLAHOMA CITY—A study from the University of Oklahoma has identified a previously underappreciated mechanism by which triple-negative breast cancer may...
Scientists make first measurement of antineutrinos emitted by spent nuclear fuel
When a nuclear reactor shuts down, its most visible activity may stop almost instantly, but the physics inside the core...
Healthy sleep may help adolescents succeed in school, new study finds
A new study from UC Davis Health suggests that sleep may be the most important everyday lifestyle factor linking mental...
Cannabis cultivation is draining California streams, scientists warn
Groundwater pumping to irrigate cannabis farms in California’s Emerald Triangle may be quietly draining the streams that sustain some of...
Human herpesvirus infects lemurs, threatening wild populations
A virus that usually causes little more than an uncomfortable cold sore in people has been linked to the deaths...
Pregnancy May Promote Metastasis by Inducing Adenosine-Driven Immunosuppressive Neutrophils
Cancer may not spread through the body in the same way during pregnancy, according to a study published in Nature...
Parkinson’s Freezing of Gait Linked to State-Dependent Basal Forebrain-Cortical Gradient Failure
Parkinson’s disease is often described as a disorder of movement, but one of its most disabling symptoms can be defined...
New intelligence tracks solid-state batteries across their entire life cycle
Solid-state batteries are often presented as the technology that could finally move electric vehicles beyond the limits of today’s lithium-ion...
AKR1B10 Serum Marker Aids Liver Cancer Diagnosis and Postoperative Monitoring
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common primary cancer of the liver, often develops in people with chronic liver disease caused...
How Cytokine Signals from the Immune System Disrupt Brain Circuits
A molecule released to help the body fight infection can also influence how the brain works—and, under some conditions, may...
Cambridge scientist unveils Medicine 4.0 framework promoting wider access to ideas, services
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom — A new commentary published in Frontiers in Medicine argues that the next transformation in healthcare will...
USC Receives $3.2 Million NIH Grant to Study Age-Related Inflammation and Cancer
As the body ages, a persistent low-grade immune response known as chronic inflammation, or “inflammaging,” gradually spreads through tissues. This...
UI Health Ophthalmology Program Named Among Nation’s Best by U.S. News
UI Health has received a new round of national and regional recognition in the 2026–27 U.S. News & World Report...
Scientists Capture Electron Orbitals in Three Dimensions
Quantum mechanics has long forced scientists to abandon the idea that electrons occupy fixed, sharply defined locations. Instead, each electron...
Could Leaf Surface Insights Reveal New Ways to Prevent Crop Disease?
Fungal diseases that attack grain crops are beginning their assault long before the first visible lesion appears. The encounter starts...