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September 18, 2025

When Alzheimer’s degrades cells that cross hemispheres, visual memory suffers

A new MIT study finds that Alzheimer’s disease disrupts at least one form of visual memory by degrading a newly...

Memory-storing neurons in the hippocampus of mice with AD.

Boosting neuron formation restores memory in mice with Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered that increasing the production of new neurons in mice with Alzheimer’s...

Sweet sap, savory ants

Many mammals have a sweet tooth, but birds lost their sweet receptor during evolution. Although hummingbirds and songbirds independently repurposed...

Metabolism may be key to future treatment of kidney diseases

Can you eat your way out of a kidney disease? Perhaps you can – according to a new study from...

External views of mouse embryos after 10.5 days of embryonic development.

Developmental biologists map multi-gene activity hotspots in developing embryos for the first time

Years of work by developmental biologists from Trinity College Dublin, working with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh’s MRC Human Genetics...

Plasma-produced gas helps protect plants against pathogens, researchers find

The flash of lightning and the dance of auroras contain a fourth state of matter known as plasma, which researchers...

Early blood tests predict death, severe disability for traumatic brain injury

A study finds that blood tests taken the day of a traumatic brain injury can predict which patients are likely...

The large-scale clinical study identified the long-term rebleeding rates and predictive rebleeding factors

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: rebleeding rates and rebleeding predictors found

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) is defined as gastrointestinal bleeding from a source that cannot be determined even after upper or...

The first sexual reproduction event earses the cost of meiosis

Novel hypotheses that answer key questions about the evolution of sexual reproduction

Two novel hypotheses have been proposed that address the “two-fold cost of sex”: one of the biggest enigmas in the...

Medieval friars were ‘riddled with parasites’, study finds

A new analysis of remains from medieval Cambridge shows that local Augustinian friars were almost twice as likely as the...

A breakthrough in magnetic materials research could lead to novel ways to manipulate electron flow with much less energy loss

Newly discovered magnetic interactions in the Kagome layered topological magnet TbMn6Sn6 could be the key to customizing how electrons flow...

Scientists have developed improved methods for generating micro-organospheres (MOS) and have shown that they can be used as patient avatars for studies involving direct viral infection, immune cell penetration and high-throughput therapeutic drug screening - something that is not obtainable with conventional patient-derived models.

Next generation patient avatars: Expanding the possibilities with MicroOrganospheres

(LOS ANGELES) – A team of scientists, led by Xiling Shen, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, and Professor at the Terasaki...

RIPE researchers prove bioengineering better photosynthesis increases yields in food crops for the first time ever

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — For the first time, RIPE researchers have proven that multigene bioengineering of photosynthesis increases the yield of...

First in nation: UC San Diego health offers treatment for hereditary amyloidosis

UC San Diego Health is first in the nation to offer a new injectable medication to patients with nerve damage...

Zhang and colleagues win an $11.2 million NIH program project grant

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, $11.2 million program project grant, or PPG, to...

Machine learning model predicts fall risk for lower limb amputees with up to 80% accuracy, with implications for future smartphone apps

In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available article in PLOS Digital Health: https://journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pdig.0000088 Credit:...

Engineers fabricate a chip-free, wireless electronic “skin”

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Wearable sensors are ubiquitous thanks to wireless technology that enables a person’s glucose concentrations, blood pressure, heart...

Cortical spontaneous activity at birth in a control mouse (left) and a mouse where retinal waves were blocked by carbenoxolone injection into the eye (right).

Touch and sight are linked before birth

In embryonic stages, tactile stimuli simultaneously activate tactile and visual neural pathways. Shortly after birth, both pathways reorganize to allow...

COVID-19 disrupted the agriculture sector in India, but not agricultural practices

India’s agricultural system is largely based on input-intensive monocropping of staple crops. A study publishing August 18th in PLOS Sustainability...

Study of more than 150,000 people identifies genes strongly linked to autism and neurodevelopmental disorders