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October 3, 2025

New map reveals genes that control the skeleton

Researchers have mapped the gene activity of osteocytes to improve their understanding of skeletal diseaseCredit: Garvan Institute of Medical Research...

FAU gets CDC grant to test PPE efficacy and workplace virus transmission

College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers will assess safety measures against airborne transmission of viral infectionsCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida...

Erythropoietin treatments may increase hip fracture risk in patients with kidney failure

Credit: Dr. Noguchi Erythropoietin (EPO) is a medication used to stimulate the production of new red blood cells, which is...

Light pollution at night affects the calls of migratory birds

Credit: Tim Jones When investigators in the UK recorded the calls of migratory birds called thrushes at night, they found...

A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar discovered

A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of suction feeding among pleurodires.Credit:...

UMD team demonstrates swarm of photons that somersault in lockstep

Credit: Hancock, Zahedpour, and Milchberg/University of Maryland Spinning or rotating objects are commonplace, from toy tops, fidget spinners, and figure...

Long-term monitoring shows successful restoration of mining-polluted streams

Despite differences in aquatic life and toxic metals in streams across a broad region of the western United States, scientists...

Machine learning accelerates cosmological simulations

Using neural networks, researchers can now simulate universes in a fraction of the time, advancing the future of physics researchCredit:...

With a zap of light, system switches objects’ colors and patterns

"Programmable matter" technique could enable product designers to churn out prototypes with easeCredit: Image courtesy of Michael Wessley, Stefanie Mueller,...

Without commuter traffic, pandemic-era drivers are speeding up, increasing noise pollution

BU ecologists say higher sound levels in Boston's Blue Hills Reservation could disrupt wildlife and human health benefits of nature...

Prenatal environmental contaminants and childhood disease

Credit: PAS A state of the art plenary session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual Meeting discussed prenatal...

New application of AI just removed one of the biggest roadblocks in astrophysics

Using neural networks, Flatiron Institute research fellow Yin Li and his colleagues simulated vast, complex universes in a fraction of...

Polarization-sensitive photodetection using 2D/3D perovskite heterostructure crystal

Credit: @Science China Press Polarization-sensitive photodetectors, based on anisotropic semiconductors, have exhibited wide advantages in specialized applications, such as astronomy,...

Observation of antichiral edge states in a circuit lattice

Credit: @Science China Press Originally formulated in the context of condensed matter physics, the Haldane model is an influential model...

UNC Charlotte researchers analyzed the host origins of SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses

Credit: Denis Jacob Machado Coronavirus (CoVs) infection in animals and humans is not new. The earliest papers in the scientific...

Muscle-fiber inspired pneumatic artificial muscles for multiple-mode actuations

Credit: @Science China Press Biological organisms (such as elephant trunks, octopus tentacles, and human tongues) show remarkable dexterity and self-adaptation...

A pediatric policy council plenary: The role of research in reducing gun violence

Credit: PAS A Pediatric Policy Council state of the art plenary session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual...

Emissive supramolecular metallacages via coordination-driven self-assembly

Credit: @Science China Press Metallacages prepared via coordination-driven self-assembly have received extensive attention because of their three-dimensional layout and cavity-cored...

MDI Biological Laboratory scientist identifies process critical to kidney function

Discovery by Iain Drummond, Ph.D., could pave the way for new therapies to treat kidney diseaseCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR...

Phase transition inside the nucleus provides oncogenic function to mutant p53 in cancer