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September 14, 2025

Sound-frequency map for inner ear created with advanced X-ray technology

Credit: Hao Li Peer review/Experimental study/Cells Researchers at Uppsala University have created the first 3D map of the hearing nerve...

Measuring carbon nanotubes taken up by plants

Credit: Kamol Das Carbon nanotubes are tiny. They can be a hundred thousand times smaller than the width of a...

Mushrooms add important nutrients when included in the typical diet

First dietary modeling analysis of all three USDA Food Patterns investigates the effects of adding a serving of mushroomsCredit: Mushroom...

Mangrove forests store more carbon when they’re more diverse

Credit: Guanghui Lin. Mangrove forests with greater species diversity can store more carbon, according to new research published in the...

Seeing schizophrenia: X-rays shed light on neural differences, point toward treatment

Credit: Ryuta Mizutani Schizophrenia, a chronic, neurological brain disorder, affects millions of people around the world. It causes a fracture...

Machine learning aids in simulating dynamics of interacting atoms

Automated approach transformative for computational materials scienceCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., February 23, 2021--A revolutionary machine-learning (ML)...

Transformed by light: Fast photochromism discovered in an inexpensive inorganic material

Copper-doped zinc sulfide changes color reversibly when illuminated and could be used in smart adaptive windows and sunglassesCredit: Ritsumeikan University...

Oxidation processes in combustion engines and in the atmosphere take the same routes

Efficient autoxidation chain reactions demonstrated for the substance group of saturated hydrocarbonsCredit: Torsten Berndt, TROPOS Thuwal/Helsinki/Leipzig. Alkanes, an important component...

Project examines how to make ‘farm to table’ more sustainable

UTA research into Iowa farming has potential impact for urban and rural areas in TexasCredit: UT Arlington A University of...

Models to predict dengue, zika and yellow fever outbreaks are developed by researchers

Scientists will monitor areas in which these diseases are endemic, such as São Paulo, the Amazon, the Pantanal and Panama,...

MUSC researcher awarded $9.9 million for tuberculosis treatment and prevention

Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Susan Dorman, M.D., an infectious disease physician at the Medical University of South...

Scientists found in marine mold substance that antidotes paraquat

Credit: FEFU press office Biologically active compounds from the marine fungus Penicillium dimorphosporum protect cells from paraquat, the highly toxic...

High-throughput screening for Weyl semimetals with S4 symmetry

Credit: @Science China Press Using the symmetries of the systems, people can define various topological invariants to describe different topological...

Transforming urban systems: Toward sustainability

Synthesis of five frameworks seeks to advance global urban scienceCredit: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program Urban areas are on the rise...

New strategy blocks chronic lung disease in mice

Research involving cytokines and how they're packaged sheds light on inflammation in asthma, COPD, COVID-19Credit: Deb Steinberg/WU Center for Cellular...

Monoclonal antibodies against MERS coronavirus show promise in phase 1 NIH-sponsored trial

Credit: NIAID and Colorado State University WHAT: A randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinical trial of two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) directed...

Geometallurgist and NSF CAREER awardee breaks down barriers