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June 10, 2026

Hubble celebrates its 30th anniversary with a tapestry of blazing starbirth

Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI Hubble Space Telescope's iconic images and scientific breakthroughs have redefined our view of the Universe....

Colliding solitons in optical microresonators

Credit: Weng Wenle/EPFL Solitons are self-reinforcing particle-like wave packets enabled by the balance between dispersion and nonlinearity. Occurring in hydrodynamics,...

USask VIDO-InterVac awarded $23 million for COVID-19 vaccine research

Credit: University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan's VIDO-InterVac (Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre) has been awarded $23...

Sanfilippo C syndrome: New brain cell models to evaluate therapies

Fighting degenerative diseasesCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA - CIBERER The Sanfilippo syndrome type C is a severe neurodegenerative disease which appearws...

Indiana State Department of Health, IU partner on COVID-19 study

Study to include random sample testing for SARS-CoV-2 viral infections, antibodiesCredit: James Brosher, Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana State...

Feeling the pressure: How blood vessels sense their environment

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify the protein thrombospondin-1 as a novel extracellular mediator of mechanotransduction triggered by mechanical...

Syphilis eludes immune attack by altering a single gene

By shuffling DNA in and out of one gene, syphilis stays a step ahead of the immune system to resist...

Warming climate undoes decades of knowledge of marine protected areas

Climate change and warming seas are transforming tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about how to protect these...

Researchers solve ‘link discovery’ problem for terahertz data networks

Credit: Mittleman Lab / Knightly Lab PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- When someone opens a laptop, a router can quickly locate it...

Adsorbent material developed with PET bottles for the removal of antibiotics from water

High-purity organic ligand was extracted from PET waste bottles and used to develop a high-efficiency adsorbent. The material maintained its...

Learn from past to protect oceans

Credit: NOAA Photo Library History holds valuable lessons - and stark warnings - about how to manage fisheries and other...

No time to waste to avoid future food shortages

Credit: Natalia Bateman, ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis During the past few weeks, empty supermarket shelves, without pasta,...

RIT scientists develop first 3D mass estimate of microplastic pollution in Lake Erie

Study shows different types of plastics accumulating in different portions of the lakeCredit: RIT Rochester Institute of Technology scientists have...

Dissolved oxygen and pH policy leave fisheries at risk

Credit: Figure courtesy of Breitburg, D., Levin, L.A., Oschlies, A., Grégoire, M., Chavez, F.P., Conley, D.J., Garçon, V., Gilbert, D.,...

Hummingbirds show up when tropical trees fall down

Credit: Photo by Henry Pollock, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - When the tree fell that October in 2015, the...

Boosting the immune system’s appetite for cancer

Immunotherapy combo that encourages immune cells to consume tumors could lead to long-term remission for glioblastomaCredit: UTSW DALLAS - April 23, 2020...

UTEP researchers develop nanohybrid vehicle to optimally deliver drugs into the human body

Credit: Mahesh Narayan. EL PASO, Texas - Researchers in The University of Texas at El Paso's Department of Chemistry and...

COVID-19 coronavirus could cost the US billions in medical expenses

Study shows hospitalizations, ventilators, and other health resources that patients would require could cost $654 billion if a majority of...

Rice researchers look to ‘trap and zap’ coronavirus

Alvarez, Tao win National Science Foundation RAPID grant to upgrade filter technologyCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 23, 2020)...

University of Montana researchers work on COVID-19 vaccine