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September 22, 2025

Single atom memory: The world’s smallest storage medium

Credit: IBS One bit of digital information can now be successfully stored in an individual atom, according to a study...

Petrol and jet fuel alternatives are produced by yeast cell factories

Credit: Zhiwei Zhu There have been many attempts to modify this stubborn little enzyme, but none have succeeded. Until now....

To buckle or not to buckle

Credit: OIST Magnetic balls provide exciting avenues for exploring many fundamental phenomena in physics. They can be assembled by hand...

Staying a heartbeat ahead of hackers

Credit: UA College of Engineering Nearly a million new forms of malware are unleashed on the world every day. Manufacturers...

Investment key in adapting to climate change in West Africa

Climate projections for West Africa show that crop yields and grass for livestock grazing are likely to decline in the...

RAND study examines 200 real-world ‘zero-day’ software vulnerabilities

Zero-day software vulnerabilities - security holes that developers haven't fixed or aren't aware of - can lurk undetected for years,...

New indicators to aid Crohn’s disease diagnosis and treatment

Credit: Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University The diagnosis, understanding and management of Crohn's disease may have just received a helping...

USDA announces $1.35 million to support data-driven farm management practices

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 6, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)...

Diet and global climate change

You are what you eat, as the saying goes, and while good dietary choices boost your own health, they also...

By boosting innate immunity, researchers eradicate aggressive prostate cancer in mice

Cabozantinib, a drug already used to treat patients with certain types of thyroid or kidney cancer, was able to eradicate...

Drug resistance of cancer cells crucially affected by expression levels of ABC-transporters

How is drug resistance of cancer cells affected by ABC-transporters? A new research paper, published in the open access journal...

How your neighborhood may impact your health

How physically active are you? It might depend, in part, on what type of neighborhood you live in, says Adriana...

Sub-second system seizures

Professor Neil Johnson, a physicist at the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences, is interested in complex networks....

History of exercise helps prevent heart disease after breast cancer

While regular exercise is recommended as part of a heart-healthy lifestyle for any person, it also appears to help mitigate...

Novel compound that engages ‘second arm’ of immune system reduces breast tumors and metastases

Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON - For all the success of a new generation of immunotherapies for cancer, they often...

Study: Hormone replacement therapy may help improve women’s heart health, overall survival

LOS ANGELES (EMBARGOED UNTIL 2 P.M. ET MARCH 8, 2017) - Hormone replacement therapy has long been controversial as studies...

Ancient southern China fish may have evolved prior to the ‘Age of Fish’

Credit: Brian Choo An ancient fish species with unusual scales and teeth from the Kuanti Formation in southern China may...

Leaf-cutting ants learn to identify unsuitable plants from cues within the colony

Credit: Erik Frank Leaf-cutting ants can learn which plants are not suitable for the fungus gardens that supply their food...

Stanford biologists identify ancient stress response in corals

Credit: Image credit: Zack Gold Stanford marine biologists have discovered that corals activate a specific group of ancient, defensive genes...

Student team competition provides real-world experience for O.R. and analytics students