Biology
Arabidopsis Researchers Map N1-methyladenosine mRNA Methylation
In a breakthrough for plant epitranscriptomics, researchers report that Arabidopsis thaliana uses N1-methyladenosine (m1A) to modulate mRNA behavior with base-level...
Helical Flow Enables Opto-Thermoviscous Microrotation for Multiview 3D Microscopy
Micromanipulating tiny objects in 3D—especially in highly viscous environments—has long been a stubborn challenge. Force-based approaches often lose effectiveness as...
Predictable Microbial Shifts Build Community-Wide Resilience to Environmental Stress
Microbial communities rarely behave like chaotic crowds. Instead, new work in Nature Microbiology suggests they may shift in strikingly orderly...
Structure-Guided PCSK9 Vaccine Demonstrates Promising Preclinical Results
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) continues to be a major global killer, and elevated LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) remains a key, modifiable...
Greek Cave Snail Identified, Named for Hermes and His Nymph Caretaker
A team at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has identified a completely new genus and species of subterranean...
Compact genetic switch offers new potential therapies for drug-resistant epilepsy
Targeted gene therapy is increasingly viewed as a promising route for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, a condition that affects roughly...
Metabolomic Profiling Reveals Subtype-Specific Molecular Programs in Pediatric Ependymoma
Ependymoma, a pediatric brain tumor with distinct molecular subtypes, remains difficult to stratify beyond genetics because its metabolic landscape has...
NIH Grants $10.7 Million to Advance Sensory Biology at OU Medicine
The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has secured a five-year, $10.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to build...
New Model Uncovers Hidden Disease Signals and Predicts Health Outcomes
A new Nature study from Mass General Brigham and collaborators proposes a Bayesian way to turn messy, longitudinal electronic health...
AI designs functional CRISPR-like nucleases surpassing natural models
Artificial intelligence is beginning to redesign the molecular machinery that powers genome editing. A new Science report describes how researchers...
UW Physician-Scientist Honored by Association for Molecular Pathology for Exceptional Service
ROCKVILLE, Md. — Daniel E. Sabath, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Washington, has been named the 2026 Meritorious Service...
Enhanced Bayesian Hybrid Inference Using Genome Sequence Data
A new statistical framework promises sharper answers to a long-standing question in conservation and evolutionary genetics: who is a hybrid,...
TSPAN7 Builds Transmembrane Skeleton, Stabilizing Tubular Membranes via Spiral Assembly
Tetraspanins are four-transmembrane proteins best known for organizing cell membranes into specialized microdomains that recruit lipids and partner proteins. Over...
What Animals Do Before Going to War
Intergroup conflict is common across the animal kingdom, shaping how social species survive and reproduce. A new review in Trends...
Blood Test Detects 90% of Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers at Kanazawa University report a blood-based diagnostic approach that could make early pancreatic cancer screening more feasible and improve...
New Advances in ALS and Alzheimer’s Treatments
Oak Brook, IL—SLAS Discovery’s Volume 40 spotlights four original studies that push drug discovery forward by engineering faster, more quantitative...
Trinh and Ryu Win DOW Funding for Fungal Biotech Research
Fungi quietly underpin modern life, from producing medicines and shaping food systems to enabling industrial material processing. Yet their genetic...
New algorithm boosts gene expression marker detection across diverse biological systems
Researchers at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), IrsiCaixa, and CIBEREHD have introduced...
Study Shows Oxygenic Photosynthesis Possible Using Only One Photosystem
LMU researchers have reported a striking challenge to a long-standing textbook rule of photosynthesis: oxygenic photosynthesis can, in principle, occur...
Scientists Find Unexpected Path to Produce Real Dairy Protein in Plants
What if milk’s most important proteins could be produced by plants instead of cows? A new study from Hebrew University...