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September 24, 2025

Global movement demands action to support mothers in science

Seventeen organizations representing hundreds of thousands of female scientists globally have come together to call on research funders to take...

TERENO Monitoring Station on Lake Tiefer See

Humans have influenced the growth of blue-green algae in lakes for thousands of years

In recent years, there have been increasing reports of toxic blue-green algae blooms in summer, even in German lakes, caused...

More steps, moderate physical activity cuts dementia, cognitive impairment risk

Senior women were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment or dementia if they did more daily walking and moderate-to-vigorous...

Adding just a small handful of walnuts can have dietary benefits for the whole family

A new study1 from researchers at Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington has found that adding one ounce of walnuts (or...

How proteins on influenza viruses tilt, ‘breathe’ (video)

The potential “tripledemic” of influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) infection continues to be a concern. Vaccines remain the...

Fumaric acid synthesis from CO2 using solar energy

Artificial photosynthesis uses sunlight to make biodegradable plastic

Osaka, Japan – In recent years, environmental problems caused by global warming have become more apparent due to greenhouse gases...

How regulatory T cells halt aberrant, self-reactive T cells

New research findings show in detail how self-reactive T cells -- white blood cells that mistakenly attack healthy instead of...

Recyclable mobile phone batteries a step closer with rust-busting invention

Mobile phone batteries with a lifetime up to three times longer than today’s technology could be a reality thanks to...

Cross section of muscle cells for surface fish and cavefish

Stowers scientists use cavefish to learn more about metabolism and the evolutionary basis of being a couch potato

KANSAS CITY, MO—January 24, 2023—Stay-at-home orders issued at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic ushered the hoarding of food and...

It isn’t what you know, it’s what you think you know

Why do people hold highly variable attitudes towards well-evidenced science? For many years researchers focused on what people know about...

Abnormal 12-hour cyclic gene activity found in schizophrenic brains

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, U.S. present the first evidence of 12-hour cycles of gene activity...

Humans can recognize and understand chimpanzee and bonobo gestures

Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes, even though we no longer use them ourselves, according...

IVF-conceived children show no developmental or educational disadvantage at primary school age compared to spontaneously conceived peers, as per data on over 400,000 Australian kids

In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available paper in PLOS Medicine: Credit: Note...

Biomedical institutions agree on a set of open science practices to monitor

Eighty stakeholders from twenty major biomedical research institutions across the globe have agreed upon a list of 19 open science...

TB vaccination could be overall cost-effective in 73 of 105 LMICs (70%) and produce economic benefits of US $474 billion by 2050, per modelling study by researchers at Harvard, LSHTM, the WHO and IAVI

In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available paper in PLOS Medicine: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004155Credit: Portnoy...

Study shows missed nursing care is a key factor in adverse outcomes for very low birthweight infants

PHILADELPHIA (January 24, 2023) – Sometimes hospital staff nurses cannot provide required care due to time constraints. This reality can...

A novel endothelial lineage that majorly contributes to the vascular niche for HSPCs

Researchers identify the origin of endothelial cells that constitute the vascular niche for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in zebrafish

Endothelial cells (ECs) line blood vessels and can serve as specialized vascular niches for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs),...

Micelles – the meeting place boosting reactions and interactions

Credit: Source IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski The occurrence of chemical reactions between like-charged compounds in aqueous solutions is very slow...

Polygamous birds have fewer harmful mutations

Bird species that breed with several sexual partners have fewer harmful mutations, according to a study led by the Milner...

GHz burst mode femtosecond laser pulses enabling creation of unique two-dimensional (2D) periodic structures on silicon surfaces that is distinct from the 1D structures fabricated by the conventional single-pulse mode

GHz burst mode femtosecond laser pulses can create unique two-dimensional (2D) periodic surface nanostructures