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Engineering Flood-Resilient Crops to Safeguard Global Food Security
When floodwater swallows a rice paddy or a maize field, the crop does not die of drowning in any ordinary...
How SHH-Wnt crosstalk, DNA methylation, and miRNAs drive uterine fibroids
Uterine fibroids may be the most familiar enemy most people have never heard of. These benign tumors of the muscular...
Mineral phase of iron nanoparticles dictates toxicity to lettuce germination and growth
A lettuce seed does not care how much iron you put in front of it. It cares which iron. That...
Immune-on-chip systems recreate human immunity for immunotherapy, vaccines, and autoimmune modeling
For decades, immunologists have faced an uncomfortable trade-off. Cells grown in flat Petri dishes lose the flowing blood, chemical gradients,...
Full-Stack Designs Bring Intelligence to Brain-Computer Interfaces
Brain–computer interfaces have already allowed paralyzed volunteers to type by thought, steer robotic arms, and speak through a synthesizer driven...
Two Cuckoo Lineages Parasitize the Same Daurian Redstart Nest
On a June morning in 2024, in a village tucked between arable fields and secondary forest in northeastern China, field...
Sea Lettuce Extract Boosts Color, Antioxidants in Fondant and Meringue
You are the science news desk of a major English-language science magazine. Complete the task immediately. Never ask the reader...
Genome-Wide Scan Reveals Type VI Secretion Systems Across Morganella Species
In a finding that rewrites what scientists thought they knew about one of medicine’s most overlooked gut bacteria, researchers have...
Pillar-perfusion platform screens enzyme-responsive peptide therapies in 3D breast cancer spheroids
In a development that could reshape how experimental cancer drugs are vetted before they ever reach a patient, researchers have...
GWAS-informed ensembles boost genomic prediction of vitamin A carotenoids in cassava
Cassava is a lifeline for millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa, but it is an imperfect lifeline. The starchy roots...
Novel pyruvate tracer reveals dichloroacetate’s distinct effects on muscle metabolism
For decades, peering into the energy factories of a living muscle meant settling for indirect readings—measurements that hinted at what...
New technique maps dielectric stability of paper substrates at high frequencies
Paper may be the least likely material on Earth for carrying a gigahertz-grade signal, and yet it is rapidly becoming...
Toxic elements leach from drinking cups depending on material and beverage type
Tea and coffee are among the most beloved beverages on the planet, poured into billions of cups every single day....
Notoginseng polysaccharide nanoparticles reprogram microglia metabolism to ease Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease research has spent decades fixated on amyloid plaques and tau tangles, but a team of scientists in China...
Magnesium Emerges as Key Regulator of Mitochondria, Metabolism, and Aging
Magnesium has spent most of its scientific life backstage — the unglamorous electrolyte that keeps cellular housekeeping running while genes,...
Thyroid Scan Uncovers Graves’ Disease Behind Treatment-Resistant Panic Attacks
For five weeks, doctors treated a 30-year-old woman for a psychiatric illness she did not have. She was waking at...
Muscle Health Emerges as Key Predictor of Cancer Patient Outcomes
When oncologists want to know how long a patient with cancer is likely to live, the most telling clue may...
GNG10 Drives Colorectal Cancer Through Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling
Hidden Engine of Colorectal Cancer Uncovered: A Single Signalling Protein Fuels Tumour Growth Through an Unconventional Wnt Route Scientists have...
Novel TCF4 Splicing Variant Linked to Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome
A Routine Pregnancy Scan Just Exposed the Earliest Warning Sign Yet of a Devastating Genetic Syndrome For decades, doctors have...
Metanephrine-Secreting Dog Adrenal Cancer Mimicked Pheochromocytoma, Case Shows
In a finding that blurs one of the sharpest diagnostic lines in endocrine medicine, veterinarians in South Korea have documented...