Science News

September 18, 2025

Mutation in key molecules could stop gonorrhea infection, biomedical sciences researchers find

ATLANTA—Creating a mutation that inhibits how the bacterial pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes gonorrhea, a common sexually transmitted infection, could offer a new...

Europlanet Prize for Public Engagement 2022 awarded to the ‘Planets In Your Hand’ Tactile Exhibition

The 2022 Europlanet Prize for Public Engagement has been awarded to Dr Kosmas Gazeas and the team behind the ‘Planets...

The Ministry of Economy signs agreement to support teaching and research in HPC/HPDA/AI

The University plans to launch a 120 ECTS Master's degree within the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, and is...

Planetary-scale ‘heat wave’ discovered in Jupiter’s atmosphere

An unexpected ‘heat wave’ of 700 degrees Celsius, extending 130,000 kilometres (10 Earth diameters) in Jupiter’s atmosphere, has been discovered....

Scientists reveal the different effects on storm tracks between the upper- and lower-level eddy growth over the North Pacific

A well-known phenomenon in the atmospheric sciences that challenges the classical baroclinic instability theory of cyclone development is midwinter suppression....

Brain found to simultaneously process linguistic and extralinguistic information

An international team of scientists from the UK, Spain, Denmark and Russia (including researchers from the HSE Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience)...

Will climate-change-driven temporal variation in precipitation affect crop yields and reactive nitrogen losses?

Climate change (e.g., global warming) is intensifying the global water cycle and the temporal variation of precipitation has increased significantly....

Discovery could power up platelet production to battle blood shortages

A new discovery from the University of Virginia School of Medicine could let doctors ramp up production of blood-clotting platelets...

Tree study shows low-income Brisbane suburbs need more shade

Researchers say more investment in tree planting is needed after discovering inequality in shade-coverage across certain Brisbane suburbs.Credit: The University of...

Tove Fall, Professor of Molecular Epidemiology, Uppsala University

Strong link between gut bacteria and metabolites

There are strong links between bacteria living in the gut and the levels of small molecules in the blood known...

Robot sleeves for kids with cerebral palsy

UC Riverside engineers are developing low-cost, robotic “clothing” to help children with cerebral palsy gain control over their arm movements. Credit:...

Transition to newer clot-busting drug improves patient outcomes, lowers cost in treating ischemic stroke

A newer-generation clot-busting drug called tenecteplase outperforms the traditional treatment for ischemic strokes in several key areas, including better health...

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (teal) found within an infected cell (brown), cultured in the laboratory. Image captured and colour-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland

Monkeypox outbreak highlights need for One Health approach to prevent future zoonotic diseases

The current global outbreak of monkeypox is yet another warning for the adoption of a preventative, One Health, approach to...

Moradi receives NIH Outstanding Investigator Award

Chemistry professor Mahmoud Moradi, whose research focuses on computational simulations of coronavirus and other diseases, has received an Outstanding Investigator...

Understanding the dynamics of workplace violence can improve employee health and safety

Toronto – Workplace violence is a pervasive problem with tremendous costs for individuals, organizations, and society. A new study published...

Monon Bioventures receives nearly $400,000 to develop Purdue-discovered glioblastoma treatment

INDIANAPOLIS and WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Monon Bioventures LLC has received a one-year, $398,314 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR,...

Deepest scientific ocean drilling sheds light on Japan’s next great earthquake

Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan’s...

Psychedelics face corrupting influence of financial interests

Credit: Photo illustration/UC Psychedelics such as magic mushrooms offer promise for addressing addiction, post-traumatic stress and other difficult-to-treat...

A sarbecovirus found in Russian bats is capable of using human ACE2 to enter cells, and is resistant to the antibodies of people vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2

A sarbecovirus found in Russian bats is capable of using human ACE2 to enter cells, and is resistant to the...

It may already be too late to meet UN genetic diversity target, but new findings could guide conservation efforts