Science News

September 17, 2025

Image of central-nervous-system-associated macrophages in the brain

Uncovering new details of the brain’s first line of defense

Fukuoka, Japan—Thanks to over a century of modern neuroscience, we have made significant strides in our understanding of the brain....

Researchers have developed a potential super wheat for salty soils

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have developed several new varieties of wheat that tolerate soils with higher salt concentrations....

Blood python in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand

Snake trade in Indonesia is not sustainable enough — but it could be

Wildlife trade is a multi-million dollar industry. While some animals are traded legally, in compliance with legislation that aims to...

The main principles of binary hologram with drug-elution capabilities.

Biocompatible binary hologram with drug-elution capabilities

Holographic devices are used for security enhancement, entertainment, 3D display technologies and augmented reality but not limited to them. Due...

Team finds link between dietary cholesterol and influenza severity

Dietary cholesterol worsens inflammation, sickness in mice with influenza

URBANA, Ill. – New research from the University of Illinois suggests high levels of dietary cholesterol make mice sicker when...

Since 2016, CARB-X has funneled funding and expertise to companies developing life-saving new antibiotics

Can we prevent antibiotic resistance?

Antibiotics have saved countless lives since they were introduced in the 1940s, curing infections and making procedures like chemotherapy and...

A new method to reduce deadly hospital infections

Scientists devise method to prevent deadly hospital infections without antibiotics

A hospital or medical clinic might be the last place you’d expect to pick up a nasty infection, but approximately...

Using everyday WiFi to help robots see and navigate better indoors

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a low cost, low power technology to help robots accurately...

A feeding frenzy of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri).

Bird flu is driven by ecologically diverse species, with wild ducks, gulls, geese, and poultry playing a role in global spread

Article URL: http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010062 Credit: Wendy Puryear, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010062 Article Title: Ecological divergence of wild birds drives avian...

Avian influenza: How it’s spreading and what to know about this outbreak

When it comes to avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, all birds are not created equal. Credit: Alonso Nichols/Tufts...

Genetic predictability steadily erodes during evolution, new study shows

A critical goal in genetics and evolution is predicting the effects of mutations that may happen in the future and...

Some people fared better than others during COVID-19 pandemic due to genetics

Everyone has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new study by Lude Franke and colleagues of the University...

Genetic risk scores help predict type 2 diabetes in people of south Asian origin, study finds

Combining a genetic risk score with a clinical risk score improved the prediction of type 2 diabetes in British Pakistani...

Microscopic plankton cell-wall coverings preserved as “ghost” fossil impressions, pressed into the surface of ancient organic matter (183 million years old).

Discovery of ‘ghost’ fossils reveals plankton resilience to past global warming events

An international team of scientists from UCL (University College London), the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Natural History Museum (London)...

Repurposed antibiotic may be an effective therapeutic in COVID-19 infected mice

Repurposed drugs may have a speedier path to clinical use because they have already been shown to be safe in...

Paleontologists have discovered the jaws of a rare bear in Taurida Cave

A group of paleontologists, included researchers from the Ural Federal University (UrFU), discovered the jaws of an Etruscan bear from...

Male pheromones improve health of females’ eggs

Male pheromones just might be the fountain of youth for aging female animals’ eggs, according to a new Northwestern University...

A gene-targeted approach may help prevent or recover neonatal brain injuries

The findings of a new pre-clinical study published in The Journal of Neuroscience are helping pave the way toward better...

Research confirms eastern Wyoming Paleoindian site as Americas’ oldest mine

Archaeological excavations led by Wyoming’s state archaeologist and involving University of Wyoming researchers have confirmed that an ancient mine in...

Fly researchers find another layer to the code of life