Science News

September 21, 2025

Cancer: Sialylation of the epidermal growth factor receptor modulates cell mechanics and enhances invasion

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For more than two decades, University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher Susan Bellis, Ph.D., has studied how...

The deformation of the hydrogel is used to measure the negative pressure of water

Water, unexpectedly, has the potential to withstand a massive stretching force or tension due to its internal cohesive force. Under...

Photocatalytic membrane filtration system with a sun simulator. The membranes are coated with titanium dioxide. (Photo: Markus Breig, KIT)

Water processing: light helps degrade hormones

Wherever people are living, hormones used in e.g. contraceptives or agriculture enter the wastewater. Steroid hormones, such as sex hormones...

Rapid bicarbonate bolus post extensive neonatal resuscitation leads to increased perfusion to the heart and brain

DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A new study examines the effect of rapid infusion of 2meq/kg of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)...

Table 1. Rates of Pediatric Mental Health Visit Diagnoses in the Pre-Pandemic and Pandemic Periods, with an ITS Analysis of Level and Slope Changes

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health visits in pediatric primary care

DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A new study describes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric primary care mental...

Freshwater habitats are fragile pockets of exceptional biodiversity

While much research has focused on the striking differences in biodiversity between tropical and temperate regions, another, equally dramatic, pattern...

Table 1. Demographics and clinical characteristics

Safety of furosemide in preterm infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A randomized controlled trial

DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A randomized controlled trial evaluates the safety of furosemide in preterm infants at risk of...

Table 1. Association between fetal brain volumes and 18-month infant neurodevelopmental outcomes in congenital heart disease.

Impaired prenatal brain growth predicts adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants with congenital heart disease

DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A new study reports that selective impairments in regional fetal brain growth predict adverse cognitive,...

Table 1. Themes and illustrative quotations around adolescent perspectives on mental health benefits and risks of TikTok use

Adolescent perspectives on mental health benefits and risks associated with TikTok use

DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A new study examines adolescent perspectives on mental health benefits and risks associated with TikTok...

Safely storing dangerous gasses in pores

A highly flammable industrial gas can be stored and released more safely and efficiently using cylinders containing porous coordination polymers...

Establishment of a pancreatic cancer animal model using the pancreas-targeted hydrodynamic gene delivery method

Niigata, Japan – The research group of Professor Kamimura in Niigata University have established a novel pancreatic carcinogenesis model in...

Firearms kill more children than car crashes, new report finds

Gun violence in the United States has increased to the point that it now kills more children than any other...

COVID-19 can directly infect and damage human kidney cells

DURHAM, N.C. – The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, can directly infect a specialized type of kidney cell. The discovery...

Dual delivery of BMP2 and IGF1 promotes cranial bone defect healing

A new dual delivery system designed to sequentially release BMP2 and IGF1 in microparticles in an injectable hydrogel successfully healed...

This algorithm has opinions about your face

When two people meet, they instantly size each other up, making snap judgments about everything from the other person’s age...

Kauai’s 2018 record-setting rain caused by a series of supercell thunderstorms

A record-setting rainstorm over Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i in April 2018 resulted in severe flash flooding and estimated damage of nearly $180...

“Spring-loaded” system pops phosphorus into molecular rings

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT chemists have devised a new chemical reaction that allows them to synthesize a phosphorus-containing ring, using...

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New Alzheimer’s biomarker may facilitate rapid diagnosis

Although symptoms of advanced Alzheimer’s disease are well known, diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages requires careful cognitive...

Genetic breakthrough offers novel approach to controlling Africa’s East Coast fever, which kills a million cattle a year

NAIROBI, Kenya, 21 April 2022__ A serendipitous discovery has led researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya...

Fungal meningitis spreads by blocking and bursting blood vessels