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October 1, 2025

Discovery of a mechanism for efficient autophagosome formation

Revealing the molecular role of the most famous autophagy factorCredit: © Nobuo N. Noda Drs. Nobuo Noda (Director) and Tatsuro...

How robots and brain-computer interfaces could transform stroke patients’ recovery

Credit: BrainCo, Ltd. Strokes, which occur when the blood supply to part of our brain is interrupted or reduced, are...

Seeing with radio waves

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba use radio-frequency waves to image "spin-locked" defects in diamond with record-breaking resolution, which may...

To splice or not to splice…

Credit: Elisabeth Paymal To splice or not to splice... In an article published in the journal RNA, Karan Bedi, a...

Reduced vs. standard CT dose for lung nodules in children, young adults with cancer

Reduced-dose CT depicts greater than 90% of lung nodules in children and young adults with cancer, identifying the presence of...

Thyroid cancer now diagnosed with machine learning-powered photoacoustic/ultrasound imaging

Credit: POSTECH A lump in the thyroid gland is called a thyroid nodule, and 5-10% of all thyroid nodules are...

Using mice to open the way to prevent blocked arteries

Credit: Department of Life Science and Bioethics,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify pathways that link a...

New genetic driver of autism and other developmental disorders identified

Credit: Takumi et al., Nature Communications, 2021 A research group including Kobe University's Professor TAKUMI Toru (also a Senior Visiting...

Computer-assisted biology: Decoding noisy data to predict cell growth

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from The University of Tokyo Institute of...

Programmable structures from the printer

Credit: Tiffany Cheng, ICD Universität Stuttgart Researchers at the University of Freiburg and the University of Stuttgart have developed a...

Harvard’s Wyss Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital launch diagnostic accelerator

The Brigham-Wyss diagnostic accelerator aims to create new diagnostic technologies through deep collaborations driven by unmet diagnostic needsCredit: Wyss Institute...

Match matters: The right combination of parents can turn a gene off indefinitely

UMD scientists discover that mating can cause epigenetic changes in nematode worms that last for 300 generationsCredit: Antony Jose/UMD Evidence...

Passing the ball: Shifting responsibility for care coordination from patient to provider

Study finds HIE event notification promising tool to solve major healthcare challengeCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - A new study from...

Red Dead Redemption 2 teaches players about wildlife

Credit: Matthew Silk Players of the popular game Red Dead Redemption 2 learn how to identify real American wildlife, new...

Ecologists compare accuracy of lidar technologies for monitoring forest vegetation

Findings suggest mobile platforms have great potential for monitoring a variety of forest attributesCredit: Northern Arizona University As light detection...

FEWSION: Creating more resilient supply chains through nature-inspired design

Diverse supply chains that mimic ecological systems can more readily adapt to unforeseeable disruptionsCredit: Northern Arizona University A new paper...

Our genes shape our gut bacteria, new research shows

Credit: University of Notre Dame Our gut microbiome -- the ever-changing "rainforest" of bacteria living in our intestines -- is...

The pressure is off and high temperature superconductivity remains