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September 17, 2025

Vaccine shows signs of protection against dozen-plus flu strains

Candidate outperforms commercial vaccine, bolsters promise of universal vaccine for humansCredit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ask Eric Weaver about...

First detailed insight into newborn babies’ lungs at birth

Credit: Tim Bish Researchers have captured the first detailed images of newborn babies' lungs as they take their first breaths....

Funding the future of cancer research

PICI awards nearly $3 million to six early career researchersCredit: Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy SAN FRANCISCO - From improving...

Automated next generation sequencing platform can accurately screen thousands for COVID-19

Credit: Sinai Health A robotics platform designed by Toronto researchers to screen thousands of COVID-19 samples at once has the...

A silver swining: ‘Destructive’ pigs help build rainforests

Credit: The University of Queensland Wild pigs are often maligned as ecosystem destroyers, but a University of Queensland study has...

A new effect of red ginseng: suppression of lung cancer metastasis

Development of KIST-maximized ginsenoside (KMxG) using a microwave processing method for ginseng that increase the trace amounts of Rk1 and...

New long-term study affirms contact lens wear as healthy option for children

Six-year research of physiological response to daily disposable soft contact lenses published in contact lens and anterior eyeCredit: Centre for...

Pressure-regulated excitonic feature enhances photocurrent of all-inorganic 2D perovski

Credit: Xujie Lü HPSTAR scientists Dr. Songhao Guo and Dr. Xujie Lü report three orders of magnitude increase in the...

Opioid overdose reduced in patients taking buprenorphine

Study indicates the drug is effective in opioid users who also take benzodiazepines for anxiety, other conditionsCredit: Washington University Even...

Sesaminol: Parkinson’s disease’s surprise medicine

Osaka City University shows that sesaminol, purified from industrial sesame seed by-product, can help prevent Parkinson's disease.Credit: Akiko Kojima-Yuasa Sesame...

Researchers offer new insights on bird migration

Credit: Benjamin Metzger During their seasonal migration, birds typically travel between breeding and non-breeding grounds along migratory routes grouped into...

Researchers identify brain ion channel as new approach to treating depression

Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a drug that...

The social and economic cost of eating disorders in the United States

Credit: J Streatfeild et al., International Journal of Eating Disorders (2021) The impact of eating disorders in the United States...

Chickpea genetics reduce need for chemicals

Credit: George Vandemark In recent years, hummus has become a pop culture food phenomenon, drawing praises from dieticians for the...

Reclamation awards $3.6 million to improve desalination technologies

Credit: Alex Stephens/Bureau of Reclamation WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is awarding $3.6 million to 10 projects for advanced...

Cooperative eco-driving automation improves energy efficiency and safety

Credit: Sarah Atkinson/Michigan Tech Imagine you're driving up a hill toward a traffic light. The light is still green so...

Solving the biochemical conundrum at the dawn of life on Earth

UNC-Chapel Hill scientists Charles Carter, Qi Zhang, and Abigail Knight were awarded $1 million from the W.M. Keck Foundation to...

Food for thought: New maps reveal how brains are kept nourished

Micro-scale depictions solve century-old puzzle of brain energy use and blood vessel clustersCredit: Xiang Ji and Edmund O'Donnell, UC San...

Scientists use forest color to gauge permafrost depth

Credit: Veronika Döpper Scientists regularly use remote sensing drones and satellites to record how climate change affects permafrost thaw rates...

A quantum internet is closer to reality, thanks to this switch