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September 21, 2025

HKU chemists develop a new drug discovery strategy for “undruggable” drug targets

Credit: The University of Hong Kong A research team led by Dr Xiaoyu LI from the Research Division for Chemistry,...

New research makes strong case for restoring Hong Kong’s lost oyster reefs

Seven square meters of a HK oyster reef can filter up to one Olympic swimming pool of water in a...

Modeling can help balance economy, health during pandemic

Nearly 300,000 deaths could be averted, depending on how severe isolation measures becomeCredit: Washington University in St. Louis This summer,...

Shapeshifting crystals-varying stability in different forms of gallium selenide monolayers

Researchers investigate the structure and properties of a recently identified polymorph of gallium selenide crystal layerCredit: Hirokazu Nitta from Japan...

New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research funds Kessler Foundation study in children

Dr. Lengenfelder of Kessler Foundation will test new treatment for emotional processing deficits in children with traumatic brain injuryCredit: Kessler...

Novel method reveals small microplastics throughout Japan’s subtropical ocean

Credit: OIST Research conducted in the Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology...

Scientists find out how nutrition affects the recovery of patients after cardiac surgery

People with valvular heart disease have appeared to be at risk.Credit: SPbU Nutrients are the structural components of food that...

Skoltech releases a new book, The Forefront of Physics

Credit: Timur Sabirov/Skoltech The book comes as the second part of Skoltech's two-volume edition, Mathematics and Physics: Two Perspectives, One...

Primordial black holes and the search for dark matter from the multiverse

Credit: Kavli IPMU The Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) is home to many...

High-speed atomic force microscopy takes on intrinsically disordered proteins

Credit: Kanazawa University Our understanding of biological proteins does not always correlate with how common or important they are. Half...

Astrocytes eat connections to maintain plasticity in adult brains

Credit: KAIST Developing brains constantly sprout new neuronal connections called synapses as they learn and remember. Important connections -- the...

Human-made landscape promotes coexistence of two normally separated Andean warblers

Two Andean warbler species that typically occur at different elevations and hunt by tricking insects to escape can co-occur at...

Protein tells developing cells to stick together

Credit: Tohoku University Tohoku University scientists have, for the first time, provided experimental evidence that cell stickiness helps them stay...

Kobe University and Sysmex conducted clinical evaluation of the ELISPOT method: A new test for COVID

Report on T cell immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in the Japanese populationCredit: Sysmex/Kobe University Kobe University (Location: Kobe, Japan; President: Hiroshi...

Discovery of aging mechanism for hematopoietic stem cells

Limited rejuvenation of aged hematopoietic stem cells in young bone marrow nicheCredit: ©Atsushi IWAMA, The Institute of Medical Science, The...

International research team calls for ‘glocal’ approach to help mitigate flooding damage

Credit: Advances in Atmopheric Sciences Large-scale global forecasting and on-the-ground observations need to meld into one system to better predict...

Eavesdropping on the pH levels inside the brain

Credit: Tohoku University Researchers at Tohoku University have developed the first all-in-one miniature pH probe for real-time investigations of intrinsic...

Early mammal with remarkably precise bite

Researchers investigate teeth of a small carnivorous mammal that are almost 150 million years oldCredit: © Thomas Martin, Kai R....

Atomic-scale nanowires can now be produced at scale

Capturing 40 years of climate change for an endangered Montana prairie