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Scientists develop reporter strain to detect inhibition of bacterial cell-wall biosynthesis
A new bacterial “alarm system” could make it dramatically easier to discover antibiotics that attack one of microbes’ most vulnerable...
Varying Structural Diversity Enhances Soil Ecosystem Functions in Poplar Plantations
A forest can look orderly from a distance while functioning as a complex three-dimensional network beneath the canopy. Now, a...
Scientists characterize soybean alien addition lines and phenotypic variation from intersubgeneric crosses
A Wild Soybean Cross Has Produced Plants That Seem to Rewrite Their Own Genetic Rules A soybean breeding experiment has...
Visceral Fat Metabolism Linked to Brain Network Dysfunction, Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer’s
A new study using whole-body metabolic imaging has linked unusually active visceral fat—the energy-storing tissue packed around abdominal organs—with disrupted...
C-reactive protein predicts prognosis in mildly reduced-ejection-fraction heart failure
A Routine Inflammation Test May Reveal Hidden Long-Term Risk in Heart Failure A standard blood test could help doctors identify...
Molecular Profiling Reveals Alpha-Synuclein Pathology and Seeding Activity in Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s Disease Shows a Molecular Diversity That Could Explain Its Uneven Course Parkinson’s disease is often described as a single...
SREBF2 protects failing hearts from ferroptosis via Cav-1-regulated PINK1/Parkin mitophagy
A Cholesterol-Regulating Gene May Shield Injured Hearts From a Dangerous Form of Cell Death A gene best known for controlling...
Orbitrap and FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Compared for Analyzing Dissolved Organic Matter
A New Mass-Spectrometry Showdown Reveals That “Seeing” Water’s Hidden Chemistry Depends on the Instrument Dissolved organic matter, the invisible mixture...
Acacia Catechu Nanocarriers Show Promise Against Dextran Sulfate-Induced Crohn’s Disease
A Bark Extract Packed Into Nanocarriers Shows Promise Against Crohn’s-Like Colitis in Rats A traditional medicinal tree may be offering...
Electrothermal Strategy Boosts Toluene Oxidation Using Manganese-Cobalt Composite Oxide Monolith
A new catalyst can slash the electricity required to destroy toluene pollution by more than 50-fold, according to a study...
Retraction: Study Examining Graphene Oxide/Nanozirconia Effects on Geopolymer Concrete Strength and Durability
A study that attracted attention for its proposed route to stronger, more durable and potentially lower-impact concrete has been retracted...
Mitochondria-Targeted Therapy Shows Promise Against Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Low back pain may be common, but one of its most stubborn biological causes is hidden deep inside the spine:...
MD-VAE Embeds Concepts in Variational Autoencoders Using Multiple Decoders
Variational autoencoders are among the most widely used tools for teaching machines to compress complex data into a compact internal...
New AI Framework Integrates Multiple Data Sources While Protecting Privacy
A new machine-learning framework could allow hospitals, research institutions and other data-rich organizations to build stronger predictive models without pooling...
Reinforcement Learning Coordinates Three Swarm Algorithms to Improve Continuous Optimization
A Reinforcement-Learning System Lets Three Nature-Inspired Algorithms Cooperate to Tackle Difficult Optimization Problems Many of the hardest problems in engineering...
Brazilian study tracks global prostate cancer incidence, deaths, disability, and prevalence, 1990–2021
Brazil’s Prostate Cancer Map Reveals a Stark Divide Between Detection and Survival Brazil’s prostate cancer burden is rising in ways...
New Retinex Network Brightens Low-Light Images Without Introducing Visual Noise
Poor lighting can turn an ordinary photograph into a computational puzzle: details disappear into shadows, colors shift, and sensor noise...
Study Links Self-Care Agency to Adherence in Oral Cancer Therapy Patients
A Hidden Weakness in Oral Cancer Treatment: Self-Care Capacity May Determine Whether Patients Take Their Medicines Correctly Cancer treatment is...
Correction: Meeting support needs of young people caring for parents with cancer
A correction published in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship has revised how a prominent community organization’s services were described in...
CAR-T Therapy Shows Promise Against Paediatric Brain Tumours: Latest Update
Engineered Immune Cells Move Closer to the Brain Tumor Frontier For children facing aggressive brain tumors, the immune system is...