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February 8, 2026

Researchers suggest cultural outreach prevents social exclusion

Credit: Kai Lehikoinen Even though the majority of the Finnish youth are thriving, some of them are wrestling with a...

Heart cells respond to heart attack and increase the chance of survival

Cells adjacent to injured areas within the heart sense the damage and ensure immediate survival and could be exploited to...

Inventions for developing world lead to Lemelson-MIT Prize for ASU engineering professor

ASU engineering professor Cody Friesen will donate $500,000 prize to Colombian communityCredit: Zero Mass Water TEMPE, Ariz. - Dedication to...

Modifying the structure to meet the demands

Credit: ©Science China Press Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are robust crystalline porous polymer with predictable structural composition and functions. The...

Tensile strength of carbon nanotubes depends on their chiral structures

Toward realization of lightweight and high strength structural materialsCredit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan - Single-walled carbon nanotubes should theoretically be...

Microbe from New Jersey wetlands chomps PFAS

Credit: Peter Jaffé Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are building up in the environment, and scientists are becoming concerned. These...

Microbe chews through PFAS and other tough contaminants

Credit: David Kelly Crow In a series of lab tests, a relatively common soil bacterium has demonstrated its ability to...

Scientists construct energy production unit for a synthetic cell

Credit: Bert Poolman / BaSyC consortium Scientists at the University of Groningen have constructed synthetic vesicles in which ATP, the...

Guppies teach us why evolution happens

Places, not predators, are evolution catalystsCredit: David Reznick / UCR Guppies, a perennial pet store favorite, have helped a UC...

Researchers develop thermo-responsive protein hydrogel

NYU Tandon-led team crosses barrier needed to deliver drugs at the cellular level and to engineer tissueCredit: NYU Tandon BROOKLYN,...

Sesame yields stable in drought conditions

Credit: Irish Lorraine B. Pabuayon Texas has a long history of growing cotton. It's a resilient crop, able to withstand...

Fruit flies’ microbiomes shape their evolution

Biologists from the School of Arts and Sciences observed distinct shifts in the genomes of fruit flies fed different bacterial...

Microbiome may be involved in mechanisms related to muscle strength in older adults

Study identifies differences in gut microbiome composition in physically high-functioning vs low-functioning older adults, successfully transfers some of these effects...

NASA’s Terra Satellite sees the birth of Tropical Storm Imelda

Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite passed over the western Gulf of Mexico during the early afternoon of Sept. 17...

Pitt receives $10 million to boost racial and ethnic diversity in STEM

The grant will create a network of precollege programs with accreditation standards to boost college enrollment for underrepresented studentsCredit: John...

Revolutionary laser instrument receives $4.7 million boost from the National Science Foundation

Credit: Arizona State University Deep within the subterranean confines of Building C--the latest addition to the Biodesign Institute at Arizona...

Rare 10 million-year-old fossil unearths new view of human evolution

New study of an ape-like pelvis suggests human ancestors might not have been built like modern African apesCredit: Illustration courtesy...

UNC-Chapel Hill to lead $20 million project to test a reimagined internet

Collaboration will establish a nationwide network infrastructureCredit: Renaissance Computing Institute The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will lead...

Stevens researchers to develop handheld device to diagnose skin cancer

The proven technology will be designed into a handheld device that could reduce need for painful biopsies by 50 percent...

Genomic migration analysis shows antibiotic resistance moving from humans to animals