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April 1, 2026

New open-access journal Metabarcoding & Metagenomics joins the lines of publisher Pensoft

Credit: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics and Pensoft A new innovative open-access academic journal Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) is launched to welcome...

Click beetles inspire design of self-righting robots

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Robots perform many tasks that humans can't or don't want to...

Drug targeting technique could aid therapies for immune diseases

A new technique that targets drugs to specific cells could lead to improved therapies for diseases caused by an overactive...

UW to host $15.6 million NSF-funded center for innovation, education in materials science

Credit: Matt Hagen/UW Clean Energy Institute The University of Washington is home to a new national center of excellence for...

UTSA receives $350,000 grant for prostate cancer research

Jing Yong Ye, professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received a two-year,...

Holograms for molecules

Credit: ETH Zurich / Andreas Frutiger Much can be detected in blood or urine: viral illnesses, metabolic disorders or autoimmune...

Brain damage in fish affected by plastic nanoparticles

Calculations have shown that 10 per cent of all plastic produced around the world ultimately ends up in the oceans....

Lactation hormone also helps a mother’s brain

The same hormone that stimulates milk production for lactation, also acts in the brain to help establish the nurturing link...

MRI contrast agent locates and distinguishes aggressive from slow-growing breast cancer

Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent being tested by researchers at Case Western...

Neuro Kinetics awarded patents for eye testing and I-PAS virtual reality for medical diagnostics

(Neuro Kinetics, Inc.) Among three new US patents awarded to Neuro Kinetics is protection for its I-PAS design, a highly...

Getting the measure of mud

Credit: Credit: NASA via Flickr Researchers have found a way to chart changes in the speed of deep-ocean currents using...

Fish have complex personalities, research shows

Credit: University of Exeter Scientists from the University of Exeter studied how guppies behaved in various situations, and found complex...

Discovery of a new group of sponges could help measure impact of deep-sea mining

September 24, 2017

Credit: Adrian Glover, Thomas Dahlgren, Helena Wiklund A completely new group of sponges has been discovered, which scientists believe could...

Discovery of a new genetic syndrome which predisposes the body to cancer

(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) A new syndrome caused by biallelic mutations -- those produced in both gene copies inherited from...

Novel assay shows promise for non-invasive detection of PD-L1 on circulating tumor cells

Future Science Group (FSG) today announced the publication of an article in Future Science OA presenting early data from a...

Russian scientists have studied the genes that allow cancer cells to resist drugs

Researchers from the People's Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) have studied the mechanism of drug resistance for ovarian and...

Positive, negative or neutral, it all matters: NASA explains space radiation

Credit: NASA Charged particles may be small, but they matter to astronauts. NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) is investigating these...

Forgoing chemo linked to worse survival in older patients with advanced colon cancer who had dementia

Bottom Line: A pre-existing diagnosis of dementia was associated with increased risk of death for older patients with advanced colon...

Rainbow colors reveal cell history

(Technische Universität Dresden) Dr. Nikolay Ninov, group leader at the DFG research center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence...

USDA announces funding for nutrition incentive programs