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Twisting Powder Into Metal: Room-Temperature Route Yields Ultrastrong Nanostructured Alloy
A new study has shown that a famous five-element metal can be turned from loose powder into a fully dense,...
Ancient Honeycomb Stone Walls Slash Erosion and Boost Sorghum Yields in Benin
On the steep, rocky hillsides of Boukombé in northwestern Benin, farmers have spent generations arranging stones into patterns that resemble...
Brief online parent program linked to lower child screen time and stress
Parents of children struggling with excessive gaming and screen use may not need months of intensive therapy to see meaningful...
Ancient Nepali Sculpture Casting Gets a Modern Statistical Upgrade
In the workshops of Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, artisans have been casting exquisite metal sculptures for more than fourteen centuries, using...
Brain Gatekeeper Found to Ferry Serine That Builds Young Synapses
A transporter sitting in the walls of the brain’s blood vessels has turned out to be one of the most...
Microbes hold the key to healthier paddy soils, review finds
Rice paddies are among the most productive agricultural ecosystems on Earth, feeding billions of people across Asia and beyond. Yet...
Immune Cells Caught arming the Deadliest Breast Cancer to Spread
Triple-negative breast cancer is the form of the disease that clinicians fear most. Lacking the three molecular targets — the...
Exercise Rewires Heart Metabolism Through a Single NADPH-Producing Pathway
Exercise is one of the most powerful medicines for the heart, enlarging cardiomyocytes in a healthy way and shielding the...
Tree Gum Compounds Show Potent Anti-Cancer Power Against Lung Cancer Cells
Lung cancer remains the deadliest malignancy on the planet, and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for the vast majority...
Cyclone Ana Exposed Zimbabwe’s Disaster Readiness Gaps, Study Finds
When Tropical Cyclone Ana swept across eastern Zimbabwe in January 2022, it was far less devastating than Cyclone Idai, which...
Tumors in the Same Dog Are Molecularly Worlds Apart, Landmark Study Shows
When a dog develops mammary tumors, veterinarians almost never find just one. Roughly half to sixty percent of dogs diagnosed...
India’s 2026 H1N1 Surge Driven by Known Seasonal Strain
The re-emergence of influenza A(H1N1) across the Delhi-National Capital Region has become one of the most closely watched respiratory health...
Parasite Immune Fingerprint Revealed in Strongyloides Infection Study
A detailed immunological portrait of one of the world’s most underappreciated parasitic diseases has emerged from southwestern Iran, where researchers...
Chlorinated Cation Unlocks Durable Tin Perovskite Solar Cells in Open Air
Tin halide perovskites have long been the tantalizing alternative to lead-based perovskites in next-generation solar cells. They offer a narrower...
Chromosomal Chaos in Tumors May Blind the Immune System, Genome Study Finds
Scientists in Japan have taken one of the most detailed looks yet at how large-scale genome disruption inside tumor cells...
Hidden Protein Signals Decide Why Immunotherapy Fails in Gut Cancers
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have rewritten the outlook for some patients with gastrointestinal cancers, turning once uniformly fatal diagnoses into manageable...
A Single Genetic Enhancer Helped Turn Wild Teosinte into High-Yielding Maize
One of the most dramatic transformations in the history of agriculture took place roughly nine thousand years ago in the...
Engineered Viruses Light Up Bacteria in Minutes by Releasing Reporter Proteins
Detecting dangerous bacteria in a patient’s sample can take hours or even days, and the fastest molecular tests demand expensive...
USDA-Funded Soil Scientist Probes Hidden Carbon Reservoirs Threatened by Climate Extremes
Beneath every harvest in the United States lies an intricate microscopic economy, one that most consumers never see but every...
Electric Pulse Therapy Shows Strong Results for Hard-to-Treat Kidney Tumors
For patients diagnosed with small kidney cancers tucked dangerously close to the organ’s blood vessels, urine-collecting system, or neighboring bowel,...