GPS Study Shows Barred Owl Management Gives Spotted Owls a Fighting Chance
BLUE LAKE, Calif., Aug. 13, 2026 — An invasive owl is occupying the same ancient forests that northern spotted owls need for survival, according to...
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Damon Runyon Foundation Awards $4.2 Million to Promising Early-Career Cancer Researchers
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has selected 14 postdoctoral scientists as its May 2026 Fellows, awarding each researcher independent support to pursue high-risk, potentially...
Physics-guided AI creates low-noise amplifiers using 62% less power than expert designs
A new physics-guided artificial intelligence framework could change how engineers design one of the most important circuits inside modern wireless devices. Researchers from the Singapore...
AGR2-high cells fuel FOXM1-driven malignancy and predict outcomes in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PanNETs) are often described as relatively indolent cancers, but that broad label conceals a striking range of clinical behavior. Some tumors...
NUS Medicine professor tests himself, revealing a biological age 15 years younger
Most health checks offer a still photograph of the body: a blood-pressure reading, a cholesterol level, a glucose measurement and perhaps a few other laboratory...
From Cabozantinib to Zanzalintinib: Chemical Tweaks Open New Frontier in Product Hopping
For decades, the pharmaceutical industry’s most familiar strategy for extending the commercial life of a successful medicine has been to make a new version of...
Light-triggered proximity labeling identifies SLK as a cancer-specific c-Myc co-regulator
Cancer researchers have identified a previously hidden molecular partnership that may help explain why the protein c-Myc becomes so destructive in tumors. In a study...
Coral-inspired scaffold reprograms immune cells to accelerate bone regeneration
A coral-inspired scaffold that combines multi-walled carbon nanotubes with nano-hydroxyapatite has shown promise in restoring bone regeneration in steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head, a...
Giant Virus Genome Catalogue Reveals Vast Diversity and Functional Potential
Giant viruses are rewriting one of biology’s most familiar stories. Once regarded as unusual but relatively isolated curiosities, these oversized viruses are now emerging as...
STARFISH Reveals Dendritic Translation and Neuroproteasome Degradation of Endogenous Tau
Alzheimer’s disease has long been associated with the accumulation of tau, a neuronal protein that normally helps organize and stabilize microtubules inside axons. In the...
Brainstem neurons coordinate the body’s homeostatic responses to cold
Cold is more than an uncomfortable sensation. For mammals, falling environmental temperatures trigger a coordinated emergency programme involving the brain, muscles, blood vessels, metabolism, behaviour...
US Visa Bureaucracy Imposes an Invisible Tax on International Scholars
For international scientists, the cost of working in the United States is often measured in laboratory rent, research materials and grant budgets. A new analysis...
Cord Blood Cytokine Patterns May Guide Early Autism Interventions
A newborn’s first blood sample may one day offer scientists an early view of how the developing brain has been shaped before birth. In a...
National Institute on Aging Workshop Examines Sex Differences in Lifespan Health
A major National Institute on Aging workshop is putting a once-overlooked question at the center of aging science: why does health change differently in women...
One-step catalyst synthesis converts carbon dioxide into useful methane
Carbon dioxide is often described as a waste product, but researchers are developing increasingly practical ways to turn it into something useful. A team from...