NC State to Lead Three DOE Projects Under Genesis Mission
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected North Carolina State University to lead three projects designed to use artificial intelligence to accelerate discovery across high-performance...
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Pregnancy complications may predict heart disease years before routine screening, study finds
Heart disease has long been framed as a problem of later life, but a new study from McGill University suggests that this assumption may leave...
Scientists investigate how pollen travels from ground into the atmosphere
Virginia Tech researchers have taken pollen surveillance beyond the field and into the atmosphere, developing a method to measure and predict how genetically engineered switchgrass...
Butterflies offer clues to ecosystem health and changing habitats
Butterflies are often treated as symbols of beauty, but their ecological importance is far more consequential. Because they respond quickly to changes in vegetation, temperature,...
Gasdermin D Delivers Caspase Inhibitors to Suppress Pyroptosis
Inflammatory cell death has long presented researchers with a difficult therapeutic paradox: the molecular machinery that eliminates infected or damaged cells can also drive severe...
Genetic Survey Reveals Gastrointestinal Worm Communities and Drug Resistance in Argentine Cattle
Intensive use of anthelmintic drugs is reshaping parasite populations in cattle, and a new study from Argentina has captured that evolutionary process in unprecedented genetic...
How Socioeconomic Status and Genetics Shape Obesity-Related Epigenetic Changes Across Life
Obesity risk is written in more than one language. Part of the story is encoded in DNA, where hundreds of genetic loci have been linked...
VIM2/4 Deletion and Truncated CMT2/FBX5 Drive DNA Methylation Changes After Habitat Colonization
A plant’s first steps into a new habitat can leave a molecular footprint far deeper than scientists once imagined. A study published in Nature Plants...
Two-Photon Holographic Mesoscope Reveals How Brain Regions Compute Together
A New Two-Photon Holographic Mesoscope Opens a Window on How Brain Regions Compute Together For decades, neuroscience has been exceptionally good at observing individual neurons...
Liver ABHD6 Regulates Metabolic Health Through the Akt-FoxO1 Pathway
Li, G., Maeyens, L.T., Yin, J. and colleagues have identified a previously underappreciated connection between a liver protein called ABHD6 and the Akt–FoxO1 signaling axis,...
Breeding Crops to Foster Beneficial Microbial Partnerships
For decades, crop breeding has focused on the visible organism: larger seeds, stronger stems, faster growth, resistance to pathogens and improved tolerance to drought or...
AI-Powered Murmur Detection Could Expand Remote Pediatric Heart Exam Teleconsultations
A child’s heartbeat can reveal a great deal long before a scan or blood test does. Yet the traditional tool for detecting cardiac abnormalities—the stethoscope—depends...
Urinary Glycol Ether Metabolite Levels Vary Among Pregnant Women by Sampling Method
A New Study Reveals Why Measuring Common Glycol Ether Exposure During Pregnancy Is So Difficult Glycol ethers are among the quietest chemicals in modern life....
Gut microbiota TNF-α triggers dopaminergic neuron ferroptosis through TNFR1-NF-κB-ATF4 in Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease may begin influencing the brain long before tremors, stiffness, or slowed movement become visible—and a new study points to an unexpected suspect: inflammatory...
Study Reveals Isolation Experiences and Support Needs Among Older Stroke Survivors
A new qualitative study is putting a human face on one of stroke recovery’s least visible complications: social isolation. Published in BMC Geriatrics, the research...