New technique could enable high-performance lasers
For two decades, photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers have promised to reshape the design of semiconductor light sources used in demanding fields such as defense, aerospace, sensing,...
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Placental albumin barrier enables long-acting biologics with reduced fetal exposure
Biologic medicines have transformed care for cancer, autoimmune disease, migraine, inflammatory disorders and numerous other conditions. Yet their expanding use among women of reproductive age...
Unexpected quantum oscillations expose new physics in topological insulator
In a result that could reshape how scientists understand electron transport in topological materials, researchers have observed an unusual form of quantum oscillation in zirconium...
Oaktree Capital’s Alfredo Viegas to Present at 13th ARDD Meeting in Boston
ARDD 2026 to Bring Aging Biology, Drug Discovery and Global Investment Together at Harvard BOSTON, Massachusetts—August 14, 2026—Alfredo Viegas, managing director of Emerging Markets Equity...
UMD Researchers Clone and Characterize Powerful Hessian Fly Resistance Gene in Wheat
For half a century, scientists have known that some wheat varieties can withstand the Hessian fly, a tiny mosquito-like insect whose larvae can devastate cereal...
OrbiMed Managing Partner Carl Gordon to Present at ARDD Meeting in Boston
BOSTON, Massachusetts—August 14, 2026—Carl Gordon, Ph.D., managing partner at the life-sciences investment firm OrbiMed, will deliver a featured address at the 13th Aging Research &...
Microbial DNA Reveals Global Temperature and Nutrient Limitation Signatures Across Ecosystems
Microbial communities may be carrying a hidden record of the temperatures and nutrient conditions in the environments where they live. A new study published in...
Tubular ACSM3 regulates fat metabolism, protects male mice from acute kidney injury
A molecule embedded in the energy-hungry tubules of the kidney may hold an important clue to why acute kidney injury can escalate so quickly. In...
Upwind Vegetation’s Overlooked Role in Cooling Cities
Cities around the world are planting trees at an unprecedented pace, yet many continue to grow hotter. Expanding urban canopies can provide shade, store carbon...
Parkinson’s Therapies Expand Beyond Single Pathologies to Target Inflammation and Coexisting Conditions
Parkinson’s disease has long been described through a familiar biological storyline: abnormal accumulation of alpha-synuclein, progressive loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra, and...
Toward Principled Knowledge Editing for Large Language Model Reasoning
Large language models may soon be able to update what they know without undergoing expensive, full-scale retraining, but a new Perspective argues that current “knowledge...
Biomimetic zona pellucida-encapsulated islets sustain glycaemic control in immunocompetent mice
A new cell-encapsulation strategy inspired by the protective coat surrounding mammalian eggs has enabled transplanted pancreatic islets to function for more than 100 days in...
Retraction: GST-NT21MP’s Antitumor Activity in Breast Cancer Linked to CXCR4 Pathway Inhibition
A new retraction notice in the British Journal of Cancer has withdrawn a previously published report that described antitumour activity from a recombinant polypeptide called...
Can beneficial bacteria stop the body from absorbing lead?
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are exploring an unusual biological strategy to reduce the danger posed by lead exposure: using harmless bacteria inside tiny...
Cells harness an obscure molecule to defend against iron overload
Iron is indispensable to life, but inside a cell it can become a chemical hazard. The metal helps mitochondria produce energy, enables hemoglobin to carry...