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...
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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...
AI model spots hidden solar-eruption signs hours before they appear
Long before a sunspot darkens the Sun’s visible surface, the magnetic forces that create it may already be leaving a faint trail beneath the surface....
Experts launch European study examining inequalities in childhood survival
Researchers at Swansea University have led a major European investigation into how poverty and social disadvantage influence survival among children born with major congenital anomalies....
Herbert College of Agriculture Launches Bioinformatics Major Shaping Agriculture and Natural Resources Futures
The University of Tennessee Herbert College of Agriculture has launched a new Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics, creating what the university describes as the first...
Physics-Informed Risk-Aware Learning Improves Multiaxial Structural Reliability via Bayesian Calibration
A new study is turning structural safety into a problem that artificial intelligence can understand without losing sight of the laws of physics. Researchers G....
Urban Growth Drives Collapse of Tropical Stream Ecosystems
A new study from Brazil’s sprawling Metropolitan Region of São Paulo has revealed how dramatically urban expansion can reshape the living architecture of tropical streams....
High-speed microscopy maps electrical activity throughout the brain
MIT engineers have developed a microscope that can record electrical activity from neurons distributed across the entire brain of a living organism at millisecond-scale speeds....
Cellular “invisibility cloaks” may enable side-effect-free diabetes treatment
Penn State researchers have developed a microscopic “invisibility cloak” that may allow transplanted insulin-producing cells to function inside the body without being destroyed by the...
Blood test could soon reveal which organs are aging fastest
Artificial intelligence can estimate the biological age of individual human organs by reading microscopic patterns in tissue architecture, according to a large study led by...
London-held mystery leads scientists to discover a new Ecuadorian frog
A frog that scientists have heard and observed for decades has finally received its own scientific identity. Researchers from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador...
Acbd7 Essential for Maintaining Hair Cell-Mediated Hearing and Balance
A newly published study has identified the protein Acbd7 as a critical guardian of the sensory cells that allow mammals to hear sounds, maintain balance,...
Active particles offer new ways to control brittle failure
Glasses are often celebrated for their strength, stability and resistance to deformation. Yet the very features that make a glass mechanically robust can also create...
Independent Validation Emerges as Challenge for Industry-Led AI in Surgical Scene Understanding
Surgical AI Faces Its Defining Test: Can Industry-Built Systems Be Independently Trusted? Artificial intelligence is moving from the research laboratory into the operating room, where...
Machine Learning Monitors High-Rise Health on Thick Sediments Using Ambient Seismic Noise
A high-rise building can appear perfectly still while the ground beneath it is constantly moving. Traffic, trains, construction, ocean waves, atmospheric pressure and distant earthquakes...