Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a major component of Earth’s carbon cycle, but its molecular complexity has long resisted full characterization. The same chemical “mixture”...
Rare-earth elements are indispensable to modern electronics, magnets, and clean-energy technologies—but separating them from one another remains notoriously difficult. Conventional solvent-extraction routes often demand large...
A new study in Nature Plants spotlights how plants keep their chromosomes properly wired during the critical process of meiosis. Researchers report that a deSUMOylase...
A new study published in Nature Microbiology reports that lung infections can become dramatically harder to treat when bacteria exchange genes within the same patient...
A new photodynamic therapy strategy could make cancer treatment less vulnerable to one of the tumor’s most reliable defenses: low oxygen. In a study highlighted...
In a study published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers report that when brain tissue is damaged in a localized way, the astrocytes tasked with maintaining neural...
A new chemical toolkit unveiled in Nature Chemistry could make it easier to customize DNA and RNA molecules for diagnostics, therapeutics, and synthetic biology. Researchers...
A new study suggests that the way cancer cells run their mitochondria—tiny energy factories inside the cell—can predict how well colorectal tumors respond to chemotherapy....
A new study in Communications Engineering reports that generative artificial intelligence can now perform “inverse design” of three-dimensional energetic materials, enabling researchers to tailor combustion...
A team of researchers reports that a specific chromatin mechanism—histone crotonylation governed by an ACSS2–KAT5 complex—can actively steer liver inflammation during metabolic disease progression. The...
A new study in Nature Communications reports that Mexico’s urban system is not just reshaping itself—it is actively shedding population in ways that scale with...
Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is moving to the center of aging research, framed by a new Perspective by Richard DePinho as a potential “apex” regulator...
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) remains one of the most devastating gastrointestinal emergencies in premature infants, with its progression driven by a tangle of microbial, immune, and...
Wildfires are fast becoming a major driver of air pollution worldwide, but their effects on pregnancy and newborn health—especially in middle-income settings—are still not well...
A new study in Cell Death Discovery reports that glioblastoma cells may be made far more vulnerable to radiation by turning the androgen receptor (AR)...
