Future Intensifies Competition for Scarce Clean Water
Water scarcity is entering a more dangerous phase—one in which the problem is no longer defined simply by how much water exists, but by whether...
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Sovereignty, decarbonization, and energy costs influence public support for data centers
Data centers are often portrayed as invisible engines of the digital economy, powering artificial intelligence, cloud computing, streaming platforms and billions of daily online interactions....
AI-Designed Minibinders Target ERO1A–PDIA1 Redox Axis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Triple-negative breast cancer has long presented one of oncology’s most difficult challenges: it lacks the three molecular markers—estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and HER2—that guide many...
Parkinson’s Disease Links Cholinergic Deficits to Hallucinations
Parkinson’s disease is widely recognized for its tremor, slowed movement and muscle rigidity, but a new study is drawing attention to another dimension of the...
New Bypass Highway and Watercourse Restoration Shape Southern Damselfly Genetics and Recolonisation
A newly built bypass highway in eastern France has failed to produce an immediate genetic divide in populations of the southern damselfly, an endangered wetland...
Carbon Accounting Rules Influence Incentives for Hydrogen Production
Hydrogen is often presented as a clean fuel capable of transforming heavy industry, shipping and long-distance transport. Yet whether hydrogen actually reduces emissions depends less...
Implementing an ICU education bundle for neurally adjusted ventilatory assist
A new study in the Journal of Perinatology reports that a multimodal education bundle can help intensive care teams move neurally adjusted ventilatory assist, or...
Maladaptive Trained Immunity May Drive Inflammaging Through Hematopoietic Stem Cells
A new study in Nature Aging is drawing attention to a possible biological engine behind inflammaging—the chronic, low-grade inflammation that rises with age and is...
Hanyang Researchers Develop Electronic Skin Giving Robots and Prosthetics Human-Like Touch
A new type of electronic skin could allow robots, prosthetic devices, and wearable technologies to detect not only when they are touched, but also when...
Pusan National University Team Develops 3D-Printed Switchable Soft Actuators
A new 3D-printable material can be programmed to either stretch or shrink when heated, giving researchers a powerful new way to build soft robots, artificial...
Cannabinoids Suppress Chemotherapy- and Radiation-Induced Death in Glioblastoma Cells
Glioblastoma is among the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat brain cancers, and a new study is drawing attention to an unexpected complication involving cannabinoids. Research reported...
Antisense transcription uncovers disease-linked adaptations in the human gut microbiome
A hidden layer of microbial activity in the human gut may help explain how bacterial communities adapt to inflammation, according to a study published in...
Parametric Customization Enables Natural Eye–Lens Interaction in Eyeglasses
For millions of people, eyeglasses are an everyday interface between the human eye and the outside world. Yet the lenses prescribed by an optometrist are...
Study suggests triple-dose regimen may permanently eliminate HIV in newborns
More than 120,000 infants acquire HIV worldwide each year, often through transmission from an infected mother during pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding. Although antiretroviral therapy can...
Single-step chromatography purifies diverse Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages while sharply reducing endotoxins
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most difficult bacterial pathogens to treat, particularly when it forms biofilms or develops resistance to multiple antibiotics. The problem...