Microglia Shape Developing Cortical Blood Vessels via PD-1 Signaling
New blood vessels flood the developing brain, then must be sculpted into a functional network. In the cortex, this pruning depends on selective elimination of...
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Queen Odor Mediates Reproductive Suppression in Eusocial Mammals
Naked mole-rats have long puzzled biologists with their striking eusocial structure, where most adults remain reproductively suppressed while a queen controls the colony’s future. Now,...
Hasanuddin University Study Shows Bacterial Cellulose for High-Performance Energy Storage
Bacterial cellulose—nature’s own polymer scaffold—is gaining attention as a renewable feedstock for supercapacitor electrodes. With modern devices demanding fast charge, high power bursts, and long...
Gene edit boosts rice safety while preserving high harvest yields
Cadmium (Cd) contamination is a growing threat to food safety, and rice is one of the most vulnerable crops. Because rice plants can accumulate cadmium...
Social Networks Shape Intergenerational Support Among Rural Left-Behind Seniors in China
In rural China, many older adults are “left behind” when younger family members migrate for work. A new study in BMC Geriatrics uses social-network theory...
RModBlock antisense oligonucleotides enable universal, efficient inhibition of RNA modifications
Scientists have long wanted a way to switch off specific chemical marks on RNA at defined sites, to clarify how those modifications shape gene regulation...
Alzheimer’s Disease Cell Signatures Found Shared Across Diverse Population Groups
Viral Science News: Using matched single-nucleus multi-omics, researchers probed how chromatin openness maps onto cell-state signatures linked to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk across distinct population...
Residential Water Sources Predict Serum PFAS Levels in Contaminated Communities
New research published on 13 July 2026 links where people have lived and what type of drinking water they consumed to the levels of per-...
Researchers Use Fast, Flat Simulations to Predict Outcomes in New Games
In a new study published in Nature, researchers report that people can rapidly assess unfamiliar, rule-defined board games—even when they have never played them before....
Frog Protein Antidote Could Neutralize Lethal Red Tide Toxin First
Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is triggered by saxitoxin (STX), a neurotoxin that can shut down nerve signaling and lead to rapid death. As “red tide”...
Frog Protein Shows Promise as First Antidote to Fatal Red Tide Toxin
A fast-growing “red tide” problem on the Pacific coast is bringing with it an escalating threat: saxitoxin (STX), a potent neurotoxin that accumulates in shellfish...
Low-PFAS Drinking Water: Is It a Major Source of Human PFAS Exposure?
A new evidence summary is putting drinking water on the spotlight in the ongoing debate over PFAS—often called “forever chemicals”—that persist in the environment and...
Cortical hierarchy shows rarely categorical yet highly separable representations
Neuroscientists report a unifying framework for why the brain’s single neurons look so different from one another—yet still support powerful, readout-friendly population codes. The work,...
Metabolite Glues Enable Purine Sensing and Predict Chemotherapy Response
Metabolite “Glues” Find a More Flexible Way to Attack Cancer Targets Researchers have uncovered why certain designed small molecules—called metabolite glues—can lock a regulatory protein...
Sweeteners Slow Growth of Key Gut Bacteria in Laboratory Studies
Cambridge researchers report that several widely used low-calorie sweeteners can directly interfere with gut bacteria—an effect that becomes more pronounced when sweeteners are combined with...