Oviduct Epithelial Folds Aid Oocyte Transport but Aren’t Essential
After ovulation, an egg begins a carefully timed journey through the oviduct, also known as the Fallopian tube, toward the uterus. Fertilization normally takes place...
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Plasma pTau217 Shows Diagnostic Performance Across Genetically Admixed South American Populations
A blood test linked to one of Alzheimer’s disease’s most closely watched molecular signals is moving into a population rarely represented in biomarker research. A...
China’s Solar Manufacturers Time Decarbonization Efforts to Accelerate the Global Energy Transition
China’s photovoltaic industry may hold one of the most consequential timing decisions in the global energy transition: when, exactly, should solar manufacturers intensify their own...
How Metabolism and Epigenetics Shape Immune Cell Flexibility in Tumors
Cancer does not merely grow around immune cells; it continually rewires them. A review by J. Noh, J. Lee, C. You and colleagues examines how...
Diverse bacterial DNA glycosylases share a conserved antiviral defense function
Bacteria are engaged in a perpetual molecular arms race with bacteriophages, the viruses that infect them. Phages inject genetic material into bacterial cells and redirect...
Neuroligin-3–CSPG4 mechanotransduction preserves oligodendrocyte progenitors and promotes glioma growth
A molecular handshake between a neuronal adhesion protein and a cell-surface receptor may help explain why some brain tumors behave less like isolated masses and...
JmjC1 Controls Virulence Genes Linked to Severe Malaria in Plasmodium falciparum
Malaria research has long focused on the parasite’s ability to invade red blood cells, evade immune defenses and alter the biology of its human host....
Platinum Emerges as a Key Catalyst for Future Clean-Energy Technologies
The rapid expansion of data centers across the United States is creating an urgent demand for reliable, efficient electricity. Facilities that run artificial intelligence systems,...
Marine Purple Bacterial Fertilizer Alters Mineralization, Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Broccoli Yield
A fertilizer made from marine purple bacteria is drawing attention as a possible way to make vegetable production more efficient while reducing agriculture’s climate footprint....
Study Examines Pesticide Exposure and Multidomain Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease Over Time
Parkinson’s disease is often introduced through its most visible symptom: tremor. Yet for many patients, the condition is far more expansive, affecting sleep, mood, cognition,...
How Mycoviruses Regulate Mycotoxin Production Through Metabolic Pathways
Mycoviruses—viruses that infect fungi—are emerging as important regulators of fungal chemistry, according to research by Favaretto, Varotto, Kondo and colleagues published in npj Viruses. Rather...
Robotic Surgery’s Human Side: Tracking Surgeon Stress in the Operating Room
Robot-assisted surgery is often portrayed as the ultimate expression of precision medicine: a surgeon seated at a console, controlling miniature instruments that move through tiny...
Pusan National University unveils ASTRA-Net to improve lung airway mapping
Lung cancer remains the world’s most commonly diagnosed cancer and one of its deadliest diseases, but a new artificial intelligence system could help physicians reach...
Study identifies immune pathway driving systemic allergic reactions
Allergic inflammation in the skin may set the stage for life-threatening reactions elsewhere in the body through a previously unrecognized immune pathway, according to a...
Comparative Study Reveals How Insula Structure Influences Brain Function
The insula, a folded region tucked deep within the lateral sulcus of the cerebral cortex, is emerging as one of neuroscience’s most important—and most complicated—research...