Brain organoids survive and mature for more than five years
Scientists have kept human brain organoids alive and developing for more than five years, creating the longest-running laboratory model yet of the human brain’s early...
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Yangtze River Delta Cities Underestimate Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Use
Natural gas has long been promoted as a cleaner alternative to coal and oil, particularly in China’s rapidly expanding cities. Its combustion produces less particulate...
Largest-Ever Chromosome-Scale Genome Comparison Maps Animal Biodiversity
A human, an octopus, and a coral may appear to belong to entirely different worlds, yet their chromosomes preserve traces of a shared genomic past....
Deep-learning infrared metasensor enables high-accuracy real-time hyperspectropolarimetric imaging
A new infrared imaging system combines hyperspectral sensing, polarization analysis and deep learning in a single meta-sensor, promising a faster and more information-rich way to...
Study reveals how composition and interfaces shape wave-transparent Si3N4 composite performance
High-temperature wave-transparent composites could help hypersonic vehicles maintain communication while flying through extreme aerodynamic heating, according to a new study from researchers at Sun Yat-sen...
Mayo Clinic study estimates cancer risk from pancreatic cysts, improving early detection
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Pancreatic cysts are common, frequently discovered by chance during imaging performed for unrelated medical concerns, and usually do not become cancerous. Yet...
KICT Reinterprets a Century-Old Physics Concept
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) researchers have introduced a new cubic equation of state that could reshape how engineers predict the...
Artery Damage Found in Twentysomethings Underscores Need for Early Heart Risk Checks
DALLAS, Aug. 20, 2026 — A study of young adults in the United States has found that nearly eight in 10 participants already had some...
Insilico Medicine unveils ARDD 2026 program, bringing longevity biotechnology leaders to Boston
BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 20, 2026 — Longevity science is moving rapidly from the laboratory into drug-development pipelines, clinical trials and investment portfolios, and the next...
Iron-driven reversible lattice oxygen redox boosts stable 200 Wh/kg sodium-ion batteries
For years, researchers have pursued a tantalizing goal in battery science: making oxygen atoms inside a cathode participate in storing electricity without causing the material...
Hidden Quality-of-Life Gaps Persist in Small and Mid-Sized Cities
A new study is challenging one of the most persistent assumptions in urban research: that the greatest living-condition problems are concentrated in the world’s largest...
Key Indicators of Healthy Skeletal Muscle
Skeletal muscle may be best known for producing movement, but its influence extends far beyond the ability to walk, lift or run. It is a...
CRISPRLungo Helps Analyze Long-Read CRISPR Experiments
CRISPR experiments have become remarkably precise at the level of individual DNA letters, yet proving exactly what happened inside a genome remains a difficult analytical...
Intracellular Protein Binders Enable Imaging, Cellular Control, and Future Therapies
For decades, drug discovery has been dominated by a simple assumption: if a disease-driving protein cannot be reached by a conventional small molecule or an...
On-Chip Broadband Magnonic Frequency Combs Enabled by Multi-Tone Excitation
For decades, optical frequency combs have transformed precision measurement by turning a single color of light into a dense, evenly spaced set of spectral lines....