Gypsy Retrotransposon Insertion Causes Stay-Green Chinese Cabbage by Blocking Chlorophyll b Breakdown
Chinese cabbage may have found a new way to remain green long after its leaves would normally begin to yellow. A study published in Theoretical...
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Human long noncoding RNA localization is isoform-specific, obscured by gene-level analysis
Long non-coding RNAs have long been treated as if each gene produces a single molecular identity: one RNA, one cellular address, and—at least in broad...
Dual clocks reveal Turkevich gold nanoparticle kinetics through operando video analysis
Gold nanoparticles have long announced their birth with a dramatic change in colour, shifting from pale yellow to deep ruby red as a reaction unfolds....
Smart Wearable Hydrogel Devices Promise Precision Drug Delivery Through Skin
Wearable drug-delivery patches are moving beyond the familiar image of a passive adhesive strip. A new critical review in Biomedical Microdevices describes how flexible microfluidic...
HydroGym Trains and Evaluates AI for Active Fluid Dynamics Control
Fluid dynamics has a new training ground for artificial intelligence, and its name is HydroGym. An international research team has launched a platform designed to...
Stereotactic radiation shows favorable bowel-related quality of life in localized prostate cancer
Philadelphia—A large randomized clinical trial has found that stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), an increasingly used form of highly focused prostate cancer treatment, may reduce...
Scripps Research’s Jeffery Kelly Elected to European Academy of Engineering
LA JOLLA, California—Jeffery Kelly, the H. Lutcher Brown Professor of Chemistry at Scripps Research, has been elected to the European Academy of Engineering in recognition...
Buried Underwear Reveals Land Use Is Crucial for Soil Health
Soil may be hidden beneath our feet, but its biological activity could soon become one of the most visible indicators of ecosystem health—thanks to an...
How plants evolved molecular switches to survive rising heat
Ghent, 26 August 2026 — Plants cannot escape a heat wave, retreat into shade or move toward a cooler environment. Rooted in place, they must...
T Cells Mount Powerful Defense Against Zika Virus
Zika virus vaccines have long faced a difficult immunological problem: the antibodies they generate may protect against infection, but they can also interact with related...
Zika Vaccine With E Protein Fusion-Loop Mutations Protects Through CD8+ T Cells
Zika virus vaccine research has taken a decisive turn toward understanding not only whether vaccination prevents infection, but also which arm of the immune system...
Scientists develop general strategy for multicolor fluorogenic peptides enabling wash-free bioassays
A new study in Nature Chemistry describes a general strategy for turning short peptides into brightly coloured fluorescent reporters that can be read directly in...
Altered bone marrow niche creates innate immune memory linked to heart dysfunction
A new study has identified the bone marrow as a possible command center for a form of immune memory that can continue damaging the heart...
Long-Term Outcomes for Children After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair
Tetralogy of Fallot was once regarded primarily as a childhood surgical problem: close the holes, relieve the obstruction to blood leaving the right ventricle, and...
Device Logs Reveal Outflow Graft Obstruction After EVAHEART2 Implantation
A rare and potentially fatal complication of long-term mechanical heart support has drawn attention to an overlooked source of clinical evidence: the digital log produced...