Plants & Animals
Gaming seals reveal how cloudy water provides sense of direction
Open water swimming can be strangely claustrophobic. Immerse your face in cloudy water and your view might dwindle to a few centimeters. Yet, harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) manage to negotiate the turbid coastal waters in ...
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Evolution
Long shot science leads to revised age for land-animal ancestor
In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a lizard or salamander. Rather small in size at 20 centimeters, it would turn out to be a crucial piece ...
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Metabolic labeling in platelets expands possibilities for targeted drug delivery
A new avenue for targeted drug delivery has been proposed by researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Their findings, published in Materials Today Bio, report the ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Oxygenation in the ocean may have occurred earlier than previously thought, offering new insights into Earth's evolution
Several key moments in Earth's history help us humans answer the question "How did we get here?" These moments also shed light on the question "Where are we going?" and offer scientists deeper insight into how organisms adapt ...
Earth Sciences
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Strained strontium titanate membrane crosses into ferroelectric—and quantum—territory
Strontium titanate was once used as a diamond substitute in jewelry before less fragile alternatives emerged in the 1970s. Now, researchers have explored some of its more unusual properties, which might someday be useful ...
Condensed Matter
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Cellular scaffolding secrets unlocked: Scientists discover key to microtubule growth
In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , researchers from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Dundee have shed new light on the fundamental mechanisms governing the dynamic ...
Cell & Microbiology
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New method enables flexible generation of high-order vector vortex beams
A research team led by Associate Prof. Wang Anting from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a method for multidimensional manipulation of polarization ...
Optics & Photonics
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Recovery is still possible for critically endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper with urgent intervention
A new study, led by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, and additional researchers, offers a unique lens for understanding the unprecedented extinction crisis of native ...
Plants & Animals
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'Master control switch' protein that heightens neurodegenerative disease offers new treatment target
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a protein that appears to act as a master control switch for reactive gliosis, a prominent feature of many neurodegenerative diseases that is thought to contribute ...
Genetics
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New findings reveal how the heart is organized from the earliest stages of embryonic development
A study published today in the journal Developmental Cell uncovers new insights into how the heart forms during the earliest stages of embryonic development.
Medical research
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Supercapacitor-assisted catalytic system strips fluorine from PTFE and PFAS at low temperatures
A research team led by Prof. Kang Yanbiao from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed a supercapacitor (SC)-assisted electrophotocatalysis for the efficient ...
Analytical Chemistry
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Food as friend, not foe—study maps cellular network that enables safe food consumption through oral tolerance
If we have an allergy to peanuts, strawberries or dairy, we are quick to blame our immune systems. But when we enjoy a diverse diet without any adverse reaction, we generally don't realize that this is also the immune system's ...
Immunology
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Leprosy existed in the Americas long before the arrival of Europeans, study reveals
Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent.
Archaeology
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Cannabis pangenome reveals potential for medicinal and industrial use
Cannabis has been a globally important crop for millennia. While best known today as marijuana for its psychoactive cannabinoid THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), historically, cannabis has been a cornerstone of human civilization, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Scientists discover lipid enzyme for maintaining cool temperature sensation and avoidance in fruit fly larvae
Sensing environmental temperature is crucial for the development and survival of animals. Insects such as fruit flies have evolved a particularly delicate thermosensory system that can discriminate temperature changes within ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Unlocking precise composition analysis of nanomedicines
Nanomedicines, especially those based on nanoparticles, are revolutionizing health care in terms of both diagnostics and therapeutics. These particles, often containing metals like iron or gold, can serve as contrast agents ...
Bio & Medicine
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Mathematical models and imaging reveal how migrating cells navigate tissue geometry
Imagine cells navigating through a complex maze, guided by chemical signals and the physical landscape of their environment. A team of researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has contributed to ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Findings uncover new mechanism linking cohesin complex to gene regulation
Cohesin is a protein that forms a ring-shaped complex which wraps and alters the DNA molecule shape. It moves through the DNA and creates specific loops in the genetic material which determine the architecture of the genome ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Iron oxide 'oxygen sponge' doubles green hydrogen production efficiency by targeting atomic-level active sites
As the world shifts toward sustainable energy sources, "green hydrogen"—hydrogen produced without emitting carbon—has emerged as a leading candidate for clean power. In a significant step forward, a research team has ...
Analytical Chemistry
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Traditional diagnostic decision support systems outperform generative AI for diagnosing disease
Medical professionals have been using artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline diagnoses for decades, using what are called diagnostic decision support systems (DDSSs). Computer scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital ...
Health informatics
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In the age of AI, human interaction key to preserving academic voice
How can doctoral students maintain their disciplinary voice when writing with AI tools? A new study from Chalmers University of Technology suggests that human interaction—particularly peer feedback—is essential for developing ...
Case study of flamenco fusion band suggests music can help combat ageism
What started as free tickets to see a flamenco fusion band in Spain turned into an unexpected research opportunity for a team of researchers at Penn State, who discovered a unique example of the power of music to bridge generational ...
Q&A: How AI might become the future of hurricane flood forecasting
Artificial intelligence is becoming an asset in hurricane forecasting.
What values drive tech workers? New study shows they're liberal—but not uniform
A new study offers the first large-scale, data-driven examination of tech workers' values across Europe. The findings reveal that while developers tend to be highly individualistic, open to change, and driven by universalist ...
Cotton virus circulated undetected for nearly 20 years, study finds
A virus responsible for damaging cotton crops across the southern United States has been lurking in U.S. fields for nearly 20 years—undetected. According to new research, cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV), long believed ...
Antarctica's hidden wind jets: Study reveals storm-driven low-level jets near Thwaites 'Doomsday Glacier'
In the remote and hostile realm of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, powerful winds known as low-level jets (LLJs) race over its coastal regions, including both the Thwaites and Pine Island ice shelves and the ...
Anthropologists spotlight human toll of glacier loss
In an important contribution from the social sciences, Rice University anthropologists Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer examine the societal consequences of global glacier loss in a commentary published today in Science.
Hurricane Ida in 2021 could have been even worse for New York City
During the final week of summer in 2021, Hurricane Ida emerged from the Gulf of Mexico, turned almost directly northeast and swept through the South en route to Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Climate change: No reprieve from heat this decade as globally agreed 1.5°C limit looms
Temperature limits the world agreed to avoid are looming into view.
Study: Divorce hurts children's long-term earnings, increases chances of teen births, time in jail
American children whose parents divorce when they are 5 or younger have marked disadvantages over the course of life, including reduced earnings and an increased likelihood of experiencing a teen pregnancy, incarceration ...
Why so few atrocities have ever been recognized as genocide
An intense argument is raging over whether what has been happening in Gaza since October 2023 is an act of genocide. It is the subject of a case being heard in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in which South Africa ...
The American mass exodus to Canada amid Trump 2.0 has yet to materialize
In February 2025, the New Republic reported there were a growing number of Americans who wanted to leave the country following the election of Donald Trump.
Beyond the backlash: What evidence shows about the economic impact of DEI
Few issues in the U.S. today are as controversial as diversity, equity and inclusion—commonly referred to as DEI.
Rethinking our relationship with CO₂—greenhouse gas could lead to development of sustainable fuels
The goal of carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrogenation is to turn pollution into fuel. This process transforms CO2, one of the main greenhouse gases, into chemical products and renewable fuels. One important product is methanol, ...
New study examines informal educators' self-efficacy in facilitating youth civic engagement for the environment
An article investigating the self-efficacy of informal educators in leading youth civic engagement projects has been published in the Journal of Museum Education.
Saving twice the ice by limiting global warming
A new study with ETH Zurich finds that if global warming exceeds the Paris Climate Agreement targets, the non-polar glacier mass will diminish significantly. However, if warming is limited to 1.5°C, at least 54% could be ...
Gender-sensitive data bring more depth to marine spatial planning
When considering how to use marine spaces and allocate resources to their management, policymakers would do well to take a gender-sensitive approach. So say UC Santa Barbara researchers and their collaborators in a study ...
Researchers uncover key molecular module behind heat-induced leaf senescence in tall fescue
Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) is a widely cultivated cool-season turfgrass and forage species worldwide, thriving best between 15°C and 25°C. Temperatures above 35°C can cause irreversible damage, including premature ...
The rise and fall—and rise again—of white-tailed deer
Given their abundance in American backyards, gardens and highway corridors these days, it may be surprising to learn that white-tailed deer were nearly extinct about a century ago. While they currently number somewhere in ...
New 3D flood visualizations help communities understand rising water risks
As climate change intensifies extreme weather, two new NYU studies show 3D flood visualizations developed by a cross-institutional research team dramatically outperform traditional maps for communicating risk.
