Researchers Identify miR-423-5p — A Blood Biomarker That Protects Kidney Microvessels
Breakthrough summaryA team at the Centre de recherche du CHUM (CRCHUM), affiliated with Université de Montréal, has iden...
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How a Simple Chemical Spark May Have Linked RNA and Amino Acids at Life’s Dawn
A breakthrough laboratory study from University College London (UCL) reconstructs a plausible chemical step that could h...
Opaque AI Systems Threaten Human Dignity: Why Global Governance and Transparency Matter
AI’s rapid rise and a rights challengeArtificial intelligence technologies—particularly machine learning and deep neural...
Microscopic Tooth Wear Reveals Sauropod Diets, Migration and Niche Partitioning
Scientific background: reading behavior from fossil teethResearchers have begun extracting ecological signals from the s...
NASA’s 2030 Lunar Reactor Plan: Where to Place a Fission Power Source and How to Protect It
Introduction: Strategic power on the MoonOn August 5, 2025, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced an accelerate...
10 Unexpected Waste-to-Fuel Sources Poised to Change the Energy Mix
Waste as an untapped energy resourceAs governments, industries and researchers accelerate decarbonization efforts, atten...
UK Drought Drives Broccoli Shortages and Raises Long-Term Food Security Concerns
What’s happening: crops under heat stressSeveral regions of the United Kingdom are experiencing sustained above-average ...
Maternal Microbes May Shape Fetal Brain Regions Linked to Stress and Social Behavior, Mouse Study Suggests
Recent research in mice indicates that a mother's microbiota can influence development of a brain region tied to stress ...
Supercharging Mitochondria Restores Memory in Mice with Dementia-Like Symptoms
Summary and key findingAn international research team has demonstrated that increasing the activity of mitochondria — th...
Cortisol Cocktails: What the Science Really Says About the TikTok Trend
What is a "cortisol cocktail" and why is it trending?“Cortisol cocktails” are viral wellness drinks promoted on social m...
AI Screening Flags More Than 1,000 Potentially Problematic Open-Access Journals
Researchers using an artificial-intelligence (AI) screening tool have identified over 1,000 open-access journals that sh...
Researchers Pack a Complete Computer Into a Washable Clothing Fiber — Toward Truly Smart Garments
Scientists have demonstrated a flexible, washable "fiber computer" that embeds sensing, computation, communication and s...
New Study Dates Jupiter’s Birth Using Molten Droplets Preserved in Meteorites
Jupiter’s formation left molten fingerprints in early solar system debrisNew research shows that the rapid growth of Jup...
Exercise Slows — and May Reverse — the Body’s Molecular Aging Clock, New Review Finds
Exercise and the molecular clock: a new perspectiveStructured exercise appears to slow molecular aging, with studies sho...
Active Flat Bands in Kagome Superconductors: A New Lever for Quantum Materials Design
Active flat electronic bands have been directly observed in a kagome superconductor, confirming a long-standing theoreti...
Universal mRNA Cancer Vaccine Eliminates Resistant Tumors in Mice, Suggests Broad Immunotherapy Strategy
a possible universal approach to cancer vaccinationResearchers at the University of Florida report a preclinical advance...
Lab Synthesis of Lonsdaleite: First sizable meteorite diamond made in controlled high-pressure experiment
Laboratory breakthrough: meteorite diamond (lonsdaleite) synthesized at scaleScientists have for the first time produced...
Scientists Create Multicolored, Rechargeable Glow-in-the-Dark Succulents Using Phosphor Particles
Chinese researchers have engineered the world's first multicolored, glow-in-the-dark succulents by injecting light-stori...
World’s Largest Solar Telescope Captures Most Detailed Solar Flare Image Yet
Breakthrough High-Resolution Imaging of an X-Class Solar FlareThe Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) in Hawaii has...
80,000-Year-Old Micropoints from Uzbekistan Could Be the Earliest Arrowheads — Implications for Prehistoric Hunting Technology
Discovery and archaeological contextResearchers working at Obi-Rakhmat, a Paleolithic site in northeastern Uzbekistan, h...