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Flinders University researchers built molecular cages embedded in silica that can capture even short-chain PFAS that slip through conventional filters — and the material regenerates itself.
Breakthrough research reveals harmful bacterial sugars spark immune responses that damage brain cells, offering new treatment targets for devastating neurological diseases.
Researchers reveal how cells detect and suppress inefficient genetic instructions through a protein called DHX29.
Research reveals everyday plant compounds like menthol and capsaicin can team up in immune cells to dramatically boost their healing power.
A German research team replaced acid etching with molten salts and iodine vapor to produce perfectly ordered 2D materials — making them viable for radar coatings, flexible electronics, and advanced wireless systems.
Case Western Reserve scientists discovered that harmful glycogen sugars produced by gut bacteria activate immune responses that damage the brain, pointing toward gut-targeted treatments for two devastating diseases.
A previously unknown waste-removal pathway running along the middle meningeal artery could explain how the brain disposes of amyloid proteins and what goes wrong in Alzheimer's disease.
Researchers at the University of Geneva used machine learning to analyze bacterial subspecies in stool, approaching colonoscopy 94% detection rate with a simple non-invasive test.
Breakthrough method captures thousands of neural connections with single-synapse precision, potentially revolutionizing neurodegenerative disease research.
International study argues elite sprinters succeed through individual strengths rather than copying universal form, citing Australian talent Gout Gout as example.
22-meter-wide impact discovered by comparing orbital images reveals Moon is still actively changing from ongoing asteroid and comet strikes.
A 25-laser array using structured infrared beams achieved the highest recorded speed for a chip-scale optical wireless transmitter, pointing toward a light-based alternative to crowded radio spectrum.
A Great Ormond Street and UCL team seeded donor scaffolds with patients' own cells, producing food pipes that grew nerves and blood vessels and allowed normal eating in all eight animal recipients.
Researchers identify gene SLC35F2 as gateway for queuosine absorption, opening new possibilities for memory and cancer treatments.
Only 27 states show rising average temperatures, but 41 states are warming in specific parts of their temperature distributions.
A new error-correction architecture developed with startup Oratomic could accelerate fault-tolerant quantum computing by a decade.
The infant who received a custom-designed gene therapy built specifically for his unique genetic mutation marks his one-year anniversary walking, talking, and helping usher in a new FDA framework for individualized medicine.
A team from CSIRO and RMIT University completed the first full charge-store-discharge cycle of a quantum battery — and found it charges faster the larger it grows, the opposite of every conventional battery ever made.
A landmark trial published in Nature Medicine reports that one injection of a corrective gene into the inner ear transformed profound deafness into functional hearing in every participant — including a seven-year-old girl now having everyday conversations.
A new Alfred Wegener Institute study shows that opening tectonic gateways alone could not have created the world's most powerful ocean current — westerly winds had to align first, and the current itself may have initially flowed only in parts of the Southern Ocean.
A neuro-symbolic system from Tufts University trained in 34 minutes versus 36 hours for a standard baseline, used 1% of its energy, and solved the Tower of Hanoi with 95% accuracy against 34% for deep-learning rivals — pointing to a more efficient path for AI.
TOI-5205 b — a Jupiter-sized world orbiting a tiny red dwarf — has an atmosphere poorer in heavy elements than even its own star, with its bulk interior locking away 100 times more metals than reach the observable atmosphere.
Fossil findings in China reveal complex creatures existed millions of years before the famous Cambrian explosion, rewriting the timeline of animal evolution.
Breakthrough research reveals astrocytes, not just neurons, play crucial role in appetite control through newly identified glucose pathway.
A penny-sized array of 25 infrared lasers transmitted data 4,500 times faster than Wi-Fi 6 in lab tests, using light instead of radio waves in a breakthrough that could transform office, hospital, and factory connectivity.
Megachelicerax cousteaui, an 8-centimeter Cambrian arthropod from Utah described by Harvard researchers in Nature, pushes chelicerate origins back 20 million years and confirms molecular clock predictions about when arachnid ancestors first appeared.
Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History discovered bee nest structures built inside the jaw bones of extinct hutias and ground sloth teeth in a Dominican Republic cave — the first known case of bees nesting in fossil cavities.
Webb's spectroscopic observations of PSR J2322-2650b revealed helium mixed with carbon molecules including C2 and C3 — the same clusters that form diamond precursors — in an atmosphere unlike anything previously observed.
Massive analysis using evolutionary methods finds one-third of proposed linguistic universals have strong statistical support, suggesting shared human cognitive constraints.
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