Scientists know that age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, but aging alone doesn't explain why some people develop the condition while others do not.

14 Oct 2026

Biochemists Map the Cellular Machinery Behind Nuclear Pore Construction

The cells of higher organisms such as mammals, flies and fungi enclose their genetic material in a nucleus.

14 Oct 2026

Metagenomic Sequencing Reveals Widespread Resistance Across Estuarine Bacteria

Marine bacteria have evolved to bypass the copper-based coatings placed under ships to stop the growth of barnacles, algae, and other marine life.

14 Oct 2026

New Dianjunaceae Fungal Family Traces Its Origins Back to Dinosaur Extinction

Deep in the forests of Yunnan, China, scientists have discovered a 'fungal giant' that challenges our understanding of how large fungi can become.

14 Oct 2026

New AI Model Decodes the Language of Immune Cell Movement

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and collaborating institutions in Texas developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that helps explain how immune cells find their way to specific locations in the body and why they avoid others.

14 Oct 2026

Massive Tumor Cell Analysis Reveals Secret Mechanism Behind Pancreatic Cancer Resistance

A new analysis of nearly half a million cells from dozens of pancreatic tumors, led by researchers at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center and New York University (NYU), reveals how pancreatic cancer cells continuously reshape their genetic makeup over time, enabling them to evade treatment.

14 Oct 2026

Improving CRISPR-Based Diagnostics for Sensitive Detection of Infectious RNA Viruses

Scientists have long used a powerful gene-editing tool called CRISPR to make precise changes to DNA.

14 Oct 2026

Time Capsule Fungus Offers Opportunity for Rare Glimpse into 50 Years of Wheat Disease Evolution

A pair of tiny glass vials sealed away for half a century could provide novel insights into one of Australia's most damaging wheat diseases when a 50-year-old time capsule is opened on October 17, 2026.

13 Oct 2026

Transcriptional Repression Mechanism Prevents Protective Immune Pathways From Triggering Autoimmunity

A preclinical study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center has discovered how a protein called ZBTB44 helps prevent excessive immune activity that can cause inflammation in the colon, the main section of the large intestine. The findings, published in Nature Immunology, may help explain how immune responses go awry in a range of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases

13 Oct 2026

Wild Discoveries Unearthed in Curtin’s Global BioBlitz

A green iguana, the world’s smallest otter species and an invasive freshwater jellyfish were among the unexpected discoveries from Curtin University’s BioBlitz at its Perth, Singapore and Malaysia campuses recently.

12 Oct 2026

The Story Behind the Butterfly’s Enhanced Visual World of Color

Many insects see the world through hundreds of tiny lenses that are grouped together in a visual organ known as the compound eye. Behind each lens sits a cluster of eight light-detecting cells arranged in a pattern that scientists believe has existed for hundreds of millions of years.

10 Oct 2026

Nagoya University Team Identifies BCAT1 Enzyme as Key Driver of Cardiac Fibrosis

Heart failure often develops after a heart attack because excessive collagen-based scar tissue forms during repair. While collagen is necessary to reinforce scars, disease and chronic inflammation can cause overproduction, which stiffens the heart muscle and impairs its pumping ability.

10 Oct 2026

Three-Dimensional Genome Architecture Actively Dictates Phenotypic Novelties in Octopuses

Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish, collectively known as coleoid cephalopods, have evolved exceptionally large and elaborately structured nervous systems capable of complex behaviors such as problem-solving and rapid camouflage.

10 Oct 2026

Microbe Retains Self-Replication Machinery While Discarding Almost All Metabolic Pathways

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown microorganism, which has the smallest genome ever found, that is possibly able to replicate and express its own genetic information.

10 Oct 2026

Epigenetic DNA Methylation Clocks Track Gradual Cellular Rejuvenation Across Fifty Days

Researchers from the University Hospital of Bonn and the University of Bonn have succeeded in dramatically rejuvenating human cells in a test tube. To do so, they directly reprogrammed red blood cell precursors into stem cells from which neurons can be derived. During this process, the molecular clocks that indicate a cell's age were reset.

10 Oct 2026

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Maps Neuroblastoma Intratumoral Heterogeneity

Neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumor found outside of the brain in children, yet why some children respond well to treatment while others do not has remained poorly understood. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists and their collaborators built one of the most comprehensive datasets of neuroblastoma cells to date, using it to define the tumor's cell types and identify a gene signature marking a malignant cell population tied to poor prognosis.

10 Oct 2026

Two Amino-Acid Changes Reveal the Origin of a Key Tea Enzym

Theanine is synthesized mainly in tea roots from glutamate and ethylamine.

9 Oct 2026

How a Single Transcription Factor Keeps Chinese Cabbage From Bolting Too Early

Bolting time is a critical agronomic trait in Brassica campestris. Once the plant shifts from producing edible leaves to flowering, leaf production ceases, leading to rapid deterioration of yield and quality.

9 Oct 2026

Ancient Peptide Signals Shape Apple Root Regeneration

Apple production depends heavily on grafting, making rootstock traits central to water and nutrient uptake, stress resilience, and orchard performance.

9 Oct 2026

Granular Genetic Risk Prediction Enables Early Detection of Hearing Loss

The team, composed of investigators from clinical audiology, ear surgery and general otolaryngology, was led by co-first author Andie DeFreese, AuD, a clinical audiologist and PhD candidate in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt Health.

9 Oct 2026