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New Research Reveals Strong Public Support for National Parks’ Role in Wellbeing, Nature and Climate Action

A new report from National Parks UK reveals strong public support for the wider role National Parks can play in people's lives, alongside shared concerns about mental wellbeing, nature loss, access to nature and the impacts of climate change.

3 Nov 2026

Hospital Sewer Biofilms Enrich Resistant E coli Across Swedish Facilities

Antibiotics excreted by patients promote antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospital sewers, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

3 Nov 2026

CRISPR Screen Uncovers COMPASS Pathway Role in Suppressing Gut Autoimmunity

3 Nov 2026

Mitochondrial Iron Accumulation Drives Perforin Mediated Cancer Cell Death

For decades, scientists have known that a protein made by T cells and natural killer (NK) cells in the immune system, called perforin, can kill tumor cells by punching a hole in the cell wall and injecting proteases called granzymes, which kill the cell.

2 Nov 2026

Langerhans Cell Projections Transmit Surface Microbial Signals to Stem Cells

As the steadfast protector of the body's interior, the skin must be able to swiftly respond to stressors from the outside world and then return to a steady state in order to maintain everyday operations.

2 Nov 2026

Enzyme Study Proves Active Site Mutations Alone Cannot Dictate Selectivity

Enzymes are the molecular tools of life. They accelerate chemical reactions and are able to distinguish very precisely between molecules that are similar to one another. The high selectivity of many enzymes is key to the production of important medicines such as penicillin and cyclosporine.

2 Nov 2026

New Computational Tool Resolves Evolutionary Paradox of Genome Expansion

A genome contains all of the DNA of every living organism, but its contents don't stop there – most of these structures also contain snippets of DNA that can copy and paste themselves to "infect" a genome, expanding its size. Precisely why that happens remains a mystery.

2 Nov 2026

Are Biodegradable Plastics Really Breaking Down After Disposal?

Findings on biodegradable plastics in landfill leachate reveal complex interactions between polymer chemistry and microbial genetics affecting degradation.

2 Nov 2026

UCLA Health Study Identifies Strategy to Boost Strength and Longevity of Cancer Fighting T Cells

Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a promising new strategy to make cancer-fighting immune cells stronger and potentially longer-lasting, a discovery that could help improve the effectiveness of immunotherapies that use a patient's own immune cells to attack cancer.

31 Oct 2026

Magnetic Field Alteration of Radical Pair Quantum States Demonstrated in Live Organisms

Magnetic fields influence several biological processes, possibly including humans' circadian rhythms and how birds perceive magnetic fields.

31 Oct 2026

Major Virology Breakthrough Identifies Third Known Family of Bacteria Infecting RNA Viruses

Thriving alongside trillions of bacteria in the human digestive tract is a vast population of viruses. Ever since one such denizen of the gut microbiome, known as picobirnavirus, was first spotted decades ago, researchers thought it directly infected human tissue and played a role in gastrointestinal illness.

31 Oct 2026

Science Study Profiles Over 600,000 Cells to Map Gene Activity Across Entire Adult Fish

Viewed from above, Danionella cerebrum offers a rare sight in a vertebrate: its brain, visible through the top of its head. Since the species was adopted for neuroscience research in 2018 and formally described in 2021, the tiny, transparent fish has drawn rapidly growing interest for its unique biology.

31 Oct 2026

Targeting the Blood-Brain Barrier Using Sodium-Dependent Multivitamin Transporter Protein Systems

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have identified a transporter protein with the potential to open new avenues for improving creatine delivery into the brain and for developing other therapies targeting the central nervous system.

31 Oct 2026

Novel Translational Mechanism Selectively Drives Growth Proteins in Common Cancers

A previously unknown mechanism helps cancer cells selectively produce proteins that drive tumor growth - such as KRAS - in common cancers, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

30 Oct 2026

Deciphering the Evolutionary Mechanisms Behind High Enzyme Selectivity

Enzymes are the molecular tools of life. They accelerate chemical reactions and are able to distinguish very precisely between molecules that are similar to one another.

30 Oct 2026

Cytosolic Glucose and Mitochondrial Lactate Oxidation Prevent Energetic Collapse

The heart is the hardest-working muscle in the body, beating constantly no matter what the body’s energy reserves look like.

30 Oct 2026

Aberrant RNA Splicing Generates Immunogenic Neoantigens in Systemic Lupus

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and the University of Washington (UW) have discovered that patients with lupus have unusual mutations that may turn their bodies into battlegrounds.

30 Oct 2026

St. Jude Scientists Discover Gene-Regulatory Pathway Protecting Gut Immune Balance

Trillions of bacteria live in the human gut without triggering an immune response. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have now discovered a gene-regulatory pathway that helps maintain this delicate balance. Published today in Science Advances, they showed that a type of immune cell, regulatory T cells, co-opt a well-known general gene expression pathway called COMPASS to suppress inappropriate immune responses and prevent lethal inflammation and autoimmunity.

30 Oct 2026

Curiox Biosystems Strengthens Commercial Leadership to Expand Adoption of Centrifuge-Free Sample Preparation

Curiox Biosystems Inc (Curiox), a provider of centrifuge-free (C-FREE™) sample preparation technologies for reproducible, automated flow cytometry workflows, today announced the expansion of its senior commercial team and the formation of a Strategic Advisory Board (SAB).

From Curiox Biosystems 30 Oct 2026

Optimizing Laser Pulse Energy for Deep-Brain Imaging Without Tissue Damage

As light travels deeper into the brain, it scatters. Three-photon microscopy, the current state of the art, reduces the resulting background fluorescence and can, in principle, image much deeper than earlier techniques-but to do that, it uses average laser power limits that cause overheating and damage living tissue.

29 Oct 2026

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New Research Reveals Strong Public Support for National Parks’ Role in Wellbeing, Nature and Climate Action

Hospital Sewer Biofilms Enrich Resistant E coli Across Swedish Facilities

CRISPR Screen Uncovers COMPASS Pathway Role in Suppressing Gut Autoimmunity

Mitochondrial Iron Accumulation Drives Perforin Mediated Cancer Cell Death

Langerhans Cell Projections Transmit Surface Microbial Signals to Stem Cells

Enzyme Study Proves Active Site Mutations Alone Cannot Dictate Selectivity

New Computational Tool Resolves Evolutionary Paradox of Genome Expansion

Are Biodegradable Plastics Really Breaking Down After Disposal?

UCLA Health Study Identifies Strategy to Boost Strength and Longevity of Cancer Fighting T Cells

Magnetic Field Alteration of Radical Pair Quantum States Demonstrated in Live Organisms

Major Virology Breakthrough Identifies Third Known Family of Bacteria Infecting RNA Viruses

Science Study Profiles Over 600,000 Cells to Map Gene Activity Across Entire Adult Fish

Targeting the Blood-Brain Barrier Using Sodium-Dependent Multivitamin Transporter Protein Systems

Novel Translational Mechanism Selectively Drives Growth Proteins in Common Cancers

Deciphering the Evolutionary Mechanisms Behind High Enzyme Selectivity

Cytosolic Glucose and Mitochondrial Lactate Oxidation Prevent Energetic Collapse

Aberrant RNA Splicing Generates Immunogenic Neoantigens in Systemic Lupus

St. Jude Scientists Discover Gene-Regulatory Pathway Protecting Gut Immune Balance

Curiox Biosystems Strengthens Commercial Leadership to Expand Adoption of Centrifuge-Free Sample Preparation

Optimizing Laser Pulse Energy for Deep-Brain Imaging Without Tissue Damage

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