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Researchers Identify Genetic Factors Enabling Deadly E. coli Strains to Infect

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have identified how certain dangerous bacteria are spread.

12 Sep 2026

Genetically Modified Bacterial Enzyme Breaks Down Dense Polyurethane Plastics

Your favorite pair of tennies, kicks, or trainers may soon become a little more sustainable. In a study publishing September 11 in the Cell Press journal Chem Catalysis, researchers have developed a new kind of enzyme based on a bacterium found in compost that can degrade the polyurethane material in shoe foams.

12 Sep 2026

Research Reveals Molecular Link Between Matrix Protein Motifs and Ameloblast Organization

Tooth enamel looks simple from the outside and consists of a hard, smooth surface built to withstand years of wear.

12 Sep 2026

Study Redefines Structural Framework of Primate Cone Photoreceptor Outer Segments

For over 60 years, scientists have debated a basic structural question about cone photoreceptors, the cells that let vertebrates see color: are their light-sensing disk membranes closed off inside the cell, or are they open to the extracellular space?

12 Sep 2026

Hybrid Microscopy Platform Tracks Neuronal Activity and Oxygen Delivery Simultaneously

The brain is a black box of densely packed neurons, blood vessels and immune cells, all locked away in a sealed skull. Washington University in St. Louis’ Song Hu has dedicated his career to unlocking that puzzle box by developing new ways to “see” inside, and his team’s newest innovation could give researchers a new view of how brain cells and blood vessels work together and what happens when the coupling between the two breaks down.

12 Sep 2026

Inhibiting Immune Pathway Restores Capacity to Eliminate Non-Dividing Senescent Cells

A team led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators has identified a protein that may hide aging cells from the body’s immune system, allowing them to build up and contribute to age-related health problems.

12 Sep 2026

Study Uncovers Hidden Human "Dark Proteome" Members Across Protein Models

Hundreds of millions of proteins make up the known protein universe, but most remain largely unexplored. Inside the human body, thousands of these dark proteins remain mysteries. Scientists may know they exist, but not what they do or why they matter.

12 Sep 2026

Spatial Imaging Maps YAP Pathway Activity in Hepatic Stellate Cells

UCLA researchers have identified a pathway in liver cells that may explain how statins could help prevent or slow the development of liver cancer associated with fatty liver disease.

12 Sep 2026

Engineered Citrus Enzyme Transforms Upstream Precursors Into Bioactive Flavones

Polymethoxyflavones (PMFs) accumulate mainly in the colored outer peel, or flavedo, of citrus fruit and are associated with anticancer, anti-inflammatory, metabolic-protective, and neuroprotective activities reported in experimental studies.

12 Sep 2026

Researchers Locate Cortical Cells That Actively Trigger Brain Sleep

What makes the brain fall asleep? For nearly a century, scientists have looked to structures deep within the brain for the answer.

12 Sep 2026

Scientists Identify Molecular Mechanism Behind Persistent Obesity and Weight Relapse

Two enduring biological mysteries have remained unsolved for decades: why almost everyone who loses weight gains it back, no matter how they lost it, and why obesity passes from mother to child at rates that diet and environment cannot explain. Now, scientists from Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University have identified why.

11 Sep 2026

New Insights Into How Giant-Nucleus Cells Promote Early-Stage Cancer Growth

Iron is an essential micronutrient, but excess iron can damage cells and increase cancer risk. While many cells die from iron-induced oxidative stress, a subset survives and may become cancerous. Previously, the identity of these surviving cells was unclear.

11 Sep 2026

CRISPR-Combo Technology Accelerates Plant Regeneration for Hard-to-Breed Perennial Crop Varieties

Editing a plant’s genes is only half the battle. Before a new, improved trait can ever reach a farmer’s field, scientists must be able to grow a whole plant from just a few edited cells — a process that can be slow, unreliable and, for some plant species, impossible.

11 Sep 2026

Unlocking the Genetic History of Grasses for Future Food Security Solutions

An international team of scientists, including Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Member Emerita Elizabeth "Toby" Kellogg, PhD, has produced a chromosome-level genome assembly that offers a new view of the earliest evolution of grasses, the plant family that includes many of the world's most important food crops.

11 Sep 2026

Reprogramming Tumor Immune Microenvironment to Combat Aggressive Glioblastoma Brain Cancer

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a potential new approach to treating glioblastoma that could help the immune system fight the aggressive brain cancer while improving the effectiveness of existing chemotherapy.

11 Sep 2026

Researchers Decode High-Pressure Survival Strategy of Deep-Sea Bacteria

Life in the deep sea is under immense pressure—literally. Such extreme conditions can disrupt the delicate structures of proteins essential to life. Yet somehow, the proteins in deep-sea creatures remain functional. This raises an intriguing question: how?

11 Sep 2026

New AI Model Unites Protein Sequences and Structures for Evolutionary Insights

An international team of researchers, including Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science Tokyo, has developed a protein language model that brings together two fundamental sources of information about proteins: their amino acid sequences and their three-dimensional structures.

11 Sep 2026

Molecular Circuit Linking Abscisic Acid Signaling to Tanshinone Production Uncovered

Salvia miltiorrhiza, also known as Danshen, is a highly regarded traditional Chinese medicine widely used for treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Its medicinal properties are largely attributed to tanshinones-a group of more than 40 diterpenoid quinone compounds, including tanshinone I, tanshinone IIA, and cryptotanshinone, which predominantly accumulate in the plant's roots.

11 Sep 2026

Hidden Immune Cells May Hold Key to Tackling Female Infertility

University of Manchester scientists have uncovered a hidden role for immune cells in the womb, opening the door to new treatments for infertility, miscarriage and other reproductive conditions that affect millions of women worldwide.

10 Sep 2026

‘Parachute Science’ is Failing the World’s Tropical Insects

Monash University scientists have developed a new global framework to tackle a major blind spot in biodiversity conservation: insects underpin ecosystems and food production but remain largely invisible to conservation efforts across the tropics.

10 Sep 2026

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Researchers Identify Genetic Factors Enabling Deadly E. coli Strains to Infect

Genetically Modified Bacterial Enzyme Breaks Down Dense Polyurethane Plastics

Research Reveals Molecular Link Between Matrix Protein Motifs and Ameloblast Organization

Study Redefines Structural Framework of Primate Cone Photoreceptor Outer Segments

Hybrid Microscopy Platform Tracks Neuronal Activity and Oxygen Delivery Simultaneously

Inhibiting Immune Pathway Restores Capacity to Eliminate Non-Dividing Senescent Cells

Study Uncovers Hidden Human "Dark Proteome" Members Across Protein Models

Spatial Imaging Maps YAP Pathway Activity in Hepatic Stellate Cells

Engineered Citrus Enzyme Transforms Upstream Precursors Into Bioactive Flavones

Researchers Locate Cortical Cells That Actively Trigger Brain Sleep

Scientists Identify Molecular Mechanism Behind Persistent Obesity and Weight Relapse

New Insights Into How Giant-Nucleus Cells Promote Early-Stage Cancer Growth

CRISPR-Combo Technology Accelerates Plant Regeneration for Hard-to-Breed Perennial Crop Varieties

Unlocking the Genetic History of Grasses for Future Food Security Solutions

Reprogramming Tumor Immune Microenvironment to Combat Aggressive Glioblastoma Brain Cancer

Researchers Decode High-Pressure Survival Strategy of Deep-Sea Bacteria

New AI Model Unites Protein Sequences and Structures for Evolutionary Insights

Molecular Circuit Linking Abscisic Acid Signaling to Tanshinone Production Uncovered

Hidden Immune Cells May Hold Key to Tackling Female Infertility

‘Parachute Science’ is Failing the World’s Tropical Insects

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