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Environmental Fluctuations Can Help or Hinder Evolution

Every living being must cope with a changing world-summer gives way to winter, one year it floods and the next is a drought.

18 Dec 2025

Kefir-Derived Bacteria Show Potential to Reverse Age-Related Immune Decline

The process of aging is associated with a decline in immune functions and persistent low-level inflammation.

18 Dec 2025

Smart Hydrogel Senses Infected Wounds and Delivers the Right Treatment

The novel hydrogel adapts to wound environments, offering precise antibacterial and regenerative support, addressing the challenges of infected wounds.

18 Dec 2025

Long Non-Coding RNA Found to Directly Control Cell Size

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too large or too small are linked to many diseases.

18 Dec 2025

IPENS Enables Rapid Label-Free 3D Plant Phenotyping

By combining radiance-field reconstruction with SAM2 segmentation, IPENS enables users to obtain precise organ-level geometry from ordinary multi-view images using only a few prompts.

18 Dec 2025

Unlocking the Salutogenic Potential of Microbes

Viruses and bacteria get a bad rap around the world but now Flinders University experts are identifying the positive 'upside' of powerful benefits that microbes have on human health.

18 Dec 2025

A Molecular Tug-of-War Shapes Gene Regulation and Disease

A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and disorders - including cancers, neurodegenerative diseases and immune disorders - originate, as well as how to potentially treat them, according to researchers at Penn State.

18 Dec 2025

Essential Proteins May Have Evolved to Allow Misfolding Repair

Proteins need to fold into specific shapes to perform their functions in cells, but they occasionally misfold, which can prevent them from properly functioning and even lead to disease.

18 Dec 2025

Cell Wall Stiffness Directs Plant Stem Cell Fate

Imagine if our bodies could grow new organs throughout our entire lives. Plants do this constantly, thanks to the tiny, powerful reservoirs of stem cells. But how do these cells know when to divide, and how do they ensure each division is perfectly oriented to build a leaf, a stem, or a flower?

18 Dec 2025

Neuron Anatomy Shapes How the Brain Processes Odor Information

Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, depending on their physical structure.

17 Dec 2025

Specific Gut Bacteria Found to Control Weight and Blood Fat Levels

The gut microbiome is intimately linked to human health and weight. Differences in the gut microbiome-the bacteria and fungi in the gut-are associated with obesity and weight gain, raising the possibility that changing the microbiome could improve health.

17 Dec 2025

Binocular Multispectral Stereo Imaging Enables High-Resolution Plant Phenotyping

The system enables pixel-level alignment between shape and spectral data, allowing detailed visualization of traits like chlorophyll distribution across plant surfaces.

17 Dec 2025

Understanding the Collaborative Role of Metabolic Proteins

A protein that is crucial for the human body in managing energy and regulating appetite depends on a partner protein, as indicated by recent research, and these findings may assist researchers in gaining a deeper understanding of genetic obesity.

17 Dec 2025

Even Giant Hornet Stings Fail to Stop These Frogs From Attacking

Pond frogs' tolerance to hornet venom positions them as key predators and valuable models for studying pain resistance and ecological interactions in nature.

17 Dec 2025

RNAConnect Launches the UltraMarathonRT Direct RNA‑Seq Kit to Advance Nanopore-Based Native RNA Sequencing

RNAConnect, a life science company providing next generation tools to the RNA community, today announced the commercial availability of the UltraMarathonRT® Direct RNA‑Seq (uMRT DRS) Kit, a native‑RNA library preparation solution for Oxford Nanopore Technologies® direct RNA sequencing (SQK-RNA004).

From RNAConnect 17 Dec 2025