/ en-us ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The maternal–fetal interface is the meeting point for maternal and fetal cells during pregnancy. It's long been understood as an area of conflict, where the placenta—a fetal organ—invades the mother to access nutrients. /news/2025-09-cooperation-competition-fetal-maternal-cells.html Evolution Molecular & Computational biology Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:40:03 EDT news676568401 The tongues of chameleons and salamanders might not seem like the inspiration for tomorrow's engineering breakthroughs, but inside the Deban Laboratory at the University of South Florida, biology and engineering are colliding to reveal how nature's designs could one day help solve challenges on Earth and beyond. /news/2025-09-videos-high-tongues-salamanders-chameleons.html Plants & Animals Biotechnology Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:10:03 EDT news676566120 Organ donors can save lives, for example, those of patients with kidney failure. Unfortunately, there are too few donors, and the waiting lists are long. 3D bioprinting of (parts of) organs may offer a solution to this shortage in the future. But printing living tissues, bioprinting, is extremely complex and challenging. /news/2025-09-ai-printer-partner-tissue.html Biotechnology Health informatics Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:17:05 EDT news676293421 The textile and meat-processing industries produce billions of tons of waste annually in the form of feathers, wool and hair, all of which are rich in keratin—the strong, fibrous protein found in hair, skin and nails. /news/2025-09-sustainable-keratin-leftover-wool-feathers.html Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:44:21 EDT news676219451 A synthetic cell that can be activated by a magnetic field to release a medicine while deep in the body has been created by chemists at UCL (University College London) and the University of Oxford. /news/2025-09-magnetic-nanoparticles-synthetic-cells-enable.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:26:04 EDT news676211162 Researchers have developed a powerful tool capable of scanning thousands of biological samples to detect transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) modifications—tiny chemical changes to RNA molecules that help control how cells grow, adapt to stress and respond to diseases such as cancer and antibiotic‑resistant infections. This tool opens up new possibilities for science, health care and industry—from accelerating disease research and enabling more precise diagnostics, to guiding the development of more effective medical treatments for diseases such as cancer and antibiotic‑resistant infections. /news/2025-09-automated-tool-enables-rapid-large.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:15:04 EDT news676134901 Researchers at EPFL have created the first 4D lipid atlas of vertebrate development, revealing how fats shape our bodies from embryo to organism. /news/2025-09-lipid-blueprint-vertebrate-life-4d.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:17:04 EDT news676113422 Brain–computer interfaces are technologies that enable direct communication between brain activity and external devices, enabling researchers to monitor and interpret brain signals in real time. These connections often involve arrays of tiny, hair-like electrodes called "microelectrodes" which are implanted within the brain to record or stimulate electrical activity. /news/2025-09-hybrid-nanotube-electrodes-safer-brain.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:10:04 EDT news676112998 The notion of a phased array was initially articulated by Nobel Prize recipient K. F. Braun. Phased arrays have subsequently evolved into a formidable mechanism for wave manipulation. This assertion holds particularly true in the realm of ultrasound, wherein arrays composed of ultrasound-generating transducers are employed in various applications, including therapeutic ultrasound, tissue engineering, and particle manipulation. /news/2025-09-programmable-dynamic-ultrasound-wavefront.html Condensed Matter Optics & Photonics Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:20:03 EDT news676109640 Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a novel framework for understanding and controlling the flow behavior of granular hydrogels—a class of material made up of densely packed, microscopic gel particles with promising applications in medicine, 3D bioprinting, and tissue repair. /news/2025-09-advanced-granular-hydrogel-mechanics-biomedical.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:18:04 EDT news676052281 The Amazon is the world's largest tropical forest, home to unmatched biodiversity and one of the planet's longest rivers. Besides the Amazon River, the Amazon rainforest also features "flying rivers:" invisible streams of vapor that travel through the atmosphere, fueling rainfall both within the forest and far beyond its boundaries. /news/2025-09-amazon-trees-rainfall-dry-season.html Earth Sciences Environment Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:20:04 EDT news676045201 With the power to rewrite the genetic code underlying countless diseases, CRISPR holds immense promise to revolutionize medicine. But until scientists can deliver its gene-editing machinery safely and efficiently into relevant cells and tissues, that promise will remain out of reach. /news/2025-08-crispr-efficiency-triples-lab-dna.html Bio & Medicine Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:00:03 EDT news675675301 A plant's number one priority is to grow—a feat that demands sunlight, nutrients, and water. If just one of these three inputs is missing, like water in a drought, growth halts. You might then think that at the end of that drought, the plant would jump right back into growing. Instead, its priorities shift. /news/2025-08-prioritize-immunity-growth-recovery-drought.html Plants & Animals Agriculture Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:57:27 EDT news675856633 Since its release in 2024, the open-source platform BindCraft, developed at EPFL, has already disrupted the world of protein design. ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵical interactions between proteins influence anything from cell signaling and growth to immune responses, so the ability to control these interactions is of great interest to biologists. /news/2025-08-source-ai-platform-democratize-protein.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:04:04 EDT news675687841 EPFL researchers have developed Systema, a new tool to evaluate how well AI models work when predicting the effects of genetic perturbations. /news/2025-08-advanced-ai-simple-genetic-perturbation.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:20:03 EDT news675602086 From mushrooms that cast a soft green glow to plankton that glimmers sparkling blue, glowing plants are nothing new to nature. Now, scientists are bringing that light to houseplants. /news/2025-08-dark-succulents-recharge-sunlight-pave.html Plants & Animals Biotechnology Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:00:03 EDT news675354707 Zebrafish midline tissues coordinate their growth during embryonic development using a leader-follower strategy described by formation control, as reported by researchers from Japan and the U.S. The notochord leads elongation, while adjacent tissues grow and migrate with it in response to fibroblast growth factor gradients, cadherin-2-mediated cell adhesion, and mechanosensory Yap signaling. The researchers could replicate this behavior using a mathematical model, revealing a control theory-based principle for harmonized tissue development in embryos. /news/2025-08-theory-reveals-zebrafish-tissues-align.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:58:03 EDT news675442678 Researchers in McGill's Department of Mechanical Engineering have discovered a safe and low-cost method of engineering living materials such as tissues, organs and blood clots. By simply vibrating these materials as they form, scientists can dramatically influence how strong or weak they become. /news/2025-08-safe-scalable-vibration-technique-lab.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:50:06 EDT news675355266 The complex 3D shapes of brains, lungs, eyes, hands, and other vital bodily structures emerge from the way in which flat 2D sheets of cells fold during embryonic development. Now, researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a novel way to use light to influence an animal's own proteins in order to control folding in live embryos. /news/2025-08-tissue-origami.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:02:08 EDT news674985716 New research from Tulane University found that brown anole lizards in New Orleans carry the highest blood-lead levels ever recorded in a vertebrate—amounts that would be lethal to most other animals—yet they appear unaffected. /news/2025-08-resistant-lizards-orleans-clues-combating.html Plants & Animals Ecology Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:31:03 EDT news674983857 A new study led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, University of Greenwich, and the Technical University of Denmark could provide a cost-effective and sustainable solution to help tackle the devastating decline in honeybees. /news/2025-08-bees-superfoods-supplement-boosts-colony.html Plants & Animals Biotechnology Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:00:05 EDT news674841241 A team of Johns Hopkins engineers has developed a new, more powerful method to observe molecular vibrations, an advance that could have far-reaching implications for early disease detection. /news/2025-08-class-quantum-sensors-faint-molecular.html Optics & Photonics Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:37:13 EDT news674739425 Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a method to more precisely heat up gold nanoparticles to target and destroy cancerous tumors. Using imaging methods that combine light and sound to peer deeper into tissue, the team was better able to track and heat up nanoparticles to destroy a bladder cancer tumor in an animal model. The research is published in the journal Science Advances. /news/2025-08-based-thermometer-gold-nanoparticles-destroy.html Bio & Medicine Mon, 18 Aug 2025 09:09:19 EDT news674726954 More than one-sixth of adults around the world experience infertility in their lifetime. There is a high unmet need not only for increased access to affordable, high-quality fertility care for those in need but, importantly, also for new biomedical solutions that can address the root causes of infertility. /news/2025-08-lab-grown-stem-cells-key.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Sun, 17 Aug 2025 06:24:48 EDT news674630549 A research team has developed a nanobody-based technology that can precisely identify and attack only lung cancer cells, opening new possibilities for cancer therapy. /news/2025-08-precision-nanobody-drone-lung-cancer.html Bio & Medicine Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:49:04 EDT news674470142 Similar to the way the caps on the ends of a shoelace prevent it from fraying, telomeres—regions of repetitive DNA sequences and a protein structure—protect the tips of chromosomes from damage. /news/2025-08-telomerase-rna-polygenic-scores-reveal.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:27:04 EDT news674411221 Scientists at the University of Alabama have developed a bio-engineered molecule that uses a natural compound to both target and treat inflammation. /news/2025-08-custom-nanoparticle-anti-inflammatory-potential.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:05:00 EDT news674402694 Sugars known as glycans form dense envelopes around cells. But they're often ignored in biological investigations because, unlike DNA, proteins and other cellular components, tools to study them are lacking. A new technology, presented by University at Buffalo scientists in a study published in Nature Communications, aims to break this barrier. /news/2025-08-scientists-reengineer-enzyme-diseases-sugar.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:14:40 EDT news674392469 Researchers have captured the first clear view of the hidden architecture that helps shape a simple multicellular organism, showing how cells work together to build complex life forms. /news/2025-08-algae-reveal-geometry-life.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:09:03 EDT news674392141 Exosomes, naturally derived vesicles responsible for intercellular communication, are emerging as next-generation drug delivery systems capable of transporting therapeutics to specific cells. However, their tightly packed, cholesterol-rich membranes make it extremely difficult to encapsulate large molecules such as mRNA or proteins. /news/2025-08-drug-technique-cubosome-based-method.html Bio & Medicine Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:53:03 EDT news674304781