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Single-cell microdevice isolates and profiles extracellular vesicles over weeks
Extracellular vesicles and particles are central to how cells communicate, especially in cancer, where they help shape metastasis and treatment resistance. Howe...
Signaling output genes shed light on evolutionary crossroads of vertebrates
New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a crucial piece in the puzzle of how all animals with a spine—including all mammals, fish, reptile...
Satellite study reveals 24.2 billion ton annual groundwater loss in High Mountain Asia
A recent satellite-based study has uncovered alarming declines in groundwater storage across High Mountain Asia (HMA), widely known as the "Asian Water Tower."...
Moving closer to 'true' equine IVF for clinical use
Three years ago, Penn Vet researchers reported a major breakthrough in equine assisted reproduction. Katrin Hinrichs, Harry Werner Endowed Professor of Equine M...
How topological surfaces boost clean energy catalysts
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a key process in fuel cells and metal-air batteries, technologies expected to play a central role in a low-carbon energy...
Hard-to-synthesize materials revived using AI: An LLM-based materials redesign technology
A research team led by Prof. Yousung Jung of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University (SNU) has developed an innovativ...
Study identifies 10 online opportunities to transform climate crisis messaging
After analyzing how the climate crisis is addressed in digital media and on digital platforms, Ángela Alonso-Jurnet, a researcher in the Gureiker group at the U...
Scientists have identified unique sounds for 8 fish species
Have you ever wished you could swim like a fish? How about speak like one? In a paper recently published in the Journal of Fish Biology, our team from the Unive...
How AI and new sensing tools are reshaping collective animal behavior research
A perspective in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface argues that advances in AI, sensing technologies and modeling are transforming the study of collecti...
Voices of the Victorians analyzed in new research about northern accent development
The Barrow-in-Furness accent is very different from the rest of Lancashire and Cumbria because of an intense mixing and rapid population change in the late 1800...
Huayuan biota decodes Earth's first Phanerozoic mass extinction
Around 540 million years ago, Earth's biosphere underwent a pivotal transformation, shifting from a microbe-dominated world to one teeming with animal life, as...
Tropical weather cycles linked to faster Arctic ice loss in autumn
When it comes to global warming and climate change, we often hear news stories about tipping points where Earth's systems shift into a new and dangerous state....