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Houston Methodist's CAMPER Designs MRSA‑Killing Peptide
Houston Methodist researchers unveiled CAMPER, an AI-driven platform that rapidly designs antimicrobial peptides, including WP‑CAMPER1, which showed potent activity against MRSA in lab tests, addressi
Weill Cornell Captures TMEM16F Scramblase at Near-Atomic Resolution
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have captured the first near-atomic-scale images of the TMEM16F scramblase in both active and inactive states by embedding it in artificial liposomes, revealing a no
Kinship Interlocks Lift Upper‑Class Persistence 82%
A new sociological study reveals that family ties—dubbed kinship interlocks—significantly boost the persistence of wealth, status, and power across generations, especially among heteronormative, racia
Bacteria Burst Open to Share Resistance Genes
John Innes Centre researchers identified a three-gene system called LypABC that makes bacteria burst open and release virus-like DNA couriers — a repurposed immune mechanism that helps spread antibiot
Texas A&M Reopens NASA Centrifuge for Moon, Mars Studies
Texas A&M University is bringing a long-dormant NASA centrifuge back online, creating a new U.S. facility for studying how the human body responds to lunar and Martian gravity during extended simulate
UH study: Highlighting prison achievements boosts job help
University of Houston research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology finds that formerly incarcerated people who voluntarily disclose their record while highlighting prison-earned achievement
Kyushu yields 921 mmol g⁻¹ H₂ from methanol via iron‑UV
Kyushu University scientists have demonstrated a UV‑driven, iron‑ion process that splits methanol into hydrogen at a rate of 921 mmol · h⁻¹ · g⁻¹, matching top catalysts and offering a low‑cost route
Sparkling Water Gives Small Metabolic Boost, Study Finds
A BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health analysis finds that drinking sparkling water may modestly boost glucose uptake and metabolism, but the effect is too small to serve as a weight‑loss solution.
FGF21 Reverses Mouse Obesity Through Hindbrain Circuit
University of Oklahoma researchers have identified a brain circuit in the hindbrain through which the hormone FGF21 reverses obesity in mice, revealing a metabolic-boosting mechanism distinct from the
Brazilian Team Supercharges CAR-NK Cells Against Tumors
Researchers in Brazil engineered CAR-NK cells with 2B4 and DAP12 costimulatory components, significantly boosting their ability to destroy tumor cells. Combining these activation signals with temporar
Preconception X-ray alters offspring mtDNA in mice
Hokkaido University researchers report that X-ray exposure in mice before conception reduced mitochondrial DNA copy numbers in the brains and livers of their offspring, with the effect depending on wh
Agrovoltaic tomato system halves water, trades 20% yield
Two Spanish universities showed that growing tomatoes under solar panels with reduced irrigation is more land-efficient than farming and energy production on separate plots, cutting water use by about
Methylsiloxanes Found in Air at 1000x PFAS Levels
A new study reveals that large molecular methylsiloxanes, a previously overlooked class of synthetic pollutants, are widespread in the atmosphere at unexpectedly high levels, raising concerns about hu
JWST Little Red Dots Back Heavy-Seed Black Holes
Astronomers using JWST data on mysterious Little Red Dots find that the 'heavy seed' model of black hole formation—direct collapse of primordial gas clouds—better explains these early-universe superma
Brodeur Study Finds 85% Social Papers Reproducible
A new Nature study led by Abel Brodeur finds that 85% of recent social‑science papers are computationally reproducible, suggesting that open‑science practices have strengthened research reliability si
Mass‑spectrometry reads 2 M Antarctic dust grains
A new mass‑spectrometry technique lets scientists examine over two million individual dust particles from Antarctic ice, uncovering a shared source of dust during the last Ice Age and detailing shifts
Bar-Ilan Runs 23 Quantum Channels on One Light Beam
Bar-Ilan University researchers demonstrated that a single beam of light can carry 23 simultaneous secure quantum channels, using ultrafast detection to break the measurement bottleneck that has limit
Laser pulses show rugby‑ball shape of neptunium fermium
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have developed a laser‑pulse technique that can probe the decay of radioactive nuclei in seconds. Their thesis shows that the heavy elements neptunium and f
Xa48 gene discovery enables disease-resistant rice breeding
Scientists in China have cloned a new broad-spectrum bacterial blight resistance gene, Xa48, revealing how it balances immunity and yield in rice and enabling more resilient crop breeding.
Study finds red‑hair gene selected for 10,000 years
A comprehensive genetic analysis of 16,000 ancient and 6,000 modern Europeans reveals that the red‑hair gene and related traits have been actively selected for over the past 10,000 years, proving that
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