A UCLA-led international research collaboration has unveiled a new technology that may help scientists better understand how small molecules, including many drugs, bind to proteins. The invention works with an existing lab method called photo-crosslinking. The paper is published in the journal Nature Chemistry. [...]
Anusuyabai Pandekar and her daughter-in-law Mandabai sit facing each other beside a stone grindmill. The mill is still. No grain rests between its stones. No flour gathers at the edges. Instead it sits between them like an object from another time. [...]
Antiferromagnetic materials, with antiparallel atomic spins and zero net magnetization, are fast and resistant to external magnetic interference, making them ideal for high-speed, high-density spintronic devices. However, their zero net magnetization makes conventional imaging difficult, as neutron- or synchrotron-based methods have limited resolution and cannot easily probe microscopic regions or interfaces. [...]
New sociological research shows that while many young adults are leaving organized religious institutions, they are not abandoning spirituality or belief. Instead, they're practicing their faith in more personal, values-driven ways—a phenomenon the authors call "DIY faith." [...]
Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage biotechnology company powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI), today announced advancements to its unified AI framework for drug target discovery, integrating its previously introduced Target Identification Pro (TargetPro) and Target Identification Benchmark (TargetBench 1.0) into a validated system designed to improve the accuracy, reliability, and scalability of early-stage drug development. [...]
Archaeologists recently analyzed a broken, decorative cup found unexpectedly on a Spanish farm. The cup appears to represent Hadrian's Wall—a place 2,000 miles away—and a time period almost 2,000 years ago. The new study, published in Britannia, links the cup to several other vessels with similar attributes and suggests it was brought to Spain by a soldier serving at Hadrian's Wall. [...]
IPOs are headline-grabbing events. But public companies raise even more capital through post-IPO issuances of shares, also known as seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). In 2025, total SEO proceeds topped $175 billion, as compared to approximately $47 billion for IPOs. [...]
When Hurricane Maria made its ferocious landfall on the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico in September 2017, the loss extended beyond several thousand human lives: The damage to the island's natural ecosystems, including its iconic rainforests and tropical dry forests, was catastrophic. [...]
Trying to untangle a knot in a mess of strings can be frustrating and time-consuming. But not so for molecular machines—molecules that convert chemical energy into mechanical work and motion. Machines from the AAA+ family, which exist in the cells of all living organisms from bacteria to humans, can, among their many functions, recognize misfolded protein chains and swiftly unravel them. [...]
Imagine that a government builds a five-star airport without any roads leading to it. The terminal is immaculate, the runway is regulation length—but there is simply no way to get there. [...]
A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the early universe in recent years. A "X-ray dot" found by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory could explain what these objects are. A paper describing the results is published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. [...]
An early ninth-century manuscript containing a text of the first known poem in the English language has been discovered in Rome by researchers from Trinity College Dublin. The newly-discovered manuscript in the National Central Library of Rome of Caedmon's Hymn dates from between the years 800 and 830, making it the third oldest surviving text of the poem. [...]
Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo have developed a simple and efficient method for synthesizing polyfunctionalized biaryls without transition-metal catalysts or complex multistep prefunctionalization. Through an innovative substrate design strategy, the researchers achieved a benzidine-type sigmatropic rearrangement of nitroarenes that efficiently produces the desired biaryls in high yields. This approach offers precise control over the reaction pathway, enabling the synthesis of diverse organic compounds, thereby benefiting many industries. [...]
Scientists have used an online game to discover the secrets of animal camouflage—such as why tigers have stripes. The study, by the universities of Exeter and Bristol, reveals that high-contrast markings like tiger stripes are harder to see in sunshine, and in complex 3D habitats such as tall grass or forest undergrowth. [...]
English farmers shrank their environmental footprint between 2010 and 2021, with decreases in several key areas, including greenhouse gas emissions, fertilizer overuse and cattle populations, reports a new study by Yusheng Zhang and Adrian Collins of Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom, published in PLOS One. [...]
Ever had that moment when a song comes on and it feels strangely familiar, like it reminds you of another song that came out just a few months ago? If you feel this phenomenon has become more frequent, then you are not imagining it. Science agrees with you. A recent study found that Western music is not only starting to sound more alike but is also becoming less structurally complex than in the past. [...]
An international team of Earth scientists led by Utrecht professor Douwe van Hinsbergen has developed an online tool that allows you to see, for any given location on Earth, what latitude it occupied in the distant past, right back to the heyday of the supercontinent Pangea 320 million years ago. The work has been published in PLOS One. [...]
Researchers at the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan, and The University of Tokyo, Japan, in collaboration with Kyushu University, Japan, have developed a new class of biocompatible molecular quantum nanosensors (MoQNs) that operate inside living cells. [...]
Sequencing environmental DNA—or eDNA—from the East River in New York City can effectively monitor human diets and local wildlife, as well as the river's fish populations, report Mark Stoeckle and Jesse Ausubel of The Rockefeller University, U.S., in a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One. [...]
A research team from the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP-CERCA) has led the paleohistological study of Ampelomeryx ginsburgi, a giraffomorph ruminant from the Middle Miocene recovered at the Els Casots site (Catalonia, Spain). Through microscopic analysis of bone tissues, the researchers were able to determine that this peculiar animal reached skeletal maturity at three years of age, while reproductive maturity began around the second year. [...]
Firefighters are battling two destructive blazes in the southern part of the state as drought grips the U.S. Southeast. An extreme drought that has gripped the Southeast for months helped fuel two large, destructive, human-caused wildland fires in southern Georgia in April 2026. The Pineland Road and Highway 82 fires together burned more than 50,000 acres (20,000 hectares) as of April 28, according to the Georgia Forestry Commission. [...]
The latest statistics show that at least 14.77 million people around the globe suffer from protein-energy malnutrition. To revitalize traditional staples, scientists propose biofortifying cereals, as replacing just 5% of refined carbohydrates with protein significantly reduces the risk of non-communicable diseases. [...]
In advance of the construction of the SuedOstLink high-voltage direct current transmission line, archaeological investigations were carried out in the Salzland district by the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology (LDA) Saxony-Anhalt, in close coordination with the transmission system operator 50Hertz. A pit dating back to the early Neolithic period, already unearthed in 2024 near Alsleben, is now revealing its secrets: The find contains the remains of at least 12 beavers, which were likely hunted for their fur. [...]
Over the past 50 years, nearly 4 in 10 peace agreements have failed within five years of signing. New research shows that when international partners help implement an accord, the odds improve—and the deeper their engagement, the better. [...]
A research team led by Prof. Hao Ning of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Anhui University and the University of Science and Technology of China, has identified two distinct types of unusual low-energy quasiparticle states in the kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5 using single-atom impurities as local "quantum probes" combined with scanning tunneling spectroscopy. [...]
You're in the lab analyzing Martian regolith samples within your cozy Mars habitat serving on the fifth human mission to Mars. The power within the habitat has been flowing flawlessly thanks to the MARS-MES (Mars Atmospheric Resource & Multimodal Energy System), including the general habitat lighting, science lab, sleeping quarters, exercise equipment, the virtual reality headsets the crew use for rest & relaxation, oxygen and fuel generation, and water. All this from converting the Martian atmosphere into workable electricity. [...]
The rising popularity of urban beekeeping has raised concerns about honeybee well-being and the impact they might have on wild bee populations in cities. A collaborative study by beekeepers, political stakeholders and research institutions, including researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has resulted in the "Urban Bee Concept," which includes measures to foster co-existence between honeybees and wild bees in cities. The study is published in the journal People and Nature. [...]
Microplastics are now widely distributed throughout the environment—in water, in the air, in the soil and even inside living organisms, including marine life. However, most studies to date have focused on adult fish, including those used for human consumption. The history of these microplastics, however, remained unknown. It was not clear exactly when this contamination begins throughout the life cycle. [...]
Astronomers now estimate there is at least one planet for every star in our galaxy. These worlds, called exoplanets, are planets that orbit stars outside our solar system. But new research from McMaster University reveals a surprising twist: the most common planets in our galaxy don't exist around the most common stars. [...]
Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team has developed a behavior-based safety assessment system capable of measuring construction workers' ability to perceive risks and respond appropriately to them. The team was led by Prof. Changbum R. Ahn of the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering in collaboration with Prof. Jeongmi Lee's team at the Graduate School of Culture Technology at KAIST. [...]