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• Protein From Compost Bacteria Could Improve Drug Delivery for Chemotherapy
  Posted on Thursday May 08, 2025
  Learn how a protein derived from compost bacteria could revolutionize drug delivery and reduce the side effects of chemotherapy treatments. Continue Reading »
• Some Medications Used to Treat HIV May Prevent or Delay Alzheimer’s Onset
  Posted on Thursday May 08, 2025
  While investigating how the medicine uses the body’s immune system to ward off HIV symptoms, researchers realized that it could also be applied to Alzheimer’s disease. Continue Reading »
• An Infectious Fungus Can Cause Valley Fever, Creating Health Risks — Here’s What to Know
  Posted on Thursday May 08, 2025
  Learn more about coccidioides, the fungus responsible for valley fever, and what researchers are doing to monitor and track it. Continue Reading »
• Glacier in Antarctica Caught Committing Ice Piracy From Its Neighbor
  Posted on Thursday May 08, 2025
  Learn how and why a glacier is committing “ice piracy” in Antarctica, and what it could mean for rising sea levels. Continue Reading »
• All Major U.S. Cities Are at Risk of Sinking, Not Just Coastal Urban Areas
  Posted on Thursday May 08, 2025
  Rapid groundwater drainage is putting buildings and people within the country’s most populous areas at risk Continue Reading »
• The Tyrannosaurus Rex Origin Story May Not Have Started in North America
  Posted on Thursday May 08, 2025
  New study adds to contentious debate about when, where, and how the massive dinosaur evolved. Continue Reading »
• Artificial Intelligence Could Help Unlock the Secrets of Yellowstone Wolf Populations
  Posted on Thursday May 08, 2025
  Learn about a new partnership that is working to unlock the secrets of wolf howls with acoustic monitoring technology and artificial intelligence. Continue Reading »
• To Avoid Bacteria Buildup, Ditch the Kitchen Sponge and Switch to a Brush Instead
  Posted on Wednesday May 07, 2025
  Learn how your kitchen sponge may be harboring more bacteria than you think, and what a more viable substitute may be. Continue Reading »
• These Genetic On-Off Switches Likely Emerged in Earth’s Earliest Animals
  Posted on Wednesday May 07, 2025
  Learn about the activation and deactivation of genes over long distances of DNA — an ability that emerged in comb jellies and other early animals around 700 million years to 650 million years ago. Continue Reading »
• Crime Scene Investigators Could Soon Identify a Suspect's Face From DNA
  Posted on Wednesday May 07, 2025
  Though the program has obvious crime-fighting uses, it could also pose some legal and ethical challenges. Continue Reading »
• Evidence of Origins of the COVID-19 Outbreak Disputes the Lab Leak Theory
  Posted on Wednesday May 07, 2025
  The COVID-19 virus traveled a similar amount of distance in about the same amount of time as the 2002 SARS virus. Continue Reading »
• Therapy Targeted at Controlling Emotions Could Help Ease Chronic Physical Pain
  Posted on Wednesday May 07, 2025
  Chronic pain patients who participated in group online therapy sessions and completed offline instructional activities reduced their pain level and depression symptoms. Continue Reading »
• Manure Makeover: How Cow Dung Could Be the Future of Sustainable Manufacturing
  Posted on Wednesday May 07, 2025
  Learn how a new method of manufacturing technology could help turn cow manure into one of the most used materials on Earth. Continue Reading »
• Though Bitter, Flavonoids in Black Tea and Berries Could Help Healthy Aging
  Posted on Wednesday May 07, 2025
  Learn about flavonoids — the chemical compounds that are found in black tea, berries, and other foods and beverages — that are associated with healthy aging. Continue Reading »
• When Navigating a Tiny Virtual Town, Children's Brains Create Detailed Maps
  Posted on Tuesday May 06, 2025
  Learn how the brain develops navigational skills at a young age, demonstrated by an experiment in which young children explored a tiny virtual town. Continue Reading »
• Electricity-Conducting Bacteria Could Help Advance Environmental Cleanup
  Posted on Tuesday May 06, 2025
  Learn more about Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, a new species of cable bacteria — named after the Yaqona people — that could assist in environmental cleanup and produce better biomedical devices. Continue Reading »
• Is the Elusive Asian Unicorn Extinct? New Evidence Gives Hope to Finding It
  Posted on Tuesday May 06, 2025
  Learn how a breakthrough genetic study may help scientists locate and save one of Earth’s most elusive mammals. Continue Reading »
• Fungus Presents a Growing Threat to Health and Crops as Globe Warms
  Posted on Tuesday May 06, 2025
  Researchers modelled the spread of three prevalent fungi based on various climate change scenarios. Continue Reading »
• Social Drinking Could Mask Alcoholism, or Provoke Problem Drinking
  Posted on Tuesday May 06, 2025
  Although research tends to emphasize isolated alcoholics, people who routinely abuse alcohol in public are equally susceptible to addiction. Continue Reading »
• Our Gut Microbiome Also Has Fungi, and It Could Help Soothe Liver Disease
  Posted on Tuesday May 06, 2025
  Learn more about how fungi inside of us may hold the key to curing fatty liver disease. Continue Reading »