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Newswise: Nature's Time Machine: How Long-Term Studies Unlock Evolution's Secrets
Released: 31-Mar-2025 4:35 PM EDT
Nature's Time Machine: How Long-Term Studies Unlock Evolution's Secrets
Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Tech scientists are revealing how decades-long research programs have transformed our understanding of evolution, from laboratory petri dishes to tropical islands — along the way uncovering secrets that would remain hidden in shorter studies.

Newswise: New Method Creates 854x More Mitochondria, Offering Hope for Cartilage Regeneration
Released: 31-Mar-2025 6:10 AM EDT
New Method Creates 854x More Mitochondria, Offering Hope for Cartilage Regeneration
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Scientists have unveiled a revolutionary method for mass-producing high-quality human mitochondria, potentially transforming treatments for degenerative diseases. By refining stem cell culture conditions, researchers achieved an extraordinary 854-fold increase in mitochondrial production while significantly enhancing energy output.

Newswise: Highly Accurate Blood Test Diagnoses Alzheimer’s Disease, Measures Extent of Dementia
Released: 31-Mar-2025 5:00 AM EDT
Highly Accurate Blood Test Diagnoses Alzheimer’s Disease, Measures Extent of Dementia
Washington University in St. Louis

A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer’s disease not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condition but also indicates how far it has progressed, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Lund University in Sweden.

Newswise: In an Advance for Promethium Production, Researchers Get a New View of the Element’s Properties
Released: 28-Mar-2025 7:25 PM EDT
In an Advance for Promethium Production, Researchers Get a New View of the Element’s Properties
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Promethium’s short half-life and lack of stable isotopes makes it difficult to study. In addition, promethium is difficult to separate from other lanthanide elements because of these elements’ similarity. In this study, scientists created a pure sample of the isotope promethium-147 and used X-ray absorption spectroscopy to examine the way it chemically bonds.

Newswise: Brain Channels ‘Stopped in Time’ Reveal Chemical Flow That Enables Learning and Thinking
Released: 28-Mar-2025 6:45 PM EDT
Brain Channels ‘Stopped in Time’ Reveal Chemical Flow That Enables Learning and Thinking
Johns Hopkins Medicine

A study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers could advance the development of new drugs that block or open such signaling channels to treat conditions as varied as epilepsy and some intellectual disorders.

Newswise: Redefining the Transistor: The Ideal Building Block for Artificial Intelligence
Released: 28-Mar-2025 5:45 AM EDT
Redefining the Transistor: The Ideal Building Block for Artificial Intelligence
National University of Singapore (NUS)

The team led by Associate Professor Mario Lanza from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the College of Design and Engineering at the National University of Singapore, has just revolutionised the field of neuromorphic computing by inventing a new super-efficient computing cell that can mimic the behaviour of both electronic neurons and synapses.

Newswise: New Approach to Materials Synthesis—with Quick Validation by a Robotic Lab
Released: 27-Mar-2025 5:35 PM EDT
New Approach to Materials Synthesis—with Quick Validation by a Robotic Lab
Department of Energy, Office of Science

To make inorganic materials such as catalysts, industry mixes precursor powders and fires them in an oven. This often produces a mix of compositions and structures. In this study, researchers developed a new way to select precursors to increase yield and quickly validated their results using a robotic lab. The new recipe selection process obtained higher purity for 32 of the 35 target materials.

Newswise: DNA Microscope Creates 3D Images of Organisms From the Inside Out
Released: 27-Mar-2025 6:00 AM EDT
DNA Microscope Creates 3D Images of Organisms From the Inside Out
University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division

UChicago researchers develop a new technology to create a spatial map of gene expression for an entire organism.

Newswise: NUS Physicists Discover a Copper-Free High-Temperature Superconducting Oxide
Released: 27-Mar-2025 5:35 AM EDT
NUS Physicists Discover a Copper-Free High-Temperature Superconducting Oxide
National University of Singapore (NUS)

Professor Ariando and Dr Stephen Lin Er Chow from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Physics have designed and synthesised a groundbreaking new material—a copper-free superconducting oxide—capable of superconducting at approximately 40 Kelvin (K), or about minus 233 degrees Celsius (deg C), under ambient pressure.

Newswise: New Green Chemistry Extracts Valuable Compounds From Plant Waste
Released: 26-Mar-2025 9:35 PM EDT
New Green Chemistry Extracts Valuable Compounds From Plant Waste
University of Adelaide

Around 98 per cent of lignin created as a forestry by-product from plants is discarded, but a new enzyme could be the key to extracting high-value molecules from this waste using a green chemistry approach.

Newswise: Scientists Uncover Key Mechanism in Evolution: Whole-Genome Duplication Drives Long-Term Adaptation
Released: 26-Mar-2025 9:20 PM EDT
Scientists Uncover Key Mechanism in Evolution: Whole-Genome Duplication Drives Long-Term Adaptation
Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Tech scientists uncovered how whole-genome duplication emerges and remains stable over thousands of generations of evolution in the lab.

Newswise: MSU Engineers Create “Smart” System to Prevent Future Infrastructure Disasters
Released: 26-Mar-2025 7:45 PM EDT
MSU Engineers Create “Smart” System to Prevent Future Infrastructure Disasters
Michigan State University

MSU engineers create “smart” system to prevent future infrastructure disasters

Newswise: A Breakthrough Moment: McMaster Researchers Discover New Class of Antibiotics
Released: 26-Mar-2025 12:00 PM EDT
A Breakthrough Moment: McMaster Researchers Discover New Class of Antibiotics
McMaster University

A McMaster University team led by renowned researcher Gerry Wright has identified a strong candidate to challenge even some of the most drug-resistant bacteria on the planet: a new molecule called lariocidin.

Newswise: How Zika Virus Knocks Out Our Immune Defenses
Released: 25-Mar-2025 8:35 PM EDT
How Zika Virus Knocks Out Our Immune Defenses
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

"Our ultimate goal is to develop vaccines against these very difficult viruses. Understanding how these viruses manipulate the immune response can help guide the development of the best vaccine approach."

   
Released: 25-Mar-2025 6:05 PM EDT
New Technology Is Poised to Bring Gene Therapy to Common Chronic Diseases
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A breakthrough in safely delivering therapeutic DNA to cells could transform treatment for millions suffering from common chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.

Released: 25-Mar-2025 5:25 PM EDT
Researchers Test New Type of Quantum Computing Protocol Using Qudits, Not Qubits.
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Higher dimension ‘qudits’ may offer advantages over qubits in quantum computing, according to new research published in Nature Physics.

Released: 25-Mar-2025 12:00 PM EDT
New Software Finds Aging Cells That Contribute to Disease and Health Risks
University of Illinois Chicago

For human health, prematurely aging cells are a big problem. When a cell ages and stops growing, its function changes, which can cause or worsen cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other chronic diseases. But these cells are also like needles in a haystack, difficult to identify by traditional scientific measures.

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Released: 24-Mar-2025 8:05 PM EDT
New AI Model Predicts Gene Variants’ Effects on Specific Diseases
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) model, named DYNA, that accurately distinguishes harmful gene variations from harmless ones, potentially enhancing physicians’ ability to diagnose diseases. The new tool could pave the way for more precise personalized medicine and targeted therapies.

Released: 24-Mar-2025 6:25 PM EDT
The Right Moves to Rein in Fibrosis
Washington University in St. Louis

Biomedical researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have decoded how mechanical forces drive cell behavior in fibrosis.



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