. Scientific Frontline
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Low vitamin D levels shown to raise risk of hospitalization with potentially fatal respiratory tract infections by 33%

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Photo Credit:  Karyna Panchenko Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : Severe vitamin D deficiency significa...

Why do T cells attacking tumors become fatigued?

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Illustration Credit: Courtesy of Kyoto University Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : Accumulation of act...

Study Sheds Light on the Function of a Key Antibiotic-Producing Enzyme

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Researchers have successfully replaced a section of the antibiotic-synthesizing enzyme PikAIII-M5, advancing our understanding of its struct...

Hulk lizard” knocks out ancient color palette

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As the "Hulk" lizards spread across the landscape, the yellow and orange throat colors also disappear.  Photo Credit: Roberto Garc...

Wall lizard (Podarcis muralis): The Metazoa Explorer

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Wall lizard on the Lavagna side of the Entella river Photo Credit: Mariomassone ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Taxonomic Definition Podarcis muralis, comm...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Sea anemones (Actiniaria): The Metazoa Explorer

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Bubble-tip anemones Photo Credit:  David Clode Taxonomic Definition The Actiniaria are an order of soft-bodied, predatory marine invertebrat...

Using 100-year-old data to help predict future solar cycle activity

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To reconstruct the Sun’s polar magnetic behavior over more than 100 years, an SwRI scientist first corrected anomalies in historical data fr...

Seawater microbes offer new, non-invasive way to detect coral disease

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This brain coral shows the effects of stony coral tissue loss disease. The brown areas are healthy, the white areas are newly dead from the ...

Ion trap enables one minute in the nanocos­mos

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The storage of helium nanodroplets in an ion trap enables a detailed investigation of the processes inside the droplets. The picture shows M...

Old diseases return as settlement pushes into the Amazon rainforest

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Yellow fever cases have begun to rise, spilling over the expanding border between the forest and urban areas. Photo Credit:  Thiago Japyassu...