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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis): The Metazoa Explorer

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The Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) Photo Credit: Alex Chernikh ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Taxonomic Definition The Silky Shark (Carcharhinus f...

Scientists develop first gene-editing treatment for skin conditions

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Dr. Sarah Hedtrich (center) and her team examine a skin-on-a-chip model used to test the new CRISPR-based therapy on living human skin sampl...

Cellular Biology: In-Depth Description

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Cellular biology (also known as cell biology or cytology) is the branch of biology that studies the struc...

Scientists find hidden diversity inside common brain parasite

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Toxoplasma gondii primarily infects the epithelial cells of a cat's small intestine Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontl...

Changes to cougar diets and behaviors reduce their competition with wolves in Yellowstone

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Researcher Wesley Binder climbs a tree to reach a cougar to be collared with a GPS device. Photo Credit: Jake Frank, National Park Service S...

Low-cost system turns smartphones into emergency radiation detectors

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Setup of the portable scanning system: a smartphone positioned above an LED-lit chamber for consistent film image capture. Image Credit: Ban...

Stealth and manipulation: Strategies of bacterial plasmids

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Bacterial plasmid strategies. The survival strategies put forward by the researchers hint at a powerful mechanism which might explain the ke...

Streaks on Mercury show: Mercury is not a "dead planet"

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Image of the streaks or ‘lineae’ on the slopes of a crater wall on Mercury and the bright hollows from which the streaks originate. The imag...
Monday, January 26, 2026

What Is: Cosmic Event Horizon

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The Final Boundary An illustration of the Cosmic Event Horizon. Unlike the Observable Universe, which is defined by light that has reached u...

Purdue team announces new therapeutic target for breast cancer

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Graduate student Addison Young (left) and Kyle Cottrell, assistant professor, both in Purdue’s department of biochemistry. Young and Cottrel...

NASA Reveals New Details About Dark Matter’s Influence on the Universe

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Created using data from NASAs Webb telescope in 2026 (right) and from the Hubble Space Telescope in 2007 (left), these images show the prese...

Arctic seas are getting louder as ice melts, posing risks

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Photo Credit:  Наталья Коллегова Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : Current international regulatory fra...

Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii): The Metazoa Explorer

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Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Taxonomic Definition Spix's macaw is a medium-siz...

Manganese Helps Reduce Agricultural Nitrogen Pollution in Air, Water

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Photo Credit:  Dylan de Jonge Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : The addition of manganese to agricultur...

More Than Just Gut Cohabitants: How Gut Bacteria Control Immune Responses

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The gut-brain axis is a bidirectional communication network linking the central nervous system with the enteric nervous system (the "se...