. Scientific Frontline
Thursday, March 26, 2026

The underestimated thymus: New studies reveal its relevance for healthy aging

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Thymus health may differ: CT scan of a more healthy (left) and less healthy (right) thymus. Photo Credit: Bernatz et al., Nature (2026 Scien...

“Near-misses” in particle accelerators can illuminate new physics, study finds

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Caption:An MIT-led team used the Large Hadron Collider to discover new properties of matter, through “near-misses” in the particle accelerat...

Twisting Into Focus: A highly sensitive Quantum Microscope

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Prof. Dmitri Efetov in his cleanroom at LMU  Photo Credit: © LMU Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Quantum Tw...

The influence of lymph node architecture on lymphoma

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Professor Dr Sascha Dietrich (Director of the Department of Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology) emphasises that the targeted modul...

Cactus catalogue could help plant’s prickly problem

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Cacti can survive in the harshest environments, and yet almost a third of species are threatened with extinction. Photo Credit:  Haoli Chen ...

Copper Overload Kills Cancer Cells

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Johannes Karges is researching compounds that kill tumor cells. Photo Credit: © RUB, Marquard Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glan...

Scientists uncover the secret behind perfectly 3D preserved ‘sea reptile’ fossils

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Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : 3D Preservation of Marine Reptile Fossils Main Discovery : Anaerobic sulfur-cycling ...

Two faces of extremism

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Photo Credit:  Mohammad Mardani Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The Two Faces of Extremism The Core Concept...

Prehistoric fish: coelacanths heard underwater using their lungs

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3D rendering of the skeleton of Graulia branchiodonta. The auditory organ includes the bony wings (red) on the ossified lung (white) which t...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Birds do it, bees do it … sip alcohol, that is

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An Anna’s hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeding on flowers of an Island Mallow (Malva assurgentiflora), which was one of the plant species incl...

Genomic Sequencing Pushes Canine Domestication into the Late Upper Palaeolithic

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Earliest Genetic Evidence of Domestic Do...

Succulents as Role Models: Deciphering the Mechanisms of Drought-Resistant Plants

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The newly established succulent model plant Kalanchoë laxiflora in full bloom. The fleshy leaves enable water storage and a special, extreme...

Why solid-state batteries keep short circuiting

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Researchers used a new visual technique to measure stress in a material as a dendrite crack grows. Here, the four graphs have the same data ...

Protein modification discovery opens cancer therapy possibilities

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Purdue’s W. Andy Tao (front) and his associates have discovered a new type of modification on proteins from cancer-related mutation that hol...

ECHo Collaboration: Hunting for the Neutrino Mass with “Cool” Detectors

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The photo shows a detector module for the ECHo experiments developed and built at the Kirchhoff Institute for Physics. The detector chip is ...