. Scientific Frontline
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

How the embryonal epigenome organizes itself

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Professor Steffen Rulands Photo Credit: © LMU Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Embryonal Epigenome Self-Orga...

How can honeybees and wild bees coexist in cities?

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Urban beekeeping brings large colonies of honeybees into cities. These colonies then compete with local wild bee populations and may harm th...

Mini-Antibodies Reactivate the Guardian of the Genome

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Structure of the DNA-binding domain of a reactivated p53 cancer mutant in complex with a stabilizing DARPin. Image Credit: Andreas Joerger, ...

How rock removes CO₂ from the atmosphere

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Giada Franceschi in the lab Photo Credit: © TU Wien  Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Rapid Mineral Carbonat...

An unprecedented view of the immune system’s killer cells

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A cytotoxic T cell imaged by cryo-expansion microscopy (cryo-ExM). The colorful dots at the center are cytotoxic granules used to destroy in...

Quail embryos + a prickly protein = major discovery in birth defects

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Junctional neural tube defect caused by Prickle1 disruption as seen using advanced imaging. Photo Credit: Dr Jian Xiong Wang Scientific Fron...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Scientists pave the way for fast, cost-effective custom enzyme development

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The SMART single-molecule display model, predicted by Alphafold3, shows SpDAAO (red) linked to a puromycin linker (magenta) through puromyci...

How the immune system battles lifelong viral infections acquired at birth

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The immune system continues to fight infections acquired at birth even into adulthood, though its effectiveness remains limited Image Credit...

Risk of celiac disease is not a reason to avoid antibiotics

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Antibiotic Use and Celiac Disease Risk...

Fish Evolution Accelerated After Adapting to Eat off Hard Surfaces

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The ability to bite food off hard surfaces, such as coral, evolved about 50 million years ago and led to the rapid formation of new species ...

Scientists discover surprising new way to control light

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Topological Control of Str...

Amazon understory forests show short-term boost in CO₂ uptake – but this comes at a cost

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Open-top chamber for the Experiment in the Central Amazon. Photo Credit: © Dado Galdieri Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance...

Cells under the spotlight reveal their inner secrets

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Under the laser light. A photograph of the laser part of the Raman microscope used to create data for this research. Photo Credit: ©2026 Kam...

Bowhead whale recovery reflects century-old whaling patterns

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A bowhead whale swims through blue water toward ice Photo Credit: Vicki Beaver, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA FIsheries (Public Doma...

Why stars spin down, or up, before they die

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Illustration of the inner regions of a massive star during its final oxygen (green) and silicon (teal) shell burning phase, before the colla...