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Monday, May 11, 2026

Molecules shed light on dark matter

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Prof. Dr. Dmitry Budker, Dr. Konstantin Gaul, and Dr. Lei Cong Photo Credit: Courtesy of Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Scientific Fro...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

New Material Technology Boasts High-Performance Carbon Dioxide Absorption

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Synthesis of PILs based on P[DADMA][Cl]. Image Credit: ©Kouki Oka et al. Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Hi...

Children with Rare, Debilitating Brain Diseases Suffer From Mutations in a Little-Known Protein Complex

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Work by Jawdat Al-Bassam, left, associate professor of molecular and cellular biology at UC Davis and his former student Aryan Taheri (right...

LJI scientists take crucial step in developing world’s first measles treatment

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These renderings show proteins from the measles virus (in the center of each structure) bound with neutralizing human antibodies (attached t...

Venus’ atmosphere jumps and waves

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Making waves.These images taken on Aug. 18 (left) and Aug. 27 (right), 2016, by the near-infrared camera on Japan’s Akatsuki Venus probe, sh...

Synthetic biology leads to recyclable textiles: Engineered protein fibers for a cleaner future

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The hair-like fiber pictured here is a sample of SAM, silk-amyloid-mussel protein hybrid, an engineered protein polymer that can be easily r...

UChicago chemists invent new way to swap nitrogen into molecules

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A new technique allows researchers to more quickly create new molecules by easily swapping nitrogen atoms in the place of carbonyl groups, w...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

A new way to read the Universe

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Image Credit: Courtesy of University of Barcelona / CANVAS Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The CIGaRS Frame...

Death-defying protein found in tardigrades preserves synthetic cells

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Yongkang Xi, Research Fellow for Mechanical Engineering, observes a microscopic image of tardigrade proteins within vesicles at GG Brown on ...

How Higher Temperatures Can Benefit (or Devastate) Bumble Bee Populations

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bumble bee (B. impatiens) Photo Credit:  Eduardo Goody Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Bumble Bee Climate V...

Antarctic Ice Detects Cosmic Rays

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Scientists at work installing cables and electronic components for the Askaryan Radio Array, a detector for incoming cosmic particles locate...

Evolutionary Ecology of Gut Bacteria

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Evolutionary Ecology of Gu...
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Tiny insect brain discovery offers a blueprint for faster and more efficient AI and robots

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The science is interesting, but I just couldn't get it out of my head. Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended...

Unraveling the Evolution of an Extraordinary Photosynthesis in a Tropical Tree Species

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Photosynthesis measurement on the Clusia minor tree. Under stressful conditions, this tree 'switches' to CAM photosynthesis. Under f...

Biological invasions can cause significant suffering to animals worldwide

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Yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) Image Credit: luooyuoo at iNaturalist ( CC BY-NC 4.0 ) Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a ...