2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (186+ words) Researchers from University of California San Diego and collaborators have identified a previously overlooked pattern of DNA mutations in colorectal cancer. Scientists use these patterns, known as mutational signatures, to investigate the biological and environmental processes that have damaged DNA…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago   (517+ words) A partnership between the Nature Conservancy of Canada, the federal government and a mining company is creating a new 16 square-kilometre nature reserve in central Newfoundland. The Beothuk Lake Nature Reserve covers land near Millertown, Beothuk Lake, as well as Rushy…...

7+ hour, 38+ min ago   (220+ words) Hyun-Dong Paik and his team's results were published in Food Science of Animal Products on July 1st, 2026. Other effects of PPPs include metal chelation, which binds metals in a stable ring for later safe removal from the body, and beta-carotene bleaching…...

3+ hour, 40+ min ago   (512+ words) Different cover crops may affect how plants can defend themselves against pests - including attracting more insects that eat harmful caterpillars, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. The research, published in the…...

7+ hour, 4+ min ago   (488+ words) Bat Genetics Provide Insight into Longevity Labroots Bat Genetics Provide Insight into Longevity Sudamant is an Associate Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). His lab uses computational, statistical, and experimental techniques to investigate the…...

4+ hour, 52+ min ago   (502+ words) Thousands of overlooked bone scraps are rewriting Neanderthal research...

5+ hour, 44+ min ago   (596+ words) The myriad proteins tied to autism cluster in previously unrecognized ways that can be disrupted by specific variants in the proteins. The proteins encoded by 100 genes involved in autism form an interconnected network consisting of multiple protein complexes that serve…...

6+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1207+ words) It’s after midnight, and veterinarian Dennise Ortiz Angulo is in the middle of Golfo Dulce, surrounded by shooting stars, bioluminescent water, and 13 boar-like beasts. “That moment, it felt like the movie Life of Pi,” Ortiz told Mongabay. This group had…...

6+ hour, 21+ min ago   (251+ words) UC Irvine’s Chen Li to help lead NSF-funded national effort Irvine, Calif., Aug. 27, 2026 — Researchers at UC Irvine, UCLA and the University of Michigan have received nearly $9 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to establish a new data infrastructure…...

7+ hour, 11+ min ago   (272+ words) MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman is strengthening its environmental protection network, with 32 nature reserves now covering an estimated 17,839.6 square kilometres — accounting for roughly 5.76 per cent of the country’s total area. The growing system forms a critical pillar of Oman's national…...