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26/08/2026

26/08/2026

The little worm that changed the textbook: The gutless marine worm Olavius algarvensis is only about two centimeters long and has become so dependent on its bacterial symbionts for nutrition and waste recycling.

Nature invented biodegradable plastic long before humans did—and animals may have been feeding on it for hundreds of millions of years. Researchers discovered that dozens of animal species possess enzymes capable of breaking down microbial bioplastics called PHAs, a talent once thought to belong o...

26/08/2026

Bad news for frogs getting sauna therapy: The heat treatment for their fatal fungal infection may come at a cost.

Scientists often use thermal treatment to combat fatal fungal infection in frogs, but it may come at a cost.

04/03/2026

The Food and Drug Administration is holding firm that not enough evidence has been gathered to support an approval filing for a closely watched genetic medicine targeting Huntington’s disease, a position that further rattled the treatment’s developer and its shareholders.

Agency staff "strongly recommended" a sham surgery-controlled trial be conducted before an approval filing, a stance one analyst called a "worst case scenario" for UniQure.

04/03/2026

Researchers in Canada have created an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand with the highest buried volume reported to date.

System overtakes earlier record holders and shows how it can stabilise gallium and lithium in rare quasi-monocoordinated complexes

04/03/2026

Growing older brings a higher risk of serious illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, and dementia. For years, researchers have tackled these conditions individually.

Scientists have built a massive cellular atlas showing how aging reshapes the body across 21 organs. Studying nearly 7 million cells, they found that aging starts earlier than expected and unfolds in a coordinated way throughout the body. About a quarter of cell types change in number over time, and...

26/02/2026

Several stable radical chains with multiple nitrogen atoms have now been synthesised, with some persisting at room temperature for several weeks. The researchers behind the work say that this stability may allow such compounds to act as a storable source of nitrenes, a typically hard-to-contain reagent.

These compounds may find uses as nitrene precursors

26/02/2026

Transition-metal chemistry has transformed modern organic synthesis, enabling the generation of novel compounds in vitro.

Transition-metal chemistry has transformed modern organic synthesis, enabling the generation of novel compounds in vitro. Now, biocompatible organometallic reagents have been shown to enable selective transformations in complex biological settings, allowing precise protein modification and profiling...

26/02/2026

Future missions to Mars may want to dig into ice rather than rock. Scientists say ancient microbes, or traces of them, could be locked inside Martian ice deposits, preserved for tens of millions of years.

Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic radiation. Ice mixed with Martian-like soil, however, destroys organic material far more quickly. T...