Category: 9. Sci-Tech

Fungal eye infections affect millions globally, with an especially high incidence in South and Southeast Asia. Yet, unlike bacterial infections, fungal endophthalmitis lacks standardized diagnostic or therapeutic protocols because…

In several disease conditions, including infections and cancers, innate immune activation and nutrient scarcity occur together. A study from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital published today in Cell found that this combination…

After a finite number of divisions, cells simply give up. As each round of replication trims their telomeres-the protective caps at the chromosome ends-those caps eventually become too short to prevent chromosome ends from being…

Mid-infrared spectroscopy holds immense promise for identifying molecules through their unique absorption patterns, but its widespread use has been hampered by weak signal strength and complex instrumentation. Now, Ivan Sinev, Alessio…

A backyard creature that’s famous for having spikes laced with over 150 painful venoms could have hidden benefits for humans. Scientists from the University of Queensland have sequenced the DNA of the mottled cup moth caterpillar and think its…

Not a lot is known about the origins of anacondas (Eunectes) and how they reached such gargantuan proportions. 

The fossil record of this semi-aquatic group, and snakes in general, is especially poor, largely due to the fact they live in hot,…

A new species of the sauropod dinosaur genus Mamenchisaurus has been discovered in China dating back to the Late Jurassic epoch.

Using high-precision spectroscopic observations from the Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers detected helium gas escaping from WASP-107b, a super-Neptune…