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Medical Xpress / A stubborn medical mystery: Insights into signs and origins of a disorder that causes overly flexible joints

Some genetic disorders have a clear connection between the affected gene product and the suite of symptoms produced. But genes do not work in isolation, and many other conditions can be bafflingly complex, as when an affected ...

Sep 21, 2026
Phys.org / Sequencing genomes from museum collections could transform scientific inquiry

Natural history collections around the world collectively hold more than 1 billion specimens, spanning a wide variety of times and places. These include species that are extinct or come from areas now transformed beyond recognition, ...

Sep 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Two protective genetic pathways may converge to reduce Alzheimer's disease risk

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia worldwide. Although the APOE ε4 allele is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease, not all carriers develop dementia, indicating that other ...

Sep 21, 2026
Phys.org / Under stress, bacterial RNA and proteins tell different stories

During infection, bacteria encounter rapidly changing and stressful environments inside the body. To understand how they adapt, researchers often measure messenger RNA (mRNA), which carries information from genes that can ...

Sep 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / Toward physical AI: When the hardware becomes the neural network

Digital computing using silicon chips has transformed nearly every aspect of modern life and enabled the remarkable growth of artificial intelligence. But as AI models scale up, that growth comes with increasing demands for ...

Sep 21, 2026
Phys.org / A 'rebellious' exoplanet orbits in the opposite direction of its star

A star and its planets form when a cloud of gas and dust collapses in on itself somewhere in space. The cloud then forms a disk around the nascent star, within which the planets will form. This protostar and its disk then ...

Sep 21, 2026
Phys.org / How migrating cells build their leading edge: Master regulator may resolve long-standing debate

The ability of cells to move and change position is essential for various processes in our bodies. Immune cells move to sites of action, epithelial cells migrate during wound closure, and neurons extend their axons for signal ...

Sep 21, 2026
Phys.org / Tiny beach-dwelling crustaceans are big-time sand movers, shaping the California coast

Stand on the damp sand on a California beach and chances are you're standing on top of an active earthworks site. Sand hoppers (Megalorchestia spp.), the tiny, shrimp-like creatures commonly found eating away at kelp on the ...

Sep 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Gene map reveals how transplanted stem cells repair damaged heart muscle

Researchers led by Assistant Professor Lynn Yap of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have uncovered new insights into how unspecialized cells, also known as stem cells, ...

Sep 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Restoring brain immune balance opens new avenue for Alzheimer's treatment

Professor Minah Suh of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University, in collaboration with the biotechnology company IMNEWRUN and Professor Ho-Keun Kwon's team at Yonsei University College of Medicine, ...

Sep 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Newborn girls and boys show different attention patterns within hours of birth

Cambridge scientists have shown that girls and boys differ in what they pay attention to, even at birth. Since these differences are present so early, it is possible they emerge due to prenatal factors. The findings suggest ...

Sep 21, 2026
Phys.org / Lemur uses opera singer's trick to belt out forest songs

We are often left open-mouthed in awe as an opera singer hits a soaring top note. Now, researchers at the University of Warwick have found that the indri, the world's only known singing lemur, appears to use a strikingly ...

Sep 21, 2026