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Phys.org / Floating colonies: Engineering 3D microbial architectures in liquid cultures

Microbes in the gut, lungs and biofilms do not simply exist as perfectly mixed populations; instead, they grow in layered and clustered three-dimensional (3D) arrangements. This spatial organization shapes how nutrients and ...

Jul 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Multi-omics map paves way for personalized medicine in Down syndrome

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome (Crnic Institute) discovered unique biological processes altered among individuals ...

Jul 23, 2026
Phys.org / AI tool predicts how DNA sequences switch on genes across different cell types

Deep learning approaches have transformed how scientists predict the activity and function of DNA sequences in the genome. A new AI tool called Corgi (Context-aware Regulatory Genomics Inference), developed by Martin Vingron's ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Novel antibiotic candidates starve resistant bacteria by blocking vitamin supply

Bacteria have spent decades evolving resistance to virtually every antibiotic we have thrown at them. To stay ahead, new drugs must hit targets that existing antibiotics have never touched. A research team at the Helmholtz ...

Jul 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / Prototype device polarizes light with heat for denser optical signals

Researchers have found a way to speed up components that control light polarization in optical communication and computing. Polarization is a property of light that can carry additional information along with the primary ...

Jul 23, 2026
Phys.org / College professors face an emerging challenge: We know students are no longer reading entire books

Anyone who has spent time on a college campus lately has probably heard laments from faculty about their students' reading habits, or rather, nonreading habits. Such complaints are more than unfounded nostalgia for a bygone ...

Jul 23, 2026
Phys.org / Jurassic sea monster was smaller than once thought, but no less formidable

For more than 25 years, Liopleurodon has been one of the world's most recognizable prehistoric marine predators. Immortalized in the BBC's landmark Walking with Dinosaurs series as a colossal 25-meter (82-foot) marine hunter, ...

Jul 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Thymus-derived hormone may suppress age-related inflammation and boost cancer therapy

Chronic, low-grade inflammation in the body—a phenomenon known as "inflammaging" because it increases with age—has been linked to many of today's leading causes of illness and death, including cancer, heart disease, metabolic ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Black hole jet may be stirring gas cloud containing early 'red potato' galaxy

A black hole may be stirring a "pot" of gas containing a neighboring galaxy in the early universe, according to a new study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics that used observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. ...

Jul 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / Programmable metasurface turns keyboard commands into dynamic holograms in milliseconds

Metasurfaces are ultrathin optical components engineered with arrays of nanoscale structures that can control light in ways that are difficult for conventional optics. Unlike traditional optical components, which typically ...

Jul 20, 2026
Phys.org / How the most widespread parasite on Earth reads its genome

A parasite carried by billions of people worldwide often causes harmful infections during pregnancy and in immunocompromised individuals and is a leading infectious cause of blindness in South America. Once it enters the ...

Jul 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Viagra may reduce cancer metastasis, study shows

Viagra was originally developed to treat high blood pressure and chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart, but over the past three decades it has become the world's best-known therapy for erectile dysfunction. ...

Jul 21, 2026