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Phys.org / Plants prioritize immunity over growth during recovery from drought conditions
A plant's number one priority is to grow—a feat that demands sunlight, nutrients, and water. If just one of these three inputs is missing, like water in a drought, growth halts. You might then think that at the end of that ...
Tech Xplore / Novel kiri-origami structures enable high-performance stretchable electronics
Stretchable electronics are used in smartphones, smartwatches, curved displays, and wearable sensors. However, stretchable materials like elastomers have lower electrical performance than rigid materials such as metals or ...
Tech Xplore / Styrofoam-based hydrogen storage: New process offers safe, reusable solution
A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel technology that enables hydrogen to be stored within polystyrene-derived materials, particularly those originating from Styrofoam. The research is published in the ...
Phys.org / Exploring the secret lives of figs and fig wasps
If you've ever bitten into a fresh fig, you've tasted the delicious result of one of nature's most extraordinary and longstanding partnerships. But the figs in your local grocery store only tell a small part of the tale.
Phys.org / Less is more: Gene loss drives adaptive evolution of a pandemic bacterium
A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution reveals a surprising evolutionary insight: sometimes, losing genes rather than gaining them can help bacterial pathogens survive and thrive.
Medical Xpress / Alzheimer's erodes brain cells' control of gene expression, undermining function and cognition
Most people recognize Alzheimer's from its devastating symptoms such as memory loss, while new drugs target pathological aspects of disease manifestations, such as plaques of amyloid proteins. Now a sweeping new study in ...
Phys.org / BlueDOGs might evolve from Little Red Dots
One of the most difficult parts of astronomy is understanding how time affects it. The farther away you look in the universe, the farther back you look in time. One way this complicates things is how objects might change ...
Phys.org / Most enduring and biggest iceberg breaks apart, with more splintering to come in its death spiral
The world's largest and most enduring iceberg is splintering into smaller pieces, to the point that it's no longer the biggest chunk of ice floating in the oceans.
Phys.org / Amazon's Starlink rival lands first major airline deal
JetBlue Airways will become the first airline to use Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite network to power its in-flight Wi‑Fi service, the companies announced Wednesday, as the online retail giant tries to challenge the dominance ...
Medical Xpress / Study finds gaps in support service use among older breast cancer patients
A study published in the Journal of Geriatric Oncology highlights a significant gap in the care of older adults with breast cancer: While many face age-related risks that could complicate treatment, a majority decline supportive ...
Medical Xpress / Findings on how immune cells use zinc to fight infections challenge long-held beliefs
A research team from Umeå University, Sweden, in collaboration with Ghent University, Belgium, has made a groundbreaking discovery about how the body's first immune defense, neutrophils, orchestrate the mobilization of zinc ...
Phys.org / Stretchable nanofilms unlock tunable magnetic properties, paving way for advanced electronics
Scientists at The University of Osaka and Tohoku University have developed a technique for creating nanoscale magnetic thin films with embedded functionality. By leveraging the stretchability of flexible substrates, they ...
