Amid concerns over rising petroleum prices and resource depletion, organic compounds such as methanol are attracting attention as potential replacements. Though this bodes well in theory, the production of raw materials from methanol relies on costly chemical processes. An energy-saving, bio-based process is necessary for fully tapping into this resource. To make this a reality, Associate Professor Ryosuke Yamada’s team at Osaka Metropolitan University’s Graduate School of Engineering has developed a Komagataella phaffii (K. phaffii) yeast strain that can efficiently produce D-lactic acid, a raw material for ...

Cellulose-based textile material can make the clothing sector more sustainable. Currently, cellulose-based textiles are mainly made from wood, but a study headed by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology points to the possibility of using agricultural waste from wheat and oat. The method is easier and requires fewer chemicals than manufacturing forest-based cellulose, and can enhance the value of waste products from agriculture. Making clothing from water-intensive cotton has a major impact on the climate. That’s why cellulose from other raw materials has come into focus in recent years as a more resource-smart method of textile production. Up to now, the ...

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 June 2025 - In a comprehensive Genomic Press Innovators & Ideas interview, Dr. Claire J. Foldi, an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology at Monash University, shares her journey and groundbreaking work in the field of eating disorders. Dr. Foldi's research focuses on the neurobiology of eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa, and explores how novel therapeutics, including psychedelics, may offer new avenues for treatment. Early Inspirations and Career Trajectory Dr. Foldi's fascination with human behavior and the brain's processing of experiences began during her undergraduate studies. A pivotal moment ...

Would you like living next door to a solar farm? Traditionally, it’s been thought that although people like the idea of renewable energy plants, they don’t want them close by. Now research investigating how people who live near large-scale solar projects feel about them has found that 82% of people living within an hour’s walk of current projects would support, or are neutral towards, new projects in their area.   “Most neighbors of existing large-scale solar projects either support or feel neutral about additional ...

Dr. Seunggun Yu and his team at KERI's Insulation Materials Research Center have developed a groundbreaking ‘Hybrid Supraparticle Synthesis Technology’ that can attach inorganic nanoparticles to the surface of polymer microparticles through simple mechanical collisions. The ‘Hybrid Supraparticle Synthesis Technology’ that combines functional inorganic nanoparticles with polymer microparticles is being widely applied across various industries, including battery electrode materials, catalyst systems, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, semiconductor packaging, and insulating ...

A simple classroom activity involving a classic childhood staple, LEGO, could improve children’s maths and spatial ability, leading researchers to demand for policymakers to shake up the school curricula and teachers’ professional development.  A new study, led by the University of Surrey, tested incorporating LEGO building into the daily teaching curriculum, leading to tangible improvements and boosting abilities for students aged six to seven.   The study, which involved 409 children from schools in Surrey and Portsmouth, demonstrated ...

Despite overall progress in bringing down low birthweight numbers across India over the past 30 years, rates remain stubbornly high in certain states, with Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West Bengal, accounting for almost half of all such births, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. Low birthweight is important, because it often signals underlying maternal health issues and poor nutrition as well as the child’s future cognitive development and susceptibility to chronic conditions in later life, note ...

Over half of primary and secondary school teachers in England have not been trained in how to support parents’ involvement in children’s learning and education at home and at school.     That’s according to research published today in the peer-reviewed journal Educational Review, which is a first study of its kind based on a survey of more than 1,700 teachers reveals concerning gaps in skills.    Led by academics from the University of Warwick and UCL, the paper shows teachers’ essential pre-qualification training fails to ...

University of Cambridge media release   Evolution made us cheats, now free-riders run the world and we need to change, new book warns   UNDER STRICT EMBARGO UNTIL 00:01AM (UK TIME) ON TUESDAY 17TH JUNE 2025   To save democracy and solve the world's biggest challenges, we need to get better at spotting and exposing people who exploit human cooperation for personal gain, argues Cambridge social scientist Dr Jonathan Goodman.   In Invisible Rivals, published by Yale University Press today, Dr Goodman ...

A QUT report published today into Australia’s bioeconomy has called for a national strategy and outlined the five key steps needed to grow a sustainable economic future.  The report, published by researchers from QUT and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology Madeline Smith, Dr Jerome Ramirez and Professor Ian O’Hara, says “now is the time for Australia to act, or risk losing the ability to compete in this rapidly growing global market”.  Professor O’Hara said the global bioeconomy, currently valued at US$4 trillion, was predicted by the World Bioeconomy Forum to grow ...

Embargoed for release until 5:00 p.m. ET on Monday 16 June 2025    Follow @Annalsofim on X, Facebook, Instagram, threads, and Linkedin         Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of information. This information is under strict embargo and by taking it into possession, media representatives are committing to the terms of the embargo not only ...

Researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a novel algorithm that could provide a revolutionary tool for determining the best options for patients - both in the treatment of cancer and in the prescription of medicines. As recently published in Nature Communications, Jinze Liu, Ph.D., and Kevin Byrd, D.D.S., Ph.D., created Threshold-based Assignment of Cell Types from Multiplexed Imaging Data (TACIT), which assigns cell identities based on cell-marker expression profiles. TACIT cuts down cell identification time from over a month to just minutes—saving researchers valuable time and resources. TACIT—developed ...

The HUN-REN, CER-IEB Restoration Ecology Research Group monitored vegetation changes over 17-25 years across eight restoration sites, subject to different restoration interventions: seeding with native species, mowing, and carbon amendment. The goal was to understand how these treatments influence the abundance of annual and perennial invasive alien plants over time, and how abundance of invasive species in a 100 m buffer affects invasion dynamics at restoration sites. The results were promising for annual invaders. In most cases, their cover declined over time, especially when native seeding was applied. Seeding proved to be the most ...

Researchers at Boise State University have developed a stable, high-performance Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene ink formulation optimized for aerosol jet printing—paving the way for scalable manufacturing of micro-supercapacitors, sensors, and other energy storage and harvesting devices. This work, recently published in Small Methods —part of the prestigious Wiley Advanced portfolio — marks a significant advance in the additive manufacturing of two-dimensional (2D) materials for energy storage applications [1]. MXenes, a family of 2D transition metal carbides, nitrides, ...

Babies born to mothers potentially exposed to low levels of arsenic in public drinking water—even at levels below the federal safety standard—were more likely to be born preterm, with lower birthweight, or be smaller than expected, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program. While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets a maximum contaminant level of 10 micrograms per liter for arsenic in public water systems, this study examines how even lower-level arsenic exposures may still affect pregnancy outcomes in a large population. Previous research ...

The American Meteorological Society continuously publishes research on climate, weather, and water in its 12 journals. Many of these articles are available for early online access–they are peer-reviewed, but not yet in their final published form. Below are some recent examples. JOURNAL ARTICLES Exploring The Role of Air Mass Type and Weather on Shooting Incidents in New York City Weather, Climate, and Society Hot, dry air masses=increased gun violence in NYC. Previous studies have suggested that shootings increase ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Lund University in Sweden have identified a new treatment strategy for neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer. By combining two antioxidant enzyme inhibitors, they have converted cancer cells in mice into healthy nerve cells. The study is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Neuroblastoma is a type of childhood cancer that affects the nervous system and is the leading cause of cancer-related death in young children. Some patients have a good prognosis, but ...

Antarctic krill is a key species in the Antarctic marine ecosystem: it is an important food source for many species, such as whales, seals and penguins. However, the small crustaceans are increasingly becoming the focus of fishing, which can incur significant consequences for the entire Southern Ocean ecosystem. Therefore, concepts that minimize the negative effects of fishing on the krill themselves and on the animals that feed on krill are required urgently. A research team from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Bergen has now been able to use acoustic recordings, that ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects an estimated 2.3 million people worldwide. Approximately 80% of people with MS have inflammation in the cerebellum, the part of the brain that helps control movement and balance, potentially leading to tremors, poor coordination, and trouble with motor control. These problems often persist and can worsen over time, as the cerebellum gradually loses healthy brain tissue. A University of California, Riverside study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Kingston, ON, June 16, 2025 – A new ICES study has found that 1.74 million patients in Ontario are attached to family physicians aged 65 or older, and that many of those patients are elderly and have complex medical needs.  The study, published in Canadian Family Physician, explored key trends in the characteristics of comprehensive family physicians (FPs)—those providing care for a broad range of ages and health needs—and the patients attached to them.  The researchers found that for the first time, there was no growth of the comprehensive FP workforce, and an overall decline in the number of early career physicians (under 35 years old.)  “A ...

 Researchers tested the enzyme’s effectiveness in a 3×2 factorial experiment, combining different SBM concentrations and mannanase doses under low-energy conditions. The findings show that mannanase improved feed conversion ratios, reduced gut inflammation, and enhanced microbial balance, especially in diets containing 17.83% or more SBM. Soybean meal (SBM) is a primary protein source in poultry diets, but it contains anti-nutritional factors—particularly mannans—that hinder digestion and stimulate immune responses, leading to energy loss. Mannanase, an enzyme that breaks down β-1,4-mannosidic bonds in ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Since World War II, professional baseball, football, basketball and hockey teams in the United States have commonly used public money to help build new venues or to facilitate teams moving to a new city. Onlookers sometimes speculate about why tax dollars are being used to build a stadium for a team that is privately owned, often by billionaires. Questions about the appropriateness of public funding have swirled in public discourse for decades. Politicians and residents who support tax funding for sports-venue projects often point to the culturally unifying nature of sports teams and the ...

Researchers used ten microsatellite markers to evaluate the genetic structure of six populations from the Yangtze, Huaihe, and Ussuri River basins. The northern Ussuri population stood out for its lower diversity and significant genetic separation from southern populations. Yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) is a widely farmed freshwater fish species in China, prized for its high nutritional value and boneless flesh. Annual production exceeds 600,000 tons, making it a key species in China's aquaculture sector. However, challenges such as slow ...

Background: In the screening of pulmonary subsolid nodules (SSNs), it is crucial to compare the quantitative parameters under consistent computed tomography (CT) acquisition conditions, including the same degree of lung inflation. When non-end-inspiratory chest CT scan is performed due to poor breath holding, there is a risk of inaccurate measurement of quantitative parameters and erroneous assessment of pulmonary nodule growth. This study aims to investigate the effect of respiratory phase on three-dimensional ...

A USC-led research team has created a series of supercomputer-simulated twins of our Milky Way galaxy—which could help scientists unlock new answers about one of the biggest mysteries in the universe: dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up about 85% of all matter in existence. The research was led by cosmologist Vera Gluscevic, who is an associate professor at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences; as well as Ethan Nadler, formerly a postdoc at USC and Carnegie Observatories who is now an assistant professor at University of California, San Diego; and Andrew Benson, a staff scientist at Carnegie Observatories. They called ...