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Instead, it helps create the conditions for its", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:40:01 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "How cells rapidly detect viruses that fuse with their membranes", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-cells-rapidly-viruses-fuse-membranes.html", "summary": "Researchers have figured out a missing piece of the puzzle of how human cells detect invading viruses and mount an immune response within an hour.", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:20:13 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Critically endangered species in the heart of Africa: Investigating Hooded Vultures in Chad", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-critically-endangered-species-heart-africa.html", "summary": "Slaughterhouses are places most people never want to go, and might seem like unlikely places to search for rare or endangered species. In West Africa, however, they are among the last places one can find a critically endangered species, the Hooded Vulture, which historically thri", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:20:02 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Mitochondrial protein complexes: A single amino acid can jeopardize their stability", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-mitochondrial-protein-complexes-amino-acid.html", "summary": "Removing a single amino acid can determine whether new proteins assemble into stable complexes within mitochondria. An enzyme carries out this precise trimming at the start of mitochondrial proteins. Without it, numerous protein complexes lose their stability, according to a stud", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:00:01 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Blood pressure enzyme reveals second job: Making sulfur rings for cellular antioxidants", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-blood-pressure-enzyme-reveals-job.html", "summary": "Antioxidants such as vitamins C and E protect cells by neutralizing free radicals, such as reactive oxygen species, before they can damage genetic material or cell membranes. Such damage can contribute to the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Antioxidants therefore help ", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:40:01 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Natural proteins can guide active ingredients to diseased cells", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-natural-proteins-ingredients-diseased-cells.html", "summary": "After taking a pill, the drugs it contains are distributed throughout the body, reaching the tissues and cells affected by disease and performing their intended function. However, they also enter healthy cells, where they often cause more harm than good.", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:20:05 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "How a century-old solvent can enable efficient amide synthesis", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-century-solvent-enable-efficient-amide.html", "summary": "Amide bonds are chemical linkages essential to biology, medicine and materials chemistry. Peptide bonds, a class of amide bonds, link amino acids to form proteins. Amide bonds are also important in medicines and polymers. Efficient synthesis of amide bonds remains a major focus i", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:00:01 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Ultrathin materials could make quantum light circuits programmable", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-ultrathin-materials-quantum-circuits-programmable.html", "summary": "Quantum photonics could be a pivotal part of future quantum technology if the right materials can be created, a new review paper has found.", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:40:01 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "An overlooked era of cosmology is stealing the show in the quest to understand the cosmos", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-overlooked-era-cosmology-quest-cosmos.html", "summary": "Could you imagine if pagers made a comeback? Sure, your smartphone would still be your notepad-flashlight-camera-personal assistant-MP3 player-wallet-social media browser. But imagine if pagers made it so easy to do that one important thing—pinging your friends and associates—tha", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:20:01 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Laser light enables detection of colorectal cancer biomarker in blood within minutes", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-laser-enables-colorectal-cancer-biomarker.html", "summary": "Researchers often use antibodies to detect specific molecules or biological markers because they are remarkably precise at recognizing their targets. However, finding the faint signals of cancer in blood samples is a challenge even for the most reliable techniques.", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:00:01 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "New tools pinpoint where urban trees could provide the most relief from heat", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-tools-urban-trees-relief.html", "summary": "Cities trying to cool sweltering streets often set broad tree canopy targets. But those targets can overlook the reality that not all shade is equally useful, and not every neighborhood has room for more trees.", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:40:01 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Previously overlooked protein helps cells divide correctly", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-previously-overlooked-protein-cells.html", "summary": "Modern technologies have made it possible to uncover a growing \"hidden proteome\"—proteins encoded by parts of the genome that researchers previously overlooked. Advances in sequencing and protein analysis are making it possible to find more of these potential proteins and investi", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:20:05 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Great news from Saturn's moon Enceladus in the search for life in space", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-great-news-saturn-moon-enceladus.html", "summary": "What are the chances of finding extraterrestrial life in our solar system? Frank Postberg, a professor of planetary science at Freie Universität Berlin, has published a study in Science Advances with an international team of researchers. They present new evidence that it is easie", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:00:21 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Plant root injuries unleash pressure waves that travel long distances", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-root-injuries-unleash-pressure-distances.html", "summary": "When plant roots are injured—by insects, for example—the pressure inside the root drops, and a pressure wave spreads rapidly throughout the root system. In neighboring roots, tiny proteins that act as mechanical pressure sensors detect the change and generate electrical and calci", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:00:18 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Pompeii's destruction helps calibrate volcanic dating to within decades", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-pompeii-destruction-calibrate-volcanic-dating.html", "summary": "When Pliny the Younger recorded his firsthand experience of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago—a cataclysm that buried Pompeii and killed his uncle, Pliny the Elder—he provided enough detail about the date to allow scientists to benchmark methods for dating volcanic e", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:00:12 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Scientists supercharge plant immunity to boost its natural defense response", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-scientists-supercharge-immunity-boost-natural.html", "summary": "Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have developed a way to \"supercharge\" a plant's natural immune response.", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:00:05 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Freezing threatens mRNA delivery, but Tris buffer helps nanoparticles retain their potency", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-threatens-mrna-delivery-tris-buffer.html", "summary": "Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have teamed up with pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company to uncover how storage conditions affect mRNA lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines and other treatments, and how to make them more effe", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:40:05 EDT", "image": null }, { "title": "Testing an antenna layout for the SKA-Low telescope", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-antenna-layout-ska-telescope.html", "summary": "SKA-Low is a radio telescope under construction in Western Australia. It will operate across a wide frequency range, from 50 to 350 MHz, and will be the most sensitive telescope of its kind ever built. The completed instrument will link 512 stations spread across an area roughly ", "source": "phys.org", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:20:17 EDT", "image": null } ] }