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Swimming crab trapped in plastic bottle survived two months on the ocean
24+ min ago (302+ words) image: A large, live swimming crab, Portunus sanguinolentus entrapped inside the bottle. (Hajime Sato / Hiroshima University) view more Credit: Hajime Sato / Hiroshima University How did a large crab end up trapped inside a plastic bottle with an opening smaller than…...
Biomarker-guided drug combinations may improve outcomes in treatment-resistant melanoma
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (217+ words) image: Vashisht Gopal Yennu Nanda, Ph. D. , of UT MD Anderson view more Credit: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center In a preclinical study, adding a BCL2 inhibitor to standardmelanomatherapy shrank tumors that had stopped responding to therapy" The studyidentifiedtwo…...
Light spurs bond activation by main-group elements
55+ min ago (248+ words) Researchers at the University of Osaka use visible light to enable transition-metal-like bond activation at a main-group element Now, researchers at the University of Osaka have used visible light to enable oxidative addition of aryl halides at a group 13 element,…...
Hanbat National University researchers develop a new predictive model for designing 2 D perovskites
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (647+ words) Two-dimensional (2 D) perovskites have emerged as promising optoelectronic materials. However, their practical and rational design is hindered by poor understanding of the relationship between the screening environment and excitonic properties. In a new study, researchers developed a new method to isolate…...
Hidden role of garnet reveals how Earth's 660-km seismic boundary forms
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (265+ words) Researchers show that garnet governs the mineral transitions shaping Earth's 660-km seismic boundary, supporting a pyrolite-like mantle image: Schematic illustration of the 660-km seismic discontinuity showing how coupled post-spinel and post-garnet transitions shape the boundary in the average mantle, cold…...
Microtubule-mediated granulosa cell'oocyte communication and its role in female fertility
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (661+ words) Researchers from Japan investigated how microtubules contribute to communication between granulosa cells and oocytes during ovarian follicle development. Focusing on the microtubule-stabilizing protein Camsap3, the team used knockout mouse models and advanced imaging techniques to examine the organization of transzonal projections....
Jason Huse, M. D. , Ph. D.
13+ hour, 42+ min ago (54+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Jason Huse, M. D. , Ph. D. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Restricted to one time use by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center More on this News Release Common brain cancer mutation changes DNA shape…...
Zero-waste plastic and color recycling
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (135+ words) The end of colored plastic downgrading could be near with new approach image: Color-embedded silica and plastic were combined to form various shapes. Reusability was tested over multiple generations of molding, decomposition, and reuse. view more In the world of…...
Fig. 1 [IMAGE] | Eurek Alert! Science News Releases
10+ hour, 6+ min ago (86+ words) Fig. 1 (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Adding a one-sentence "matching-difficulty" message to the HLA match letter raised the share of donors reaching confirmatory typing (CT) from 22. 2% to 23. 9% (+1. 63 points; +7. 3% relative). 2026 Kato H. & Ohtake F. et al. , The University of Osaka (Ci DER). Original graphic created…...
Fig. 2 [IMAGE] | Eurek Alert! Science News Releases
10+ hour, 25+ min ago (85+ words) Fig. 2 (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Estimated effect of each message on the CT-reaching rate. Only the matching-difficulty (scarcity) message was statistically significant; combining messages cancelled the effect (95% confidence intervals shown). 2026 Kato H. & Ohtake F. et al. , The University of Osaka (Ci DER). Original…...