16+ min ago   (514+ words) New research has identified for the first time that bacteria can hijack RNA to take hold in our cells – shedding new light on how they establish infection and cause disease. RNA modifications regulate many cellular processes that are essential for…...

19+ min ago   (803+ words) British collector James Cranfield bought a mounted head for more than 60,000 British pounds after he realised it was not a fox's, but the skull of a now-extinct Tasmanian tiger. There has been global interest in the story of the head,…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (131+ words) Published 24 Aug.2026 09:00(KST) 'Archaeoscience: Reading the Companionship of Dogs and Humans' Academic Symposium Poster / National Gaya Cultural Heritage Research Institute. Researchers in zooarchaeology and archaeoscience from Korea, China, and Japan will participate in the symposium and give presentations on "Current…...

50+ min ago   (724+ words) Professor Katherine Kedzierska has spent 20 years chasing one question. Her answer, a single gene called OLAH, has just won her the 2026 GSK Award for Research Excellence — and could change how hospitals treat every patient who walks in with a respiratory…...

45+ min ago   (179+ words) Published 24 Aug.2026 09:30(KST) A domestic research team has identified a novel substance that selectively attacks metastatic colon cancer cells resistant to existing anticancer drugs. The research team focused on macropinocytosis, a process that occurs actively in metastatic cancer cells. Macropinocytosis…...

1+ hour ago   (171+ words) David Spears FRPS FRMS / Getty Army ants (Eciton species in South America) and driver ants (Dorylus species in Africa) have huge itinerant colonies of up to 20 million individuals, centred on a series of semi-permanent nests and satellite roost stations. They…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago   (727+ words) Genetic analysis has revealed a distinct baobab species in Madagascar, potentially changing how two threatened tree populations are conserved. Although the two species look similar, genetic analysis showed that northern populations formerly assigned to A. za are actually more closely related…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago   (901+ words) New research from the Dog Aging Project suggests that dogs and humans share some of the same biological patterns linked to lifespan. The finding could help scientists better understand how aging works in both species. In a study recently published…...

2+ hour, 39+ min ago   (649+ words) Upper Left: Monarch butterfly enjoying nectar from a pink-flowering swamp milkweed Lower left: A single white, monarch butterfly egg on a milkweed leaf Lower middle: Two monarch butterfly caterpillars on a milkweed plant Lower right: A monarch pupa after emerging…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago   (236+ words) Scientific Frontline Sunday, August 23, 2026 Structural Microbiology: In-Depth Description - Classification: Interdisciplinary Field bridging Microbiology, Structural Biology, Biophysics, and Biochemistry The Branches of Structural Microbiology - Bacterial Structural Biology: Focuses on the physical architecture of bacterial components—such as cell walls, secretion systems,…...