The platform called Nanostraw Electro-actuated Transfection (Next) uses tiny hollow nanostructures and electrical pulses to insert a wide variety of biomolecules — proteins, mRNA and gene-editing tools — into immune cells with high efficiency and minimal disruption.

In a study published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Spanish researchers analysed rare amber pieces containing multiple species to determine whether close proximity reflects ancient ecological relationships or mere coincidence. The findings shed new light on the behaviour of early ants that lived alongside the dinosaurs.

A new study on the Antarctic Peninsula shows that the choices we make in the next decade will determine Antarctica’s fate for centuries. At the moment we are on track for a medium- to high emissions future with irreversible consequences.

New research has revealed that plant species diversity is a stronger predictor of how dryland ecosystems respond to grazing pressure than climate, soil conditions or livestock type.

Methanol is a key starting material for chemical products. Researchers from ETH Zurich can now produce this precursor from CO2 and hydrogen with high efficiency by using isolated metal atoms as catalysts.

Researchers from ETH Zurich have demonstrated why only a small number of planets have the chemical requirements for life — and why the Earth is so fortunate. Their findings may have consequences for the search for life elsewhere in the universe.

Far from living on fish alone, prehistoric Europeans appear to have combined plants, seafood and other animal products into regionally distinct dishes. A new analysis of charred food residues in ancient pottery suggests that hunter-gatherer communities between the 6th and 3rd millennium BC had far more varied and sophisticated culinary traditions than previously assumed.

What began as a failed control experiment has led to a potentially important advance in drug chemistry. Researchers at the University of Cambridge discovered a light-driven reaction that enables late-stage modification of complex drug molecules under mild conditions.

A study from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory highlights a new target in Alzheimer’s research: blocking the enzyme PTP1B restored learning and memory in mice by reactivating the brain’s own immune cells to clear amyloid plaques. The results open the door to combination therapies that could go beyond current plaque-focused treatments and slow disease progression.

Because early Lyme disease often mimics other conditions and standard tests can miss initial infections, diagnosis is frequently delayed. A research team in New Hampshire now presents a molecular assay capable of identifying Borrelia burgdorferi with far greater precision, offering a promising path to faster treatment.