Researchers uncover hidden plant-microbe strategy that boosts crop growth under nutrient stress

Scientists have uncovered a surprising strategy plants use to thrive when an essential nutrient—sulfur—is in short supply.

'Molecular bodyguard' helps bacterial infections persist in hostile environments

Researchers at Umeå University have identified a key molecular player that helps bacteria survive the hostile environment ...

How many microplastics are you drinking? New study finds which types of drinks have highest concentration

According to a new study, it might be more than just melted ice or leftover pulp. Researchers from the University of Birmingham tested 155 samples of popular beverages sold in UK supermarkets and ...
Futurism

Scientists Printed Viruses Designed by AI and They’re Successfully Reproducing

A team of researchers from Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto, California say they’ve created viruses with AI-designed DNA that can target and kill specific bacteria. And these ...
Wall Street Journal

Google’s Ad Monopoly Under Microscope as Judge Weighs Remedies

Google entered the final stretch of an antitrust case targeting its digital advertising monopoly, weeks after emerging largely unscathed from a similar challenge to its online search stronghold. The ...
WTOC-TV

Insurance practices in Georgia under microscope nearly 1 year after Hurricane Helene

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - We’re a little over a week away from the one year anniversary of Hurricane Helene and insurance practices in Georgia are under the microscope. 17 members of the Georgia House ...
CBSSports.com

DeShaun Foster, Nico Iamaleava under microscope after 0-2 start: Why UCLA coaching change could be on horizon

UCLA carried momentum into the 2025 season after it unexpectedly added quarterback Nico Iamaleava through the transfer portal. Second-year coach DeShaun Foster seemingly had the Bruins on the right ...
Chicago Tribune

With Chicago under a microscope, anti-violence group responds to mass shootings in Bronzeville

Within the span of 26 hours last weekend, two mass shootings in Bronzeville injured 12 people — including critically wounding a 17-year-old — both within blocks of one another and minutes away from ...
Yahoo

With Chicago under a microscope, anti-violence group responds to mass shootings in Bronzeville neighborhood

CHICAGO — Within the span of 26 hours last weekend, two mass shootings in the Bronzeville neighborhood injured 12 people — including a 17-year-old critically — both within blocks of one another and ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Physicists have created a new 'time crystal'—it won't power a time machine but could have many other uses

Imagine a clock that doesn’t have electricity, but its hands and gears spin on their own for all eternity. In a new study, physicists at CU Boulder have used liquid crystals, the same materials that ...
Insider Monkey

Jim Cramer Put These 7 Stocks Under a Microscope

On Tuesday, Mad Money host Jim Cramer addressed the stock market’s decline, pointing to recent developments from the White House and the upcoming labor report as sources of investor anxiety. He ...