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A high-magnification of the hydrogel (in blue) encapsulating T cell-activating platelets (in red) and nanoparticles that release a drug to inhibit tumor-boosting cells (in green). This gel inhibited the growth of cancer cells after surgical removal of different types of tumors.

Biodegradable gel boosts immune system’s attack on cancer

Categories Health

Scorpions’ venomous threat to mammals a relatively new evolutionary step

Categories Life & Non-humans

Can a virtual reality game help teens regulate emotions?

Categories Brain & Behavior, Technology

The carbon composition of sand grain-sized shells left behind 56 million years ago by single-cell ocean organisms called foraminifera — like this one from foram species Morozovella allisonensis — helped UW–Madison researchers describe a likely catastrophic collapse of the marine food web during a global warming very similar to the one we are embarking on now. IMAGE BY BRITTANY HUPP

Ancient example of modern global warming was too hot for tiny, important ocean creatures

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans

New lightweight super material could battle bullets, deflect space debris

Categories Technology

The Colorado potato beetle’s rapid spread, hardiness, and recognizable tiger-like stripes have caught global attention since it began infesting potatoes in the 1800s. Photo: Zach Cohen

‘Super pest’ Colorado potato beetle has the genetic resources to sidestep our attacks

Categories Life & Non-humans

Corn ethanol — made at refineries like this one in Minnesota — has driven land-use changes and crop choices that have resulted in carbon emissions negating any climate benefits from replacing gasoline with ethanol. PHOTO BY TYLER LARK

Corn ethanol can be worse than the gasoline it replaces

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment

Ultraprecise atomic clock poised for new physics discoveries

Categories Physics & Mathematics, Technology

Like many hibernators, thirteen-lined ground squirrels retain muscle tone and healthy gut microbiomes through hibernation even though they aren’t eating or moving around. Their success at rest may help humans make long space voyages. Photo by Rob Streiffer

Microbes help hibernating animals recycle nutrients, maintain muscle through winter

Categories Life & Non-humans

white mouse

Boosting one gene in the brain’s helper cells slows Alzheimer’s progression in mice

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

New way to alter DNA, affect health circumvents gut bacteria

Categories Health

Brittany Travers with a study participant during a training session for a video game that helps improve balance in autistic teenagers. ANDY MANIS

Video games teach balance, reduce symptoms in autistic adolescents

Categories Health, Technology

How does a spider weave its web?

How does a spider weave its web?

Categories Life & Non-humans

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