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12-Nov-2025

Snail genome duplication offers look at evolution in transition

University of Iowa
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Iowa biologists discovered that a New Zealand freshwater snail duplicated its entire genome, capturing a rare evolutionary transitory state. The finding shows how large-scale genetic events can generate the raw material needed to fuel significant new adaptations and innovations in animals. Results appear in the journal Genome Biology and Evolution.

Journal: Genome Biology and Evolution
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Carver Biomedical Trust at Iowa, Iowa Office for Undergraduate Research Funding, Iowa Science Foundation

11-Nov-2025

New computational process could help condense decades of disease biology research into days

University of Notre Dame
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study out today in Science Signaling, researchers at the University of Notre Dame present a computational process that can scan hundreds of proteins in a few days, screening for pH-sensitive protein structures.

Journal: Science Signaling
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health

11-Nov-2025

Tiny diatoms, big climate impact: How microscopic skeletons rapidly shape ocean chemistry

Georgia Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Georgia Tech-led team reveals how diatoms' rapid transformations are reshaping our understanding of how ocean sediments regulate carbon and climate.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation

11-Nov-2025

Nonsurgical treatment shows promise for targeted seizure control

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Rice bioengineers have demonstrated a nonsurgical way to quiet a seizure-relevant brain circuit using a method that merges ultrasound, gene therapy and chemogenetics.

Journal: ACS Chemical Neuroscience
Funder: G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Science Foundation

11-Nov-2025

Worcester Polytechnic Institute receives $1 million grant to expand workforce training for hydrogen jobs

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop hands-on training, internships, and mentoring aimed at expanding the hydrogen energy workforce. The unique program will focus on experiential learning to build a blueprint that can be adapted to prepare workers for other jobs in any emerging technology industry, not just hydrogen energy.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

10-Nov-2025

Talking with our hands: Duke study reveals how culture shapes our gestures

Duke University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Duke study reveals how cultural identity shapes nonverbal communication and how understanding these differences can help us connect better across groups.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

10-Nov-2025

Texas Tech professors awarded $12 million for data center and AI research

Texas Tech University
Grant and Award Announcement

Texas Tech University has secured a five-year grant totaling $12.25 million in NSF funding for the REPACSS project, which will design and develop advanced computing systems that integrate multiple energy sources while addressing automation, remote data control and scientific workflow management. This five-year effort positions Texas Tech as a national leader in large-scale computing, distinct from commercial data centers by focusing on diverse academic and scientific applications.