Findings from the University of Kansas could offer important context for farmers who want to use beneficial microbes to improve yields. Today, microbial commercialization in agriculture represents an expanding multibillion dollar sector.

If we all ate more vegetables and less meat, and cut down on bananas, chocolate and coffee, we could free up significant areas of land for restoration and save hundreds of the world’s species from extinction, finds a new Cambridge study.

A UH researcher reports that managing life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis may center around reducing ketone levels in diabetic patients and increasing exercise capacity. That could be life-changing for approximately 20-30% of the 830 million diabetic patients who develop the disease. 

Scientists have long sought to develop treatments that enhance the muscle’s self-renewal capabilities to stave off degeneration. Researchers have found it challenging to generate an adequate supply of therapeutic cells. These cells also tend to be immature, which limits their regenerative potential.

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute published findings October 30, 2025, in Stem Cell Reports demonstrating a new method that yields up to twice as many therapeutic cells as previous protocols, while also delivering more mature and effective cells. This marks an important step in advancing regenerative medicine treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other degenerative muscle diseases.

A new technology can shape the spectrum of light emitted from a laser frequency comb across the visible and near-infrared wavelengths with record precision.

One year after the international Cybathlon 2024 competition, the Italian team has published a focus article in Science Robotics on the Omnia bionic leg, which took first place in the leg prosthesis race. The article highlights the experience of Andrea Modica, a transfemoral amputee and the device’s pilot, who successfully completed 9 out of 10 tasks in 2 minutes and 57 seconds. The Omnia prosthesis was developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT – Italian Institute of Technology) by the joint Rehab Technologies IIT-INAIL Lab.