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Professors Kathryn Abel, Tony Day and Matt Sutton from The University of Manchester have been elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences, three of 54 exceptional biomedical and health scientists to achieve the award this year.

UdeM's Carole Anglade is exploring the benefits of choral singing for those who have difficulty communicating after a stroke. Regardless of how severe the impairment is, "why do some people cope with aphasia better than others," asks Carole Anglade, a professor at Université de Montréal's School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.

Nine outstanding Cambridge scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence.

Many microorganisms can move in a goal oriented way in liquids. How do they do this without a complex nervous system? Research conducted at TU Wien provides explanations.

Organoids are a promising breakthrough that scientists have been exploring over the past 15 years. These three-dimensional tissue cultures grown from human stem cells stand to revolutionize some aspects of biomedical research, but they won't do away entirely with the need for animal testing.

The recently launched nationwide citizen science project GartenDiv will be the first to research plant diversity in Germany's gardens.

Cameras on a remote island in Panama captured the origin and spread of a bizarre -fad- To the point Animal abduction: On Panama-s Jicarón island, biologists documented five male capuchin monkeys carrying at least eleven different infant howler monkeys-a behavior never before seen in wild primates.

Life Published: 15 May 2025, 13:50 Researchers from Cluster of Excellence "Balance of Microverse" at the University of Jena, in collaboration with international partners, have developed a new tool that significantly simplifies and accelerates the genetic analysis of viruses.

UC3M unveils new neuroscience knowledge map R&D to foster innovation in this area The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has released a new neuroscience knowledge map that highlights the Univers

When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further enhanced this cooperation by forming a concurrent symbiosis with two different groups of mycorrhizal fungi.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the heart could help to detect a life-threatening heart disease and enable clinicians to better predict which patients are most at risk, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

Lymphomas belong to the group of malignant diseases of the immune system and mainly affect the organs of the lymphatic system.

By tying together more than a century of memory research at Cambridge, the Memory Lab gives us tangible ways to improve, preserve and understand our memory.

SFU study sheds new light on what causes long-term disability after a stroke and offers new path toward possible treatment Silent damage and rays of hope: Nick Dulvy sheds light on ecological diversi

The diversity of whitefish species in Swiss lakes is unique and plays a central role in lake ecosystems.

An international research team, including researchers from the Department of Biology at the University of Hamburg, sequenced the complete genomes of 6 primate species that are closely related to humans.

A study led by the University of Bonn has illuminated the mechanism by which this marine creature produces the detergent The marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis feeds on oil, multiplying rapidly in the wake of oil spills, and thereby accelerating the elimination of the pollution, in many cases.

GENETICS Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose - and how it protected our ancestors from ancient diseases. What do a millennia-old human from the Black Sea region and modern HIV medicine have in common? Quite a lot, it turns out, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen.

Parents' genes - even when not directly inherited by a child - may play a role in their educational and mental health outcomes, finds a new report by UCL researchers.

Freezing sperm makes it possible to preserve genetically modified animal lines. Cryopreservation thus reduces the need to keep animals alive in animal houses.

Cells in our body produce vast amounts of RNA - but only a fraction is actually useful. How do cells know which RNA molecules to keep and which to discard?

The North Korean government engages in unsustainable and illegal wildlife trade, which includes species protected under its own laws and poses a threat to biodiversity recovery in the region, finds a groundbreaking new study by UCL researchers.

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have used microbial processes to produce environmentally friendly bioconcrete from urine as part of a "wastewater-bioconcrete-fertilizer" value chain.

A decades-old challenge in neuroscience has been solved by harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to identify the electrical signatures of different types of brain cells for the first time, as part of a study in mice led by researchers from UCL. Brains are made up of many different types of neurons (nerve cells in the brain), each of which are thought to play different roles in processing information.

A new metagenomic test developed by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) is providing clinical teams around the country with vital information about rare infections - allowing for patients to access targeted treatments they desperately need.

To the point More curious: Orangutans in zoos explore more frequently and in more varied ways than those in the wild, including greater use of tools and multiple objects.

To the point Innovative method: A team of biologists and robotic engineers have developed a virtual reality system for fish to decipher how they school Discovering nature-s algorithm: They uncovered