DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave. Researchers have now mapped this hidden architecture in unprecedented detail, showing how genome structure changes from cell to cell and over time. These insights reveal why many disease-linked mutations...
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2025 Was Another Exceptionally Hot Year
This year will conclude as the second hottest on record, surpassed only by 2024.
UAF Talk Explores New Greenhouse Tech for Winter Crops
A University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher will share her work on applying new technologies in greenhouses to extend the growing season in northern environments.
WSU Students Design Sustainable Food Hub in Liberia
A unique international collaboration is giving Washington State University landscape architecture students the chance to shape a community-centered agricultural future in Liberia.
A new study casts doubt on life beneath Europa’s ice
Europa’s buried ocean has made it one of the most exciting places to search for life beyond Earth. However, new calculations suggest its seafloor may be calm, cold, and largely inactive, with little energy to support living organisms. Unlike Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, Europa experiences weaker tidal forces that fail...
After Devastating Wildfires, Watersheds Surprisingly Thick With Fish and Amphibians
In the aftermath of historically severe wildfires in 2020, a study of Cascade Range watersheds found that stream vertebrates are doing surprising well, highlighted by flourishing fish populations.
Global Aviation Emissions Could be Halved Through Maximising Efficiency Gains, New Study Shows
A new study co-led by the University of Oxford has found that global aviation emissions could be reduced by 50-75% through combining three strategies to boost efficiency: flying only the most fuel-efficient aircraft, switching to all-economy layouts, and increasing passenger loads. Crucially, the study shows that around a 11% reduction...
Earliest, Hottest Galaxy Cluster Gas on Record Could Change our Cosmological Models
An international team of astronomers led by Canadian researchers has found something the universe wasn’t supposed to have: a galaxy cluster blazing with hot gas just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, far earlier and hotter than theory predicts.
Fires Could Emit More Air Pollution Than Previously Estimated
As fires burn the landscape, they spew airborne gases and particles, though their impact on air pollution might be underestimated.
Melting Glaciers Top the List
Climate change, trust in science and health were among the most popular topics covered by UZH media releases and articles in 2025.