New research has revealed alarming coral mortality rates of 92 per cent after last year’s bleaching event at Lizard Island on Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef, marking one of the highest coral mortality rates ever documented globally.  

Case Western Reserve University chemist Divita Mathur was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant for her research in synthetic DNA nanoparticles, which have potential applications in gene therapy.

A first-of-its-kind study in mice reveals that neurons add and shed synapses at a frenzied pace during development to integrate visual signals from the two eyes.

An international collaboration featuring the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has led to the first-ever chromosome-level genome assembly of a sea spider (Pycnogonum litorale). The genome informs about the development of the characteristic sea spider body plan and constitutes a landmark for revealing the evolutionary history of chelicerates in general. The study was recently published in BMC Biology.

Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are usually removed by endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES). However, surgical management of giant and irregular pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (GIPitNETs) with EES is often challenging, due to their large size and irregular shape. An alternative approach is combined endoscopic endonasal and transcranial surgery (CECS). Now, researchers compare the efficacy and outcome of both surgical techniques for treating GIPitNETs and found that CECS is safe and effective with comparable complication rates.