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1-Jul-2025

Against the odds: Endometriosis linked to four times higher pregnancy rates than other causes of infertility, new study reveals

European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Reports and Proceedings

A landmark 30-year study of over four million women in England has revealed that women with endometriosis-associated infertility are significantly more likely to become pregnant compared to those with infertility from other causes.

Meeting: ESHRE 41st Annual Meeting

1-Jul-2025

Microplastics discovered in human reproductive fluids, new study reveals

European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Reports and Proceedings

New research presented today at the 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) reveals the presence of microplastics in human reproductive fluids, raising important questions about their potential risks to fertility and reproductive health.

Meeting: ESHRE 41st Annual Meeting

1-Jul-2025

Plants seek friendly environments rather than adapt

University of California - Davis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in places that felt like home, according to a new study from UC Davis. The work shows that the ability of plants and animals to adapt to changing climates might be more limited than it appears.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

1-Jul-2025

Manipulation of light at the nanoscale helps advance biosensing

Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Traditional medical tests often require clinical samples to be sent off-site for analysis in a time-intensive and expensive process. Point-of-care diagnostics are instead low cost, easy-to-use, and rapid tests performed at the site of patient care. Recently, researchers at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology reported new and optimized techniques to develop better biosensors for the early detection of disease biomarkers.

Journal: MRS Bulletin

1-Jul-2025

Large lessons from a tiny wasp

University of New Hampshire

New research highlights how Nasonia, tiny wasps that parasitize flies, provide insights into how species evolve and how small genetic differences affect behavior.

Journal: Journal of Insect Science
Funder: NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

1-Jul-2025

Brain stimulation can boost math learning in people with weaker neural connections

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The strength of certain neural connections can predict how well someone can learn math, and mild electrically stimulating these networks can boost learning, according to a study published on July 1^st in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Roi Cohen Kadosh from University of Surrey, United Kingdom, and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS Biology

1-Jul-2025

Pair of malaria parasite proteins could lead to targeted therapies

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A University of California, Riverside-led team has made an advance in the basic understanding of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for the deadliest form of human malaria, that could make novel, highly targeted anti-malarial therapies possible.

Journal: Cell Reports
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases