Until now, researchers have been limited in developing photonic memory for AI processing – gaining one important attribute like speed while sacrificing another like energy usage. In the article, the international team demonstrates a unique solution that addresses current limitations of optical memory that have yet to combine non-volatility, multibit storage, high switching speed, low switching energy, and high endurance in a single platform.

In the 1990s, the San Miguel Island fox nearly went extinct, with numbers dropping to just 15. A recovery program increased their population by 2010, but from 2014 to 2018, it fell to 30% of its peak due to a new acanthocephalan parasite, exacerbated by a prolonged drought. A collaborative research effort employed morphological and molecular methods, alongside necropsy records, to identify the parasite and assess its health impacts on the foxes.

Changing precipitation patterns in the Neotropics, one of Earth’s most biodiverse regions, could threaten two-thirds of the area’s bird species by the year 2100 if climate change goes unchecked, according to new research led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and George Mason University. This would represent a dramatic loss, as the region is home to 30% of all bird species globally. 

GeniPhys, a preclinical-stage company developing regenerative collagen polymeric biomaterials for soft tissue restoration, has been awarded a $500,000 NSF SBIR Phase IIB supplemental funding grant. The grant will support regulatory and commercial readiness of the company's flagship product, Collymer Self-Assembling Scaffold.

Twenty-two new species of gall wasps have been identified and named for the first time, thanks to new research led by a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences graduate student.

A team of scientists has discovered surprising connections among gene activity, genome packing, and genome-wide motions, revealing aspects of the genome’s organization that directly affect gene regulation and expression. The findings bolster our understanding of the mechanics behind transcription-dependent motions of single genes—the dysfunction of which may lead to neurological and cardiovascular disorders as well as to cancer

Plants the world over are absorbing about 31% more carbon dioxide than previously thought, according to a new assessment developed by scientists. The research, detailed in the journal Nature, is expected to improve Earth system simulations that scientists use to predict the future climate, and spotlights the importance of natural carbon sequestration for greenhouse gas mitigation. 

To understand how these large snakes can regenerate their intestines without intestinal crypts, scientists from The University of Texas at Arlington, UT Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Alabama sequenced the RNA genes of pythons. By learning more about this process in reptiles, researchers hope to better inform other scientists working to improve the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases in humans, including diabetes, Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, and cancer.

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Male stalk-eyed flies fight to protect their access to food and females. The longer their eyestalks, the more attractive they are to females and the more intimidating they are to males. However, some male stalk-eyed flies have an X chromosome variant which means their eyestalks are shorter, and this disadvantageous variant is passed on to offspring nearly 100% of the time. Scientists trying to understand how this selfish gene is perpetuated, despite sexual selection against it, have now discovered that these males fight more aggressively.