Big breakthrough: Vacuum-deposited perovskite cells retain 80% performance after 1,080 hours

Big breakthrough: Vacuum-deposited perovskite cells retain 80% performance after 1,080 hours

• Big breakthrough: Vacuum-deposited perovskite cells retain 80% performance after 1,080 hours In the lab, the cells achieved 19 • Researchers have achieved a major breakthrough in

Immune cells selectively pull DNA from dying nuclei, revealing a process dubbed nucleocytosis

• Over the years, cell biology has built a detailed picture of how cells compartmentalize their internal functions • Central to this organization is the nucleus, which houses the g

Science · February 26, 2026 (updated February 26, 2026) · 1 min · 93 words

This mysterious protein punctures our cells-now researchers know how

• The human body is a dynamic place • Blood pumps, spinal fluid flows, oxygen comes in and carbon dioxide goes out • Deeper still, charged molecules pass through cell walls, quietl

Science · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 202 words
Peripheral immune-inducer dendritic cells drive early-life allergic inflammation

Peripheral immune-inducer dendritic cells drive early-life allergic inflammation

• Abstract Atopic diseases associated with allergens, as well as allergic diseases, frequently arise early in life; however, the age-dependent mechanisms governing immune responses

Science · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 259 words
Landmark vitiligo cream targets immune cells that disrupt pigmentation

Landmark vitiligo cream targets immune cells that disrupt pigmentation

• Vitiligo involves paler, less-pigmented skin patchesGetty Images Vitiligo involves paler, less-pigmented skin patches Getty Images A first-of-its-kind cream that targets the unde

Science · February 24, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 264 words
Crystal-facet-directed all-vacuum-deposited perovskite solar cells

Crystal-facet-directed all-vacuum-deposited perovskite solar cells

• Abstract Vacuum-based deposition is a scalable, solvent-free industrial method ideal for uniform coatings on complex substrates. • However, all-vacuum-deposited perovskite solar

Materials Science · February 24, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 329 words

Bacteria deliver a microtubule-binding protein into mammalian cells to promote colonization

• Science, Volume 391, Issue 6787, Page 825-830, February 2026. • Science, Volume 391, Issue 6787, Page 825-830, February 2026.

Science · February 24, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 207 words

Scientists deliver new molecule for getting DNA into cells

• Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new molecule which carries DNA into biological cells, to treat or vaccinate against illnesses. • Many existing optio

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 176 words

How cells manage nitric oxide: Research uncovers dynamic 'gate' that tames powerful signaling molecule

• Cornell researchers have uncovered a built-in molecular ‘gate’ that controls the production of the molecule nitric oxide, a crucial signaling molecule throughout biology that in

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 135 words

Evidence links polyploidy and senescence in bladder cells, with implications for cancer

• UConn Center on Aging researchers have published a new editorial in the journal Aging titled ‘Polyploidy-induced senescence: Linking development, differentiation, repair, and (po

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 161 words

Shining a light on the secret life of carbon dioxide in cells

• Carbon dioxide (CO₂) connects us to the natural world: What we breathe out becomes fuel for forests. • But inside our own bodies, CO₂ has a secret life. • It sparks chemical reac

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 152 words

Bacteria deliver a microtubule-binding protein into mammalian cells to promote colonization

• Science, Volume 391, Issue 6787, Page 825-830, February 2026.

Science · February 22, 2026 (updated February 23, 2026) · 1 min · 102 words

New microscopy technique lets scientists see cells in unprecedented detail and color

• Scientists have developed a new imaging technique that uses a novel contrast mechanism in bioimaging to merge the strengths of two powerful microscopy methods, allowing researche

Science · February 21, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 148 words

A low-cost microscope to study living cells in zero gravity

• As space agencies prepare for human missions to the moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity affects living cells. • Now, a team of researchers has

Science · February 21, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 153 words

A hidden reason inner ear cells die-and what it means for preventing hearing loss

• Proteins long known to be essential for hearing have been hiding a talent: they also act as gatekeepers that shuffle fatty molecules across cell membranes. • When this newly disc

Science · February 21, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 147 words
Ultramarathons may damage red blood cells and accelerate aging

Ultramarathons may damage red blood cells and accelerate aging

• Ultramarathons may damage red blood cells and accelerate aging Extreme endurance running may quietly age your red blood cells from the inside out. • Running extreme distances may

Science · February 21, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 232 words

A survival strategy inside stressed cells: Ribosomes in pairs

• Ribosomes, the cell’s protein-making factories, consume large amounts of energy as they build the proteins that keep cells alive and functioning. • When cells experience stress-s

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 188 words
Doctors implant dopamine-producing stem cells in Parkinson's patients

Doctors implant dopamine-producing stem cells in Parkinson's patients

• Doctors implant dopamine-producing stem cells in Parkinsonâ s patients In a bold new trial, doctors are implanting lab-grown stem cells into the brain to reboot dopamine producti

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 226 words
Reduced cyclin D3 expression in erythroid cells protects against malaria

Reduced cyclin D3 expression in erythroid cells protects against malaria

• Abstract The severity of malaria varies substantially between individuals, but the mechanisms that underlie these differences remain unclear. • Because erythrocytes have a key ro

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 271 words
This reengineered HPV vaccine trains T cells to hunt down cancer

This reengineered HPV vaccine trains T cells to hunt down cancer

• This reengineered HPV vaccine trains T cells to hunt down cancer A tiny structural tweak transformed an HPV cancer vaccine into a far more potent tumor fighter. • Over the last d

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 119 words
One stem cell generates 14 million tumor-killing NK cells in major cancer breakthrough

One stem cell generates 14 million tumor-killing NK cells in major cancer breakthrough

• One stem cell generates 14 million tumor-killing NK cells in major cancer breakthrough Researchers in China have created a more efficient strategy for producing natural killer (N

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 243 words

From cells to companies: Study shows how diversity scales within complex systems

• A mystery novel, a history book, and a fantasy epic may have little in common in plot or style. • But count the words inside them and a strange regularity appears: many new words

Science · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 223 words
Organic solar cells retain 93% power-conversion efficiency with new additive

Organic solar cells retain 93% power-conversion efficiency with new additive

• Organic solar cells retain 93% power-conversion efficiency with new additive Devices usually achieve only 76% retention with a toxic additive after 180 hours of use. • A study co

A yeast enzyme helps human cells overcome mitochondrial defects

• Nucleotide synthesis-the production of the basic components of DNA and RNA-is essential for cell growth and division. • In most animal cells, this process depends closely on prop

Science · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 152 words
IonQ | From Flash Cells to Qubits: How IonQ is Drawing Inspiration from Classical Flash Memory to Advance Quantum Error Correction

IonQ | From Flash Cells to Qubits: How IonQ is Drawing Inspiration from Classical Flash Memory to Advance Quantum Error Correction

• Watch IonQ’s Quantum World Congress 2025 Keynote On Demand. • From Flash Cells to Qubits: How IonQ is Drawing Inspiration from Classical Flash Memory to Advance Quantum Error Cor

Quantum Computing · January 15, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 276 words