Scientific Frontline
Scientific Frontline#Epoxy resin is a clear, robust #polymer that is widely used – especially as part of fiber-reinforced materials in aviation, the automotive industry, and more. Until now, however, it has not been possible to recycle it
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/mols01132601.html
Scientific FrontlineA UNIGE and HUG team has, for the first time, described the interaction between the cerebellum and the brain’s reward system in people with schizophrenia.
Apathy, social withdrawal, and loss of motivation — the so-called ''negative'' symptoms of #schizophrenia — are among the most disabling and hardest to treat.
#Psychiatry #Neuroscience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/psyc01132601.html
Scientific Frontline#Cereals have natural resistance to #pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at the University of Zurich has now discovered a new mechanism that enables powdery mildew to outsmart the immune system of #wheat
#Botany #Biology #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/bot01122601.html
Scientific FrontlineSix years into a study on the effect of #plant #pathogens in grasslands, University of Kansas researchers have the data to show that species diversity — a hallmark of native #prairies — works as a protective shield
#Ecology #EvolutionaryBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/eco01102601.html
Scientific FrontlineScientists have found a way to make #perovskite solar cells not only highly efficient but also remarkably stable, addressing one of the main challenges holding the #technology back from widespread use.
#MaterialScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ms01092601.html
Scientific FrontlineA study of people with a rare condition known as auto-brewery syndrome has found a link between gut #microbes and symptoms of intoxication, pointing to new treatment strategies.
#Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/mcb01082601.html
Scientific FrontlineExtreme weather events have become significantly more common in the #Arctic over recent decades, posing a threat to vital #polar ecosystems, according to new research by an international team of scientists.
#Environmental #Ecology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/env01082601.html
Scientific FrontlineWhen #oily plastic, glass, and rubber washed ashore on #Florida beaches in 2020, it appeared at first to be a local mystery. But through a collaboration that paired community observations with world-leading #oceanographic and #chemical expertise, scientists traced the contamination across more than 5,200 miles of #ocean
#Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/env01072601.html
Scientific FrontlineRecurring high-energy #flood events are not the exception but the rule in the Ahr Valley in western #Germany – and this occurs over periods of centuries to millennia.
#EarthScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/es01072601.html
Scientific FrontlineAn international team has provided the first direct evidence of the beneficial effects of scheduled #daylight as compared to #artificial light in people with type 2 #diabetes
#Biology #Biochemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/bio01072601.html