Science

A field and taxonomic study in two Shaanxi sites recovered 20 ophiostomatalean species from bark-beetle galleries in Pinus armandii and formally described seven new species...

Botanists have described Vincetoxicum phucanhense, a new climbing species known only from limestone forest in Vietnam’s Phu Canh Nature Reserve, bringing the country’s recognized Vincetoxicum...

A museum morphology study redescribed two Anthomyia species, designated lectotypes and synonymized Anthomyia diversa with Delia sanctijacobi after finding that the former’s paralectotype belongs to...

An observational survey of 15 islands in Karimunjawa Marine National Park found significant route-group differences in coral abundance and species richness, but no significant differences...

A cytogenetic study of three successfully karyotyped Epiplatys spilargyreius from Ethiopia found 34 chromosomes and a fundamental number of 52.

A prospective single-center cohort linked baseline thyroid autoantibodies and higher TSH to more immune-related thyroid dysfunction during advanced lung cancer immunotherapy, while post-treatment seroconversion was...

A primary video-based survey of the Nova Canton Trough recorded 325 morphotaxa at 2,751–7,989 metres, revealing strong depth-associated changes while leaving species-level uncertainties unresolved.

An experimental cultivation, transcriptomic, and overexpression study found that low temperature was required for primordium formation in Armillaria ostoyae under the tested conditions and associated...

A laboratory study found that a microfiber- and hydroxyapatite-reinforced PLA formulation maximized mechanical measurements, while a higher-hydroxyapatite formulation showed the best wear, friction, swelling and...

A retrospective, cross-sectional study found cryptococcal antigenemia in 11.1% of 63 hospitalized patients with advanced HIV in Fortaleza and an association with higher in-hospital mortality.

A 34-site Slovak field study found that bulk, water eDNA and sediment eDNA metabarcoding produced substantially different ecological status classifications, with differences driven mainly by...

A retrospective cohort study found that automated prompt optimization improved a large language model’s same-day discharge prediction performance on a hold-out test set, while qualitative...