Germplasm banks are important for preserving genetic diversity, yet the availability and long-term maintenance of macroalgal strains in germplasm banks is currently limited in European collections. To support future food security, restoration efforts, and biotechnological innovation, a strategy was recently developed for the long-term preservation of macroalgal genetic diversity. A foundational step in this effort is to assess...

Current acute ischemic stroke treatment is limited to reperfusion therapies within the first hours after the onset, underscoring the urgent need for novel therapeutic strategies to mitigate the progression of the brain lesion. Here, we describe the development of bio-inspired synthetic nanoshuttles—lipid nanoparticles (LNPs)—designed to deliver miRNAs and target post-stroke inflammation, a key contributor to secondary brain da...

Critical water infrastructure is designed to satisfy performance criteria and also withstand natural disasters such as extreme flood scenarios. Safety in this regard has improved drastically over the last century, yet hundreds of casualties occur each year at hydraulic structures from public interactions that include all types of routine social behaviors and recreational activities. For example, in the UK and US such drownings...

Vision plays a central role in the ecological success of birds, and morphological specialisations of the eye often reflect habitat use and behavioural strategies. As the principal refractive surface of the eye, the cornea is a key structure for visual performance, and its architecture may reflect ecological specialisation. In this study, we describe ocular morphology and corneal histology in four bird species with contrasting...

This study provides new insights into magma ascent based on mantle xenoliths erupted during the last explosive volcanic activity of Mt. Vulture volcano (southern Italy), combining H diffusion chronometry with fluid-mechanical models. Olivine crystals within lherzolite, wehrlite and dunite xenoliths are Mg-rich (Fo 88-90 ), with NiO contents up to 0.30 wt%. They show hydrogen loss profiles between 0.5 and 2.5 ppm, and the resul...

The deep submarine volcano Enmedio is located between Tenerife and Gran Canaria, the two most populated islands of the Canary archipelago. This study integrates multidisciplinary data gathered from 2015 to 2024, enabling a comprehensive analysis of the geomorphological, petrological, geochemical, and oceanographic features of this volcano. The combined findings from these disciplines confirm hydrothermal activity at the submar...

Cognitive decline is a major non-motor symptom in Parkinson’s disease (PD), often linked to brain atrophy. This study examines the relationship between cortical atrophy and age groups in predicting cognitive decline in PD over five years. 188 PD patients from the COPPADIS cohort were stratified by age: young (30–55 years, N = 47), middle-aged (56–65 years, N = 59), and older adults (66–75 years, N = 82). Baseline cortical volu...