Sticky life beginnings, new pitcher plant & canine medium🐶 Plus Asia Research News 2026 and SciCom Coffee

Sticky life beginnings. Precarious pitcher plant, Breaking the cobalt "cage", Toxic algae killer & “Pure-bred” stem cell medium. Read all in the latest Editor's Choice. Plus Asia Research News 2026 is out now and SciCom Coffee talk by Rachael Smith at Wellcome Sanger Institute.

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Sticky life beginnings, new pitcher plant & canine medium🐶 Plus Asia Research News 2026 and SciCom Coffee

Sticky beginnings

Hiroshima University

Surface-bound gels that existed long before the first cells may have provided the structure and chemistry for life to take root on Earth, and perhaps beyond.

Prebiotic gel

Precarious pitcher plant

Ateneo de Manila University

A new species of pitcher plant found in only three locations in Palawan, Philippines is already at risk of extinction due to frequent severe weather conditions, poaching, and deforestation.

Carnivorous vine

Breaking the cobalt “cage”

National Taiwan University

Researchers developed a method to break down stubborn cobalt complexes and recover the valuable metal from wastewater, helping improve pollution control and reducing reliance on mining.

Reagent-free

Toxic algae killer

YOKOHAMA National University

Scientists discovered a new species of marine fungus that kills algae known to cause toxic blooms that have adverse health effects on humans.

Algophthora mediterranea

“Pure-bred” stem cell medium

Osaka Metropolitan University

A research team has created a stem cell medium from vitronectin, a dog protein, capable of supporting stem cell culture as effectively as the human-derived version.

E.coli role

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