Top Biology and Medicine News from September 21 to 27, 2026

Illustration: pronedra.ru Science increasingly demonstrates that the boundaries between living organisms, physical laws, and technology are becoming ever less distinct. In just one week, scientists discovered new ways to understand how trees survive drought, attempted to peer into the quantum world inside a cell, proposed novel approaches to treating cancer, and revealed an unexpected mechanism of aging. Trees activate a "night mode" to survive droughtIs quantum physics possible within a living cell? Is quantum physics possible within a living cell? Is quantum physics possible within a living cell? 21st-century biology has long ceased to be solely the study of plants, animals, and humans. Today, it integrates genetics, physics,…