Shawn Mendes Classic ‘There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back’ Celebrates Nine Years

Shawn Mendes hit a major milestone today as his breakthrough single ‘There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back’ officially turned nine years old. The track that helped launch the Canadian singer from social media sensation to mainstream pop royalty still hits different for fans who remember jamming to it back in 2017. The PopBase music account marked…

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‘Jumping genes’ help a bacterium that causes hospital infections to adapt quickly

Nature, Published online: 22 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01274-5 Over the past three decades, mobile DNA sequences called transposable elements have proliferated throughout the genome of Enterococcus faecium, an important bacterium behind infections in hospitalized individuals. These ‘jumping genes’ can replicate rapidly, alter gene activity and seem to help E. faecium to alter its metabolism on clinical…

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