Astronomy
Earth's satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into moon: Study
If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming toward Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to researchers.
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Plants & Animals
Acoustic romance in old church attics: Greater mouse-eared bats display lek mating system
In the darkness of old church attics, surprisingly romantic scenes take place as male greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis), the largest native bat species in Europe, compete for the attention of females using complex ...
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Zoning out could be beneficial—and may actually help us learn faster
Aimlessly wandering around a city or exploring the new mall may seem unproductive, but new research from HHMI's Janelia Research Campus suggests it could play an important role in how our brains learn.
Neuroscience
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Phase III trial shows gene therapy skin grafts help heal chronic wounds in blistering skin disease
Skin grafts genetically engineered from a patient's own cells can heal persistent wounds in people with an extremely painful dermatologic disease, a Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial has shown. The grafts treat severe ...
Inflammatory disorders
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'Pill-on-a-thread' could replace endoscopies for half of all patients being monitored for esophageal cancer risk
Endoscopies could be replaced by far less invasive capsule sponge tests for half of all patients with Barrett's esophagus, a known precursor to esophageal cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University ...
Gastroenterology
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A universal sleep pattern could help strengthen and separate memories
Although we know sleep is essential to our physical and mental well-being, it remains an incredibly enigmatic behavior, scientifically speaking. Researchers at the University of Michigan, however, may have developed a new ...
Neuroscience
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Macrophages elicit separate pathways for inflammation and lysosomal function in diseases due to toxic particle exposure
Human exposure to toxic particles drives various diseases. Examples include gout, an acute arthritis driven by monosodium urate crystals, or MSUc; CPPD disease, another inflammatory joint disease driven by calcium pyrophosphate ...
Immunology
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Experiencing awe may help people with long COVID feel better mentally
Most of us know what it feels like to be in awe—whether it's watching a sunset, holding your baby for the first time, or experiencing a powerful spiritual moment. Awe is that feeling of wonder or amazement when something ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Owls' silent flight inspires new noise reduction technology
If you've seen an owl fly, you probably didn't hear a thing. That's because their skin and feathers dampen sound by absorbing high- and low-frequency flight noise.
Engineering
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A newly developed imaging tool could transform brain cancer surgery
In a significant leap forward for successful cancer surgery, researchers at the University of Missouri and collaborators have developed a new imaging probe to help surgeons more accurately identify and remove aggressive tumors ...
Surgery
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Medical Xpress
Experiencing awe may help people with long COVID feel better mentally
Simple nasal swab test could cut costly virus screenings in high-risk settings
Sugary drinks in older age show no effect on dementia, large study finds
Alzheimer's protective mutation works by taming inflammation in the brain
COVID-19 wastewater surveillance accurately predicts community infections
Deep sleep and daytime control key to nocturnal enuresis management, finds study
'Anxious Monday' effect: Chronic stress hormone surge linked to start of week in older adults
Tech Xplore
New laser power converters can transmit power to further, remote destinations
AI is consuming more power than the grid can handle. Nuclear might be the answer
Where did the wonder go, and can AI help us find it?
South Africa's big rooftops could power six million homes: How to make it happen
New York state to build nuclear power plant
TikTok ban delayed for third time—experts aren't surprised
NASA air taxi passenger comfort studies move forward
The law relies on being precise. AI is disrupting that
High-capacity battery anode material offers graphite alternative
Modeling study finds early signs of widespread coastal marsh decline
Researchers have revealed the declining health of coastal marshes several years before visible signs of decline, providing an early warning and an opportunity to protect an ecosystem that serves as the first line of defense ...
Earth Sciences
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Near-perfect defects in 2D material could serve as quantum bits
Scientists across the world are working to make quantum technologies viable at scale—an achievement that requires a reliable way to generate qubits, or quantum bits, which are the fundamental units of information in quantum ...
Condensed Matter
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Physicists confirm elusive quantum spin liquid in new study
An international team of scientists led by Rice University's Pengcheng Dai has confirmed the existence of emergent photons and fractionalized spin excitations in a rare quantum spin liquid. Published in Nature Physics on ...
Condensed Matter
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Experimental drug holds promise for controlling weight and blood sugar
An article published in the journal Nature Metabolism presents an experimental drug that stimulates adipose tissue cells to produce heat through a process known as thermogenesis, thereby promoting weight loss.
Medications
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Photo-switchable DNA condensates enable remote-controlled microflow systems
Remote-controlled microflow using light-controlled state transitions within DNA condensates has been reported by scientists from the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan. By switching between ultraviolet light (UV) and visible ...
Bio & Medicine
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Study tightens King plot-based constraints on hypothetical fifth force
While the Standard Model (SM) describes all known fundamental particles and many of the interactions between them, it fails to explain dark matter, dark energy and the apparent asymmetry between matter and antimatter in the ...
Glass nanostructures reflect nearly all visible light, challenging photonics assumptions
A research team led by SUTD has created nanoscale glass structures with near-perfect reflectance, overturning long-held assumptions about what low-index materials can do in photonics.
Nanophysics
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Catching a jellyfish in the sky: New galaxy discovered with the James Webb Space Telescope
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers from Canada and Switzerland have discovered a new galaxy, which received designation COSMOS2020-635829. The newfound object appears to undergo a ram pressure stripping ...
Novel yet simple model provides smooth answer to friction mystery
Atoms slip against one another, eventually sticking in various combinations. Tectonic plates do the same, sliding across each other until they stick in a stationary state. Everything from the tiniest particles to unfathomably ...
General Physics
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New study locates neuron clusters that help the brain repay sleep debt
Sleeping deeply into the afternoon after an all-nighter or a late night out is one way the body repays its sleep debt. The sleep-wake cycle is regulated by a homeostatic process in which the body continuously adjusts its ...
Black women's beauty, fashion choices intertwined with Black history, politics
Black women's beauty and fashion are complex, meaningful acts, deliberate strategies for engaging with the world that make bold statements about identity, political resistance and empowerment, Black women said in a recent ...
Smarter cropland allocation could support sustainable agricultural intensification in Senegal
A new study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production presents a novel approach to sustainable agricultural intensification, with promising implications for food security and land conservation in Senegal. Conducted by ...
In Norway's Arctic, meteorologists have a first-row seat to climate change
In the cold of the Norwegian Arctic, meteorologist Trond Robertsen manually recorded precipitation levels for over two decades, witnessing firsthand the effects of climate change.
Biosensor-guided evolution enhances itaconic acid production in E. coli
A novel evolutionary technique, designed to select E. coli strains capable of more efficiently metabolizing acetate—a sustainable, cost-effective carbon source—has been developed by a research team led by Professor Donghyuk ...
Beijing issues weather warning for hottest days of year
Beijing residents sought shade and cooled off in canals on Monday as authorities issued the second-highest heat warning for the Chinese capital on one of its hottest days of the year so far.
Greece declares emergency on Chios over wildfires
Greece put the Mediterranean island of Chios under a state of emergency on Monday because of major fires that have raged since the weekend.
UK space weather prediction system goes operational
The impacts of space weather such as extreme solar winds and magnetic waves are not limited to outer space. Bursts of plasma emanating from the sun, for instance, can temporarily intensify electric and magnetic fields on ...
Nearly 40% of grilled eel products in Japanese retail market identified as American eel
Research led by Hiromi Shiraishi, researcher at Chuo University, has revealed that, in addition to Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica), American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is now widely distributed in processed eel products sold ...
Curiosity Mars rover starts unpacking the planet's boxwork formations
New images from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show the first close-up views of a region scientists had previously observed only from orbit. The images and data being collected are already raising new questions about how the ...
US hit by first extreme heat wave of the year
A potentially life-threatening heat wave hit the East Coast of the United States on Monday, with temperatures expected to climb to 40 degrees Celsius (104 F) in the New York metropolitan area.
Crushing it. What do you do with 4,000 hailstones that you collect while chasing storms
Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their own bodies dented in the name of science. They hope these hailstones will reveal secrets about storms, ...
Decoding the molecular commonality underlying lip hypertrophy in cichlids
Researchers have discovered that the genes related to extracellular matrix (ECM) and the Wnt signaling pathway characterize the independently acquired lip hypertrophy in cichlids of the East African Great Lakes. Through advanced ...
Hubble studies small but mighty galaxy
This portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope puts the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 in the spotlight. The galaxy is situated just 12.5 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs). It ...
Research finds 'attractiveness advantage' in customer experience
Have you ever found yourself thinking a server, salesperson or customer service employee was especially attractive, and wondered if that changed the way you felt about the interaction or even the outcome?
Some studies might not paint full picture of how plants respond to climate change
Scientists may be underestimating how plants will respond to rising global temperatures when they study hot summers but not warming winters, Michigan State University ecologists have found.
City trees provide cooling even in extreme heat
Plane trees in cities have an important cooling effect even in extreme heat, according to a new study conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and EPFL published in Urban Forestry ...
Do ants think? Do bees feel?
Animals were once considered mindless—incapable of thoughts or feelings.
In Norway, climate goals clash with Indigenous herders' rights
A recent climate initiative by the Norwegian government is facing opposition from the Saami Indigenous people, whose territories are directly affected. The proposed 54-kilometer power line would be built by the state-owned ...
A pink diamond just sold for over US$14 million—no wonder, when you look at the mysteries behind their chemistry
Diamonds might be forever but that doesn't stop them being bought and sold. One stone thought to have once belonged to Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, has just sold for US$14 million (£10 million) at an auction ...
Precision nanomachines deliver gene therapy to lymph nodes, suppressing breast cancer spread
The Innovation Center of NanoMedicine has summarized the results of its collaborative research with Professor Kanjiro Miyata's group from the Department of Materials Engineering/Bioengineering at the Graduate School of Engineering, ...
