Planetary Sciences
New warm sub-Neptune exoplanet discovered with TESS
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new warm sub-Neptune exoplanet, which is nearly three times larger than the Earth. The finding was reported ...
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Environment
National park wild boar contain five-times more toxic PFAS than humans allowed to eat, study finds
Wild boar in a European national park have been found to contain levels of toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" nearly five-times higher than is allowed to be sold in meat for human consumption under EU law, according to a new ...
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Following the 'BATT Signal:' A new signaling pathway controlling planarian germ cells
Biogenic monoamines—molecules like dopamine and serotonin—are famous for their role as the brain's emissaries of mood, learning and memory, stress mechanisms, and fight-or-flight responses in the body.
Cell & Microbiology
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Nf1 gene mutations disrupt brain cell plasticity and motor learning in mice
Neurogenetic disorders, such as neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), are diseases caused by a defect in one or more genes, which can sometimes result in cognitive and motor impairments. Better understanding the neural underpinning ...
Researchers identify vascular changes in the brain linked to Alzheimer's disease
The blood-brain barrier—a network of blood vessels and tissues that nurtures and protects the brain from harmful substances circulating in the blood—is disrupted in Alzheimer's disease. Now, researchers at Mayo Clinic ...
Neuroscience
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Researchers pioneer noninvasive gene therapy for brain disorders
A new method developed by a research team led by Rice University's Jerzy Szablowski offers hope for treating brain disorders through gene therapy. The innovative approach could transform treatments for inherited conditions ...
Neuroscience
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University of Minnesota retracts pioneering studies in stem cells, Alzheimer's disease
Years after questions were raised about their integrity, two of the University of Minnesota's highest-profile scientific discoveries have been retracted in one week—one that offered hope over the therapeutic potential of ...
Medical research
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Effectiveness of large language models in political microtargeting assessed in new study
Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) have raised the prospect of scalable, automated, and fine-grained political microtargeting on a scale previously unseen. For example, when integrated with existing databases ...
Machine learning & AI
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Researchers propose the next platform for brain-inspired computing
Computers have come so far in terms of their power and potential, rivaling and even eclipsing human brains in their ability to store and crunch data, make predictions and communicate. But there is one domain where human brains ...
Computer Sciences
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Scientists discover high-risk form of endometrial cancer—and how to test for it—using AI
A discovery by researchers at the University of British Columbia promises to improve care for patients with endometrial cancer, the most common gynecologic malignancy.
Oncology & Cancer
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Medical Xpress
International trial introduces another curative option for sickle cell disease
To fight infant mortality, program gives pregnant Philadelphians $1,000
Which adolescents are at risk of depression following early social media use?
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Dermatology and mental health: Study links psoriasis to OCD
Music study reveals brain's predictive power
Tech Xplore
Effectiveness of large language models in political microtargeting assessed in new study
Researchers propose the next platform for brain-inspired computing
Novel network proposed to improve underwater image quality
A fresh set of eyes on next-generation nuclear reactors
Researchers develop dry transfer printing for flexible electronics
Scientists develop highly efficient process technology for next-generation AI semiconductors
Quokka: A tiny, personal quantum computer emulator
'Wake-up call': third of adults not doing enough physical activity
Nearly a third of all adults are not doing enough physical activity, posing a growing threat to health across the world, a major study said on Wednesday.
Health
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The plants bees need to maintain a healthy diet have been revealed
As critical pollinators, bees keep our agricultural systems going—but human-caused changes to the planet heavily impact their foraging options. To help protect our food security, we need more information about bees' own ...
Plants & Animals
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Iceland's volcano eruptions may last decades, researchers find
Iceland's ongoing volcanic eruptions may continue on and off for years to decades, threatening the country's most densely populated region and vital infrastructure, researchers predict from local earthquake and geochemical ...
Environment
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Foregoing quantum chaos to achieve high-fidelity quantum state transfer
An international team of scientists from China and the U.S. has developed a scalable protocol for high-fidelity quantum state transfer (QST) in a 36-qubit superconducting quantum circuit.
Large-scale study assesses the short-term impact on stress of self-administered mindfulness exercises
Mindfulness practices, derived from ancient meditative traditions, have become increasingly popular in modern society. Past studies have found that these practices, which encourage people to intentionally direct their attention ...
The largest repository of transcription factor binding data in human tissues compiled to date
Transcription factors (TFs) are proteins that bind to specific DNA sequences, regulating the transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA (mRNA). These proteins play a pivotal role in the regulation of gene ...
New yttrium-doping strategy enhances 2D transistors
Electronics engineers and materials scientists have been trying to identify materials that could help to boost the performance of electronics further, overcoming the inherent limitations of silicon-based transistors. Two-dimensional ...
Researchers develop high-performance anion exchange membranes for sustainability applications
A team of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in the development of anion exchange membranes (AEMs). They designed a novel spiro-branched polymeric membrane that incorporates highly connected sub-nanometer microporous ...
Polymers
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Modeling software reveals patterns in continuous seismic waveforms during series of stick-slip, magnitude-5 earthquakes
A team at Los Alamos National Laboratory has used machine learning—an application of artificial intelligence—to detect the hidden signals that precede an earthquake. The findings at the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii are ...
Earth Sciences
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Researchers discover new flat electronic bands, paving way for advanced quantum materials
In a study published in Nature Communications, a team of scientists led by Rice University's Qimiao Si predicts the existence of flat electronic bands at the Fermi level, a finding that could enable new forms of quantum computing ...
Condensed Matter
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The West is warming and drying so fast that a crucial drought-monitoring tool can't keep up, study says
Drought in the American West is becoming a persistent reality instead of a periodic emergency due to climate change, and a recent study found that an essential tool used to measure drought can't keep up.
A new horizon for the Kuiper Belt: Subaru telescope's wide-field observations
The Subaru Telescope's wide and deep imaging observations are contributing information to the New Horizons spacecraft as it moves through the outer solar system. By applying a unique analysis method to images of Kuiper Belt ...
Maryland denounces Virginia decision on winter crab fishery: 'A bad day if you care about blue crabs'
Maryland officials and environmentalists are railing against a Virginia decision that could reopen a long-closed segment of that state's blue crab fishery.
For many urban residents, it's even hotter than their weather app says
There's a strong chance that last week's scorching temperatures were even hotter than reported for those living in underserved urban areas.
Scientists unveil vacancy-assisted fatigue damage mechanism at small scales
Classical theories of fatigue damage in bulk metals have been extensively studied, but little is known about the fundamental fatigue mechanisms at submicron and nanometer scales, where dislocation pattern formation is completely ...
Companies in strategic alliances get better access to financing and more desirable terms, research shows
Shoppers browsing through blouses and blenders at Target know they can also quaff a cappuccino at one of more than 1,700 Starbucks cafeshoused within Targets. The strategic alliance benefits both corporations by helping them ...
Study finds foreign-born CEOs are more likely to acquire international targets, including in their birth country
New research shows that CEOs who have moved away from their country of origin have a significantly higher tendency to make acquisitions internationally, with a preference for targets in their birth country or in countries ...
Study finds most young people have at some point inflicted offline or online violence on their partners
The PSIDES research group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) is dedicated to researching online dating violence in young couples. The aim is to gain a better understanding of this recent phenomenon so that ...
Researchers develop highly accurate carbohydrate binding site prediction algorithm, DeepGlycanSite
As the most abundant organic substances in nature, carbohydrates are essential for life. Carbohydrates interact with diverse protein families to modulate various biological processes, including immune response, cell differentiation ...
3D thymic-like hydrogels for T-cell differentiation
A study published in GEN Biotechnology describes the establishment of the first hydrogel-based platform for producing T-cells from hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Researchers engineered biomaterials integrated with ...
Saudi women's quest for change enabled them earn citizenship rights
Saudi women have obtained their citizenship rights through their own struggle and there is little truth in the widely held idea in the West that their role in the fight for their freedom has been negligible.
After a century away, sturgeons return to Swedish waters
A century after it disappeared from Swedish waters, scientists in June embarked on a 10-year project to reintroduce the Atlantic sturgeon to a cleaned-up river in the west of the country.
In Colombia, a long, perilous romance to save the harpy eagle
Wounded and wary, the young couple appear to be into each other: their arranged romance, years in the making, is aimed at preserving the rapidly disappearing harpy eagle, one of the world's largest raptors.
First radioactive rhino horns to curb poaching in S.Africa
South African scientists on Tuesday injected radioactive material into live rhino horns to make them easier to detect at border posts in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching.
Q&A: Research shows children and adolescents may be motivated to rectify gender and ethnicity biases in the classroom
A new Child Development study by researchers at the University of Maryland, Furman University, Education Northwest and University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa in the United States has examined whether children think it's unfair for ...
Why scientists are concerned about the effects of non-native horses and burros on natural ecosystems
Worldwide, introduced non-native herbivores have the potential to threaten native ecosystems. For example, in western North America, uncontrolled numbers of feral horses and burros are threatening natural habitats and the ...
Addressing LGBTQ+ disparities in STEM and higher education: Making the invisible visible
In May, the National Science Foundation announced plans to add questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to its Survey of Earned Doctorates, an annual exit survey of all individuals who will receive a research ...
Adolescents today are more satisfied with being single
Young people aged 14 to 20 years are more satisfied nowadays with being single than their counterparts ten years ago. This is the conclusion of a study undertaken by the Institute of Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University ...
US launches satellite to better prepare for space weather
The United States on Tuesday launched a new satellite expected to significantly improve forecasts of solar flares and coronal mass ejections—huge plasma bubbles that can crash into Earth, disrupting power grids and communications.
From wild to sweet: Decoding the jujube's genetic journey
Chinese jujube, known for its economic and nutritional significance, was domesticated from its wild ancestor. While previous studies have shed light on some aspects of its domestication, many genetic details remain unexplored. ...
