Astronomy
Flares from magnetized stars can forge planets' worth of gold
Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown birthplace of some of the universe's rarest elements: a giant flare unleashed by a supermagnetized star. The astronomers calculated that such flares could be responsible for ...
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Analytical Chemistry
Compact catenane with tunable mechanical chirality created from achiral rings
Catenanes are organic compounds with ring-like molecules that are mechanically interlocked. The mechanical locking system in such molecules is so robust that they can only be disentangled via covalent bond cleavage. A recent ...
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Enhancing the sustainability of plastics using sulfur waste
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have found a way to make plastics more sustainable by utilizing sulfur waste from the petroleum refining process. They have developed a method that allows so-called dynamic sulfur ...
Polymers
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Data-driven algorithm yields three unique ZIFs with high selectivity for greenhouse gas separation
A collaborative research effort between UNIST and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has led to the successful synthesis of three novel porous materials by leveraging a data-driven structure prediction algorithm. ...
Analytical Chemistry
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Hidden transmission of avian influenza virus H5N1 found in Texas dairy cattle
Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center, with multiple academic, state and federal collaborators, identified the emergence and interstate spread of highly pathogenic avian ...
Scientists discover how circular RNA affects wound healing
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified a new mechanism where circular RNA plays a crucial role in wound healing, which could lead to new therapies to improve wound healing and reduce scarring. The study is published ...
Genetics
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Platform technology screens millions of drugs and genes to reveal new therapeutic pathways
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have developed a new technology for drug and functional genomics screenings, which could reshape the way diseases are treated.
Genetics
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Teenage years crucial for depression intervention, study finds
Depression in young teens could be easier to treat than in adulthood due to the symptoms being more flexible and not yet ingrained, a study published in the journal Nature Mental Health shows.
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Ultrasound-activated cilia can clean implanted stents and catheters
Urinary stents and catheters are implanted medical tubes that are widely used in human and veterinary medicine to drain urine to/from the bladder. Ureteral stents are used when the ureter, the duct between the kidney and ...
Biomedical technology
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Computational analysis clarifies cancer risk for families with genetic variants
QIMR Berghofer-led research has shown that new advanced computational prediction tools can improve the accuracy of genetic testing for families affected by an inherited condition that significantly increases their risk of ...
Oncology & Cancer
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Astronomers investigate an extremely X-ray-luminous, radio-loud quasar
Using the Spektr-RG (SRG) space observatory, astronomers from the Russian Academy of Sciences have inspected a radio-loud quasar known as SRGA J2306+1556, which is extremely luminous in the X-ray band. Results of the new ...
AI model found to be better than humans at picking puppies that will be good service dogs
A team of computer scientists, AI specialists and veterinary medicine researchers in the U.S. and the U.K., working with the dog training center, The Seeing Eye, Inc., has found that an AI model was better than humans at ...
New Holocene Aboriginal rock art style identified in recent study
A recent study conducted by Dr. Ana Paula Motta and her colleagues, in collaboration with the Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation, has identified a new mid-to-late Holocene rock art style in Australia's northeastern Kimberley ...
Mice develop fibromyalgia-like pain after receiving gut microbiota from human patients
McGill University-led research has discovered that transplanting gut microbiota from women with fibromyalgia into mice induces pain, immune activation, metabolomic changes, and reduced skin innervation.
Overcoming the quantum sensing barrier: New protocol counteracts the limitation of decoherence
Researchers have demonstrated a new quantum sensing technique that widely surpasses conventional methods, potentially accelerating advances in fields ranging from medical imaging to foundational physics research, as shown ...
Quantum Physics
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Sugar signaling treatment could boost wheat yields by up to 12%
Enhancing wheat plants' sugar signaling ability could deliver increased yields of up to 12%, according to researchers from Rothamsted, Oxford University and the Rosalind Franklin Institute, published in the journal Nature ...
Biotechnology
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Rainfall patterns found to trigger extreme humid heat in tropics and subtropics
Scientists believe they have found a way to improve warning systems for vulnerable communities threatened by humid heat waves, which are on the rise due to climate change and can be damaging and even fatal to human health.
Earth Sciences
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Fossil of a new mammal species from the age of dinosaurs discovered in Mongolia's Gobi desert
A joint research team has discovered a fossil belonging to a previously unknown genus and species of mammal in the Late Cretaceous (100–66 million-year-old) strata of Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
Paleontology & Fossils
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Neuromorphic system uses quantum effects to find optimal solutions to complex problems
It's easy to solve a 3x3 Rubik's cube, says Shantanu Chakrabartty, the Clifford W. Murphy Professor and vice dean for research and graduate education in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. ...
Computer Sciences
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Novel CAR-T therapy achieves positive results in a high proportion of patients with a refractory type of lymphoma
Researchers from the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau), in collaboration with Sant Pau Hospital and the Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, have developed an innovative CAR-T cell therapy targeting the CD30 ...
Oncology & Cancer
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Coral seeding boosts early coral survival—but long-term gains require more research
A new study led by James Cook University Senior Research Officer and Lecturer, and University of New South Wales Ph.D. candidate, Hillary Smith, has examined the effectiveness of coral seeding devices to help corals survive ...
How ICE is becoming a secret police force under the Trump administration
Secret police are a quintessential feature of authoritarian regimes. From Azerbaijan's State Security Service to Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organization, these agencies typically target political opponents and dissidents ...
Colorado and Denver told owners to cut their buildings' carbon emissions: Did the rules go too far?
It's not that Intermountain Health refuses to upgrade its Denver hospital and medical clinics so they produce less pollution.
Anti-trans attitudes have existed for years, but organized disinformation campaigns are increasingly driving them
As a professor and cognitive scientist at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Complex Human Data Hub, much of my research focuses on the study of misinformation: false ideas spread because of ignorance, error ...
Poll: Many Americans say they will lose trust in public health recommendations under federal leadership changes
One hundred days into the new federal administration, a new poll reports that major segments of the U.S. public anticipate they will lose trust in public health recommendations with the changes in health agency leadership.
Chinese astronauts' return to earth delayed owing to weather
Three Chinese astronauts' return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions.
Rape boosts risk of incarceration in women, new study suggests
Women in prison are four times as likely to report having been raped in their lifetime than those who are not incarcerated and 10 times as likely to report having been raped as a child, according to newly published research ...
Less-thirsty rice offers hope in drought-stricken Chile
A cold, dry part of Chile might not sound like the best place to grow rice, a famously thirsty grain that thrives in tropical conditions.
Kenya's desperate need for more snake antivenom
Writhing in pain on a hospital bed in a Kenyan coastal town, teenage snakebite victim Shukurani Konde Tuva faced the grim reality of his left leg from above the knee being amputated.
Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX's Starlinks
Amazon's first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX's thousands of Starlinks.
NASA's oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthday
Fresh from space, NASA's oldest full-time astronaut said Monday that weightlessness made him feel decades younger, with everyday aches and pains vanishing.
High-resolution climate models reveal how Tasman Sea temperatures may influence Antarctic peninsula warming
The Antarctic Peninsula, one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth, has seen temperatures rise five times faster than the global average in recent decades. Extreme heat events, such as the record-breaking 20.8° C recorded ...
Climate change drives more overlapping wildfire seasons in Australia and North America, study finds
Climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires in many regions of the world. This is due partly to specific weather conditions—known as fire weather—that facilitate the spread of wildfires.
Eastern Europe's air has become cleaner: Long-term study from Saxony shows decreasing air pollution
Air pollution with particulate matter smaller than 1 micrometer has fallen by an average of 5% annually in rural Saxony. However, the decreases were particularly marked in air masses coming from Eastern Europe: PM1 concentrations ...
Quality of 3D printing with lunar regolith varies based on feedstock
Lately, there's been plenty of progress in 3D printing objects from the lunar regolith. We've reported on several projects that have attempted to do so, with varying degrees of success. However, most of them require some ...
How personality traits shape our prosocial behavior
Why do some people do more for the community than others? A new study from the University of Zurich, available on the PsyArXiv preprint server, now shows that personality traits such as extraversion and agreeableness correlate ...
Study explores how criminal law could address sexual violence in the metaverse
Carlotta Rigotti, post-doc researcher at eLaw—Center for Law and Digital Technologies, and Professor Clare McGlynn, Durham University, have co-authored a new article in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, introducing the ...
How the influenza virus hijacks cell machinery to suppress immune alarm signals
The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread, according to researchers at the University of Gothenburg. Their study also shows that an already approved drug could help strengthen ...
NASA 3D wind-measuring laser aims to improve forecasts from air, space
Since last fall, NASA scientists have flown an advanced 3D Doppler wind lidar instrument across the United States to collect nearly 100 hours of data—including a flight through a hurricane. The goal? To demonstrate the ...
Blackberries with no thorns? Scientist assembles genome of a blackberry in major step to breed better fruit
Thornless, disease-resistant, and tastier blackberries could be on the horizon—thanks to new genetic research from the University of Florida.
