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Molecular & Computational biology 1 hour ago

Researchers develop AI tool to map microRNA binding sites on circular RNAs

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are loop-shaped molecules that can influence gene regulation through interactions with microRNAs (miRNAs). This matters because circRNAs can exist as different full-length isoforms, and their back-splice ...

Biotechnology 2 hours ago

With climate-resilient crops in mind, study tackles flaw in photosynthesis

Rising temperatures and increasing drought are shortening crop-growing seasons in many parts of the world. Now scientists in Sweden report new advances toward engineering more efficient photosynthesis, work that could eventually ...

Earth Sciences 4 hours ago

How farming helped cause two medieval tsunamis in an Italian lake—and why the danger has returned

On Jan. 3, 1117, a strong earthquake shook northern Italy. A manuscript of the 12th century, kept today in the Vatican Library, recorded what came next: "The lakes also rose so much that very few of those living in the villages ...

Nanophysics 4 hours ago

Amino acid stabilizes material's quantum state above room temperature

New research started with a special material that behaves unusually when it's extremely cold—135 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (minus 93 degrees Celsius), close to the most frigid temperature ever recorded in Antarctica—and ...

Political science 4 hours ago

Most AI chatbots stay in the political middle ground, with Grok being an exception

The 2026 election was the first parliamentary election in Sweden since AI chatbots became a serious part of everyday life—not least for young people and first-time voters. Today, it is possible to turn to a number of services, ...

Condensed Matter 8 hours ago

Quantum interference traps electron waves in metal for first time

Ever since quantum mechanics first described particles, like electrons, as rippling waves, researchers have wondered if those waves could be trapped in place. Writing today in Science a century later, a team of Columbia University ...

Astronomy 9 hours ago

Supermassive black holes ejected from galactic centers? Quasar survey supports decade-old prediction

By analyzing data on around 100,000 quasars, or extremely luminous galactic nuclei, researchers at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) have found statistical evidence that some supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies ...

Astronomy 11 hours ago

Curtain-like plasma structures explain solar jets' apparent spinning in simulations

An international team of scientists from the University of Sheffield and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, led by a postdoctoral research fellow from the University of Newcastle, Australia, has discovered that solar jets ...

Social Sciences 12 hours ago

Legal encounters may offer overlooked opportunities for suicide prevention, analysis suggests

Picture a forlorn man walking into a lawyer's office after his marriage has collapsed. The bank is threatening foreclosure, and his finances are in tatters. His problems may be legal on paper, but in person they can look ...

Social Sciences 12 hours ago

Raised brows and a slow blink make speakers look more confident

Researchers studying facial movements have found that it's not just what you say, but what your face does when you say it, that counts when it comes to appearing confident when answering a question.

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