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Cell & Microbiology 3 hours ago

A parasite carried by one-third of humanity can't reproduce if one key protein is disabled

A protein discovered in a Virginia Tech–led study may open a gateway to treatments for a parasite responsible for a deadly disease in immunocompromised people. The team led by Raj Gaji, assistant professor of parasitology ...

Environment 4 hours ago

We must prepare entire cities for extreme heat. Our new study reveals how

In Australia, the days are growing longer and summer is fast approaching. But a very strong El Niño—a natural weather phenomenon that drives variations in temperature and winds across the Pacific—could make this summer a ...

Economics & Business 4 hours ago

The psychology that can lead investors to make bad financial decisions

Say you buy shares in a company. The price climbs and months later you sell for a healthy profit. Ask why it worked, and the answer is often some version of "I made a good call." Now imagine the trade had lost money instead. ...

Biochemistry 4 hours ago

Nontoxic 'light-activated' compound shows promise for safer 3D printing of advanced biomaterials

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new class of light-activated compounds that could lead to safer and more versatile applications in 3D printing, cosmetics and medicine.

Education 4 hours ago

Access to ASL from birth increases childhood math proficiency in deaf children

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Earth Sciences 5 hours ago

Earth's hemispheres may have worked together to drive past ice ages

New research from the University of St Andrews has uncovered a previously unknown process that may have helped drive Earth into past ice ages. Published today (Oct. 22) in the Journal of Climate, the paper links ice sheets ...

Earth Sciences 6 hours ago

Wildfires cause Amazon to emit 1.17 billion more metric tons of CO₂ than it absorbs

From 2010 to 2024, the Amazon rainforest—the largest tropical rainforest on the planet—released an average of 1.17 billion metric tons more carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere than it absorbed each year. Wildfires were ...

Political science 6 hours ago

Four ways cities can help protect democratic values

When people think about democracy, they tend to think about national elections, parliaments or the policies of national governments. Even the recent special election in Holborn and St Pancras showed that democratic events ...

Plants & Animals 6 hours ago

Drought shifts more plant root cells into newly discovered environmental response mode

Scientists have discovered a hidden layer of identity in plant root cells: an "environmental mode" that switches on in some cells and becomes more common when water is scarce. The study, led by Dr. Marina Oliva and professor ...

Astronomy 7 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 ...

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