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June 13, 2025
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June 13, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown type of molecular motion inside DNA-based droplets: instead of spreading randomly, guest molecules advance in an organized wave. This surprising ...
June 12, 2025 — A team of scientists has discovered a direct link between the smell of food and feelings of fullness at least in lean mice. This brain circuit, located in the medial septum and triggered by food odors, helps animals eat less by making them feel ...
June 12, 2025 — Reef "beauty salons" staffed by tiny cleaner fish aren t just for parasite removal they may also shape the microbial life of the entire ecosystem. A fascinating new study shows these bustling fish stations influence which microbes move around the ...
June 11, 2025 — Sea cucumbers, long known for cleaning the ocean floor, may also harbor a powerful cancer-fighting secret. Scientists discovered a unique sugar in these marine creatures that can block Sulf-2, an enzyme that cancer cells use to spread. Unlike ...
June 11, 2025 — A team of scientists has identified specialized neurons in the brain that store "meal memories" detailed recollections of when and what we eat. These engrams, found in the ventral hippocampus, help ...
June 11, 2025 — By using a clever quantum approach that involves two "hands" on a clock one moving quickly and invisibly in the quantum world, the other more traditionally scientists have found a way to boost timekeeping precision dramatically. Even better, this ...
June 10, 2025 — Scientists in Japan have discovered that a natural compound found in a type of ginger called kencur can throw cancer cells into disarray by disrupting how they generate energy. While healthy cells use oxygen to make energy efficiently, cancer cells ...
June 10, 2025 — Acetaminophen may be doing more than just dulling pain in your brain it could be stopping it before it even starts. Scientists at Hebrew University have discovered that a metabolite of the drug, AM404, blocks pain signals right at their source by ...
June 10, 2025 — Some volcanoes erupt with little to no warning, posing serious risks to nearby communities and air traffic. A study of Alaska's Veniaminof volcano reveals how specific internal conditions like slow magma flow and warm chamber walls can create these ...
June 10, 2025 — After millions of years of evolutionary isolation, Madagascar developed an unparalleled array of wildlife, and recent research has uncovered an unsung ecological hero: the lizard. Though often ...
June 8, 2025 — Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For decades, scientists puzzled over this D' layer. Now, groundbreaking ...
June 3, 2025 — Supermassive black holes might naturally replicate the colossal energies of man-made particle colliders possibly even revealing dark matter offering a cosmic shortcut to discoveries that would ...
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June 13, 2025 — Despite Earth's most devastating mass extinction wiping out over 80% of marine life and half of land species, a group of early reptiles called archosauromorphs not only survived but thrived, ...
June 13, 2025 — Teens might finally have a good reason to sleep in on weekends within limits. A new study reveals that teenagers who get up to two extra hours of sleep on weekends show fewer anxiety symptoms than ...
June 13, 2025 — Researchers at Johns Hopkins found that fragments of tumor DNA can appear in the bloodstream up to three years before a cancer diagnosis, offering a potentially revolutionary window for early ...
June 13, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered how exercise directly influences brain health in Alzheimer's disease by pinpointing the exact brain cells affected. Using ...
June 13, 2025 — Where do microplastics really go after entering the environment? MIT researchers discovered that sticky biofilms naturally produced by bacteria play a surprising role in preventing microplastics from ...
June 12, 2025 — Viruses closely related to the deadly MERS coronavirus are lurking in bats and one group, known as HKU5, may be just one mutation away from making the jump to humans. A new study reveals how these ...
June 12, 2025 — A team at UC Davis has made a major leap in neurotechnology, enabling a man with ALS to speak again through a brain-computer interface that converts thoughts into speech in real time. Unlike prior ...
June 12, 2025 — Tufts University scientists are aiming to revolutionize the future of weight loss drugs by engineering a new compound that targets four gut hormones instead of the usual one to three. These next-gen ...
June 12, 2025 — Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star factories, unlike any found in the Milky Way. The findings provide a rare ...
June 12, 2025 — Ancient carbon thought to be safely stored underground for millennia is unexpectedly resurfacing literally. A sweeping international study has found that over half of the carbon gases released by ...
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June 12, 2025 — In a bold challenge to silicon s long-held dominance in electronics, Penn State researchers have built the world s first working CMOS computer entirely from atom-thin 2D materials. Using molybdenum ...
June 12, 2025 — Mercury contamination is surfacing as a serious concern in parts of Georgia and South Carolina, particularly in regions like the Okefenokee Swamp. University of Georgia researchers found alarmingly ...
June 12, 2025 — A team of Danish and German scientists has launched a major project to create new technology that could form the foundation of the future quantum internet. They re using a rare element called erbium ...
June 12, 2025 — NASA s CODEX experiment aboard the International Space Station is revealing the Sun like never before. Using advanced filters and a specialized coronagraph, CODEX has captured images showing that the ...
June 12, 2025 — Female earwigs may be evolving exaggerated weaponry just like males. A study from Toho University found that female forceps, once assumed to be passive tools, show the same kind of outsized growth ...
June 11, 2025 — Astronomers have pulled off an unprecedented feat: detecting ultra-faint light from the Big Bang using ground-based telescopes. This polarized light scattered by the universe's very first stars ...
June 10, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as those of smokers without the disease. These overloaded cells are larger and ...
June 10, 2025 — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured breathtakingly detailed images of two giant exoplanets orbiting a distant sun-like star. These observations revealed sand-like silicate ...
June 10, 2025 — A prehistoric digestive time capsule has been unearthed in Australia: plant fossils found inside a sauropod dinosaur offer the first definitive glimpse into what these giant creatures actually ate. ...
June 10, 2025 — Physicists at the University of Oxford have set a new global benchmark for the accuracy of controlling a single quantum bit, achieving the lowest-ever error rate for a quantum logic operation--just ...
June 10, 2025 — A violent solar eruption on May 31 launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) hurtling toward Earth, triggering a rare G4-level geomagnetic storm alert. Captured in real-time by U.S. Naval Research ...
June 10, 2025 — Creatine is gaining recognition far beyond its roots in athletic performance. Once seen as a gym-only supplement, it's now understood to play a vital role in cellular energy, cognitive function, ...
June 10, 2025 — Neanderthals may have trekked thousands of miles across Eurasia much faster than we ever imagined. New computer simulations suggest they used river valleys like natural highways to cross daunting ...
June 10, 2025 — Bumblebee queens don t work nonstop. UC Riverside scientists discovered that queens take strategic reproductive breaks early in colony formation likely to conserve energy and increase the chance of ...
June 10, 2025 — A team of international astronomers has uncovered what may be a gas giant planet forming around a distant young star. Using the powerful Very Large Telescope in Chile, they captured dazzling ...
June 9, 2025 — Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI, ...
June 9, 2025 — A new Rutgers Health study reveals a surprising twist in the antibiotic resistance story: instead of simply killing bacteria, drugs like ciprofloxacin can actually trigger a kind of microbial ...
June 9, 2025 — A breakthrough study from Keck Medicine of USC may have found a powerful new triple therapy for glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. By combining Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields), which ...
June 9, 2025 — Teens are diving into intense skincare routines inspired by TikTok, often slathering on six or more products daily, sometimes over ten in just minutes, chasing beauty ideals that favor lighter, ...
June 6, 2025 — Shrinking silicon transistors have reached their physical limits, but a team from the University of Tokyo is rewriting the rules. They've created a cutting-edge transistor using gallium-doped ...
Thursday, June 12, 2025
- Atom-Thin Tech Replaces Silicon in the World’s First 2D Computer
- Something More Toxic Than Gators Is Hiding in the Swamps
- Scientists Just Took a Big Step Toward the Quantum Internet
- Sun’s Secret Storms Exposed: NASA's Codex Unveils a Turbulent Corona
- Pincer Plot Twist: How Female Earwigs Evolved Deadly Claws for Love and War
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
- Unusual Carbon Build-Up Found in Lungs of COPD Patients
- Sand Clouds and Moon Nurseries: Webb’s Dazzling Exoplanet Reveal
- What a Dinosaur Ate 100 Million Years ago—Preserved in a Fossilized Time Capsule
- Sharper Than Lightning: Oxford’s One-in-6. 7-Million Quantum Breakthrough
- Sun Unleashes Monster Solar Storm: Rare G4 Alert Issued for Earth
- This Overlooked Supplement Could Help You Think Sharper and Age Better
- 2,000 Miles Through Rivers and Ice: Mapping Neanderthals’ Hidden Superhighways Across Eurasia
- Scientists Reveal the Hidden Pause That Keeps Bee Colonies Alive
- Scientists May Have Spotted a Giant New Planet Forming
Monday, June 9, 2025
- Planets May Start Forming Before Their Stars Are Even Done
- How a Common Antibiotic Fuels Bacterial Resistance
- Shocking Brain Cancer Breakthrough: Electric Fields Supercharge Immune Assault
- Burning for Beauty: How TikTok Skin Trends Are Harming Young Girls
Friday, June 6, 2025
- Scientists Built a Transistor That Could Leave Silicon in the Dust
- Scientists Find Immune Molecule That Supercharges Plant Growth
- Scientists Uncover 230 Giant Ocean Viruses That Hijack Photosynthesis
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Monday, June 9, 2025
- The Dopamine Clock: How Your Brain Predicts When You'll Feel Good
- Krakencoder Predicts Brain Function 20x Better Than Past Methods
- Common Supplement Reverses Premature Aging in Landmark Human Trial
- Why Past Mass Extinctions Didn't Break ecosystems—But This One Might
- 5-Minute STI Test Poised to Transform Sexual Health Diagnostics
- New Evidence Reveals Advanced Maritime Technology in the Philippines 35,000 Years Ago
Sunday, June 8, 2025
- Photonic Quantum Chips Are Making AI Smarter and Greener
- Photons Collide in the Void: Quantum Simulation Creates Light out of Nothing
- How Outdated Phones Can Power Smart Cities and Save the Seas
- Hidden in Your Dna: The Mutation Combo That Raises Clot Risk by 180%
- 160 Million Years Ago, This Fungus Pierced Trees Like a Microscopic Spear
Saturday, June 7, 2025
- Whales Blow Bubble Rings--And They Might Be Talking to Us
- Drone Tech Uncovers 1,000-Year-Old Native American Farms in Michigan
- Satellite Tracking of 12,000 Marine Animals Reveals Ocean Giants Are in Trouble
- Lighting Up Earthquakes: How Scientists Watched Ruptures Evolve in Milliseconds
- This Battery Self-Destructs: Biodegradable Power Inspired by 'Mission: Impossible'
- The Hidden Dna Repair System That Could Transform Cancer Treatment
- Largest-Ever Map of the Universe Reveals 10x More Early Galaxies Than Expected
Friday, June 6, 2025
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
- Astronomers Just Found a Giant Planet That Shouldn’t Exist
- This "Healthy" Fat May Secretly Be Fueling Obesity
- Clean Energy, Dirty Secrets: Inside the Corruption Plaguing California’s Solar Market
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
- The Global Rule That Predicts Where Life Thrives—and Where It Fails
- AI Sees Through Chaos—and Reaches the Edge of What Physics Allows
Friday, June 6, 2025
Saturday, June 7, 2025
- This “robot Bird” Flies at 45 Mph Through forests—With No GPS or Light
- Why Your Diet Might Be Making You Sad--Especially If You're a Man
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
- Millions of New Solar System Objects to Be Found and 'filmed in Technicolor' -- Studies Predict
- Telehealth Can Improve Care for Cats With Chronic Health Issues
- Researchers Develop Innovative Model to Study Sense of Smell
- Collaboration Can Unlock Australia's Energy Transition Without Sacrificing Natural Capital
- Decades-Old Assumptions About Brain Plasticity Upended
- Guardrails, Education Urged to Protect Adolescent AI Users
- Eating an Array of Smaller Fish Could Be Nutrient-Dense Solution to Overfishing
- Molecular Link Between Air Pollution and Pregnancy Risks
- Pancreatic Cancer Spreads to Liver or Lung Thanks to This Protein
- Being in Nature Can Help People With Chronic Back Pain Manage Their Condition
- Scientists Say Next Few Years Vital to Securing the Future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
- First Direct Observation of the Trapped Waves That Shook the World in 2023
- New mRNA Vaccine Is More Effective and Less Costly to Develop
- DNA Floating in the Air Tracks Wildlife, Viruses -- Even Drugs
- Two Plant Species Invent the Same Chemically Complex and Medically Interesting Substance
- Clinical Research on Psychedelics Gets a Boost from New Study
- Baboons Walk in Line for Friendship, Not Survival, New Study Finds
- Large-Scale Immunity Profiling Grants Insights Into Flu Virus Evolution
- Particles Energized by Magnetic Reconnection in the Nascent Solar Wind
Saturday, June 7, 2025
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025
- Epilepsy Is More Common in Patients With Frontotemporal Dementia Than Expected
- Tea, Berries, Dark Chocolate and Apples Could Lead to a Longer Life Span, Study Shows
- Atmospheric Chemistry Keeps Pollutants in the Air
Monday, June 2, 2025
- Early Driver of Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness
- Record High: Study Finds Growing Cannabis Use Among Older Adults
- Researchers Develop Recyclable, Healable Electronics
- Geological Time Capsule Highlights Great Barrier Reef's Resilience
- Ultra-Thin Lenses That Make Infrared Light Visible
- Combination Therapy Can Prolong Life in Severe Heart Disease
- The Sweet Spot: Sugar-Based Sensors to Revolutionize Snake Venom Detection
- Still on the Right Track? Researchers Enable Reliable Monitoring of the Paris Climate Goals
- Coastal Flooding More Frequent Than Previously Thought
- Webb Reveals the Origin of the Ultra-Hot Exoplanet WASP-121b
- Brain Training Game Offers New Hope for Drug-Free Pain Management
- Nitrogen Loss on Sandy Shores: The Big Impact of Tiny Anoxic Pockets
- Attachment Theory: A New Lens for Understanding Human-AI Relationships
- Self-Powered Artificial Synapse Mimics Human Color Vision
- Dancing Brainwaves: How Sound Reshapes Your Brain Networks in Real Time
- Student Discovers Long-Awaited Mystery Fungus Sought by LSD's Inventor
- Synthetic Compound Shows Promise Against Multidrug Resistance
- Researchers Recreate Ancient Egyptian Blues
- Immune System Discovery Reveals Potential Solution to Alzheimer's
- Discovery Could Boost Solid-State Battery Performance
- Researchers Use Deep Learning to Predict Flooding This Hurricane Season
- New Laser Smaller Than a Penny Can Measure Objects at Ultrafast Rates
- Insect Protein Blocks Bacterial Infection
- Human-Caused Dust Events Are Linked to Fallow Farmland
- Research Shows How Solar Arrays Can Aid Grasslands During Drought