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May 21, 2025
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May 21, 2025 — Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a violent cosmic collision in which one galaxy pierces another with intense radiation. Their results show that this radiation dampens the wounded galaxy's ability to form new ...
May 19, 2025 — The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from the James Webb Space telescope (JWST) in an area of the sky called COSMOS ...
May 19, 2025 — A study shows a non-opioid pain reliever blocks pain at its source -- calming specific nerve signals that send pain messages to the brain. In mice, the compound SBI-810 eased pain from surgery, bone fractures, and nerve injury without causing ...
May 19, 2025 — Animal abduction: Biologists documented five male capuchin monkeys carrying at least eleven different infant howler monkeys -- a behavior never before seen in wild primates. Rise and spread: The sightings were remotely recorded by over 85 camera ...
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May 21, 2025 — Analysis has shown a boulder weighing almost 1,200 tons in Tonga is one of the largest known wave-transported rocks in the world, providing new insights into the Pacific region's history and risk of ...
May 21, 2025 — Scientists have fabricated two bed netting prototypes targeting malaria-causing blood parasites. They designed netting systems to deliver antimalarial drugs called Endochin-like Quinolones (ELQs) ...
May 21, 2025 — Researchers demonstrated unprecedented rates of recovery for spinal cord injuries. Individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury safely received a combination of stimulation of a nerve in the neck ...
May 21, 2025 — Clownfish have been shown to shrink in order to survive heat stress and avoid social conflict, research ...
May 21, 2025 — The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, according to a new ...
May 20, 2025 — In the intriguing realm of star-forming galaxies, the key factor isn't the total amount of gas but rather its strategic distribution within the ...
May 21, 2025 — Researchers look to extremes in the past to study how the system reacts to imbalances. They detail an overlooked mechanism for how the ocean can help stabilize massive releases of carbon into the ...
May 21, 2025 — Researchers developed a way to extend the shelf life of vegetables by injecting them with melatonin using biodegradable ...
May 21, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a new class of materials -- called intercrystals -- with unique electronic properties that could power future ...
May 21, 2025 — A new camera setup can record three-dimensional movies with a single pixel. Moreover, the technique can obtain images outside the visible spectrum and even through tissues. The development thus opens ...
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May 20, 2025 — African elephants are the largest land animals on earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless, Asian ...
May 20, 2025 — Using synchrotron X-ray nanotomography with detailed 3D imaging and in-situ mechanical testing, researchers are peering inside shark skeletons at the nanoscale, revealing a microscopic ...
May 20, 2025 — Imagine drawing on something as delicate as a living cell -- without damaging it. Researchers have made this groundbreaking discovery using an unexpected combination of tools: frozen ethanol, ...
May 20, 2025 — A novel analysis suggests more than 3,500 animal species are threatened by climate change and also sheds light on huge gaps in fully understanding the risk to the animal ...
May 20, 2025 — Humpback whales are not always born in tropical waters, new research has shown -- challenging long-held assumptions about their breeding and migration behaviors, while raising new questions for ...
May 20, 2025 — Astronomers have filled a large gap in knowledge about Mars' water cycle. Their research on water percolating from surface to aquifer could change the picture of what early Mars was like, ...
May 20, 2025 — The Arctic is one of the coldest places on Earth, but in recent decades, the region has been rapidly warming, at a rate three to four times faster than the global average. However, current climate ...
May 20, 2025 — Controlling blood pressure is not the only way to treat hypertension. A new study identified eight associated risk factors. Each risk factor addressed was associated with a 13% lower risk of ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers demonstrated a way to to manipulate electrons using pulses of light that last less than a trillionth of a second to record electrons bypassing a physical barrier almost instantaneously -- ...
May 19, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered the genetic underpinnings of one of the ocean's most bizarre animals: a branching marine worm named Ramisyllis kingghidorahi that lives inside sea sponges and ...
May 19, 2025 — The average energy project costs 40% more than expected for construction and takes almost two years longer than planned, finds a new global study. One key insight: The investment risk is highest for ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers have developed a novel framework named WildFusion that fuses vision, vibration and touch to enable robots to 'sense' and navigate complex outdoor environments much like humans ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers analyzed a global database of 500,000 strange streaks that occur on steep Martian slopes, concluding that they're most likely caused by dry processes rather than liquid ...
May 19, 2025 — New research reveals mountain glaciers across the globe will not recover for centuries -- even if human intervention cools the planet back to the 1.5 C limit, having exceeded ...
May 19, 2025 — A team was able to show that swimming movements are possible even without a central control unit. This not only explains the behavior of microorganisms, it could also enable nanobots to move in a ...
May 19, 2025 — Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and be taken up by plant roots; they're in our food, our water, and our bodies. Scientists don't ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers have shown that mice use chemical cues, including odors, to detect the social rank of an unfamiliar mouse and compare it to their own, using this information to determine their ...
May 19, 2025 — If you've ever watched a flock of birds move in perfect unison or seen ripples travel across a pond, you've witnessed nature's remarkable ability to coordinate motion. Recently, a team ...
May 19, 2025 — Astronomers searching for massive black holes shredding stars found one in an unusual place -- 2,600 light years from the core of a galaxy. The roque black hole may be from an earlier merger with ...
May 16, 2025 — Newly discovered weapons of bacterial self-defense take different approaches to achieving the same goal: preventing a virus from spreading through the bacterial ...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- Asian Elephants Have Larger Brains Than Their African Relatives
- 'Sharkitecture:' A Nanoscale Look Inside a Blacktip Shark's Skeleton
- Cool Science: Researchers Craft Tiny Biological Tools Using Frozen Ethanol
- Thousands of Animal Species Threatened by Climate Change
- Surprise Baby Whale Sightings Reveal There's Still Much to Learn About Humpbacks
- Missing Link in Early Martian Water Cycle Discovered
- Clouding the Forecast: Study Reveals Why So Many Climate Models Are Wrong About the Rate of Arctic Warming
- Controlling These 8 Risk Factors May Eliminate Early Death Risk for Those With High Blood Pressure
Monday, May 19, 2025
- World's First Petahertz-Speed Phototransistor in Ambient Conditions
- A Head and a Hundred Tails: How a Branching Worm Manages Reproductive Complexity
- Investment Risk for Energy Infrastructure Construction Is Highest for Nuclear Power Plants, Lowest for Solar
- Empowering Robots With Human-Like Perception to Navigate Unwieldy Terrain
- Streaked Slopes on Mars Probably Not Signs of Water Flow, Study Finds
- Glaciers Will Take Centuries to Recover Even If Global Warming Is Reversed, Scientists Warn
- How to Swim Without a Brain
- Could Nanoplastics in the Environment Turn E. Coli Into a Bigger Villain?
- Mice Use Chemical Cues Such as Odors to Sense Social Hierarchy
- Invisible Currents at the Edge: Research Team Shows How Magnetic Particles Reveal a Hidden Rule of Nature
- Not One, but Two Massive Black Holes Are Eating Away at This Galaxy
Friday, May 16, 2025
- Researchers Find CRISPR Is Capable of Even More Than We Thought
- Study Reveals Healing the Ozone Hole Helps the Southern Ocean Take Up Carbon
- Rising Temperatures Lead to Unexpectedly Rapid Carbon Release from Soils
- Ancient Ocean Sediments Link Changes in Currents to Cooling of Northern Hemisphere 3.6 Million Years Ago
- Wild Orangutans Show Communication Complexity Thought to Be Uniquely Human
- New Auditory Brainstem Implant Shows Early Promise
- Log in to Your Computer With a Secret Message Encoded in a Molecule
- In Healthy Aging, Carb Quality Counts
- Very Different Mammals Follow the Same Rules of Behavior
- Overlooked Cell Type Orchestrates Brain Rewiring
- One in Ten Asthma Cases Can Be Avoided With a Better Urban Environment
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- New Gene Editor Enables Greater Precision
- Bismuth's Mask Uncovered: Implications for Quantum Computing and Spintronics Materials
- Study Reveals a Deep Brain Region That Links the Senses
- Ultraviolet Data from NASA's Europa Clipper Mission
- Two HIV Vaccine Trials Show Proof of Concept for Pathway to Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
- Asians Made Humanity's Longest Prehistoric Migration and Shaped the Genetic Landscape in the Americas
- Impact of Oft-Overlooked Cell in Brain Function Revealed
- World's Largest Bat Organoid Platform Paves the Way for Pandemic Preparedness
- Key Player in Childhood Food Allergies Identified: Thetis Cells
- The Effect of Physical Fitness on Mortality Is Overestimated
- AI Overconfidence Mirrors Human Brain Condition
- Researchers Develop New Metallic Materials Using Data-Driven Frameworks and Explainable AI
- A Multitude of Protoplanetary Discs Detected in the Galactic Centre
- Recessive Genes Are Subject to Darwinian Selection
- Dual Associations With Two Fungi Improve Tree Fitness
- World's Rivers Remapped to Improve Flood Modeling
- Cyberbullying in Any Form Can Be Traumatizing for Kids
- Human Activity Reduces Plant Diversity Hundreds of Kilometers Away
- Stretched in a Cross Pattern: Our Neighboring Galaxy Is Pulled in Two Axes
- Scientists Track Down Mutation That Makes Orange Cats Orange
- Digital Reconstruction Reveals 80 Steps of Prehistoric Life
- Infant With Rare, Incurable Disease Is First to Successfully Receive Personalized Gene Therapy Treatment
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Should We Protect Non-Native Species? A New Study Says Maybe
- Too Much Sleep Can Hurt Cognitive Performance, Especially for Those With Depression
- What Behavioral Strategies Motivate Environmental Action?
- Brain Scans Reveal What Happens in the Mind When Insight Strikes
- Marsupial Research Reveals How Mammalian Embryos Form
- Sharp Depletion in Soil Moisture Drives Land Water to Flow Into Oceans, Contributing to Sea Level Rise
- The Key to Spotting Dyslexia Early Could Be AI-Powered Handwriting Analysis
- Dexterity and Climbing Ability: How Ancient Human Relatives Used Their Hands
- Handy Octopus Robot Can Adapt to Its Surroundings
- A Step Forward in Treating Serious Genetic Disorders Prenatally
- Fossil Tracks Show Reptiles Appeared on Earth Up to 40 Million Years Earlier
- Dark Matter Formed When Fast Particles Slowed Down and Got Heavy, New Theory Says
- Astronomers Take a Second Look at Twin Star Systems
- Australia's Oldest Prehistoric Tree Frog Hops 22 Million Years Back in Time
- Why Are Urban Children More Prone to Allergies?
- An Ink That Boosts Coral Reef Settlement by 20 Times
- New Insights Into Black Hole Scattering and Gravitational Waves Unveiled
- UV Light and CT Scans Helped Scientists Unlock Hidden Details in a Beautifully-Preserved Fossil Archaeopteryx
- How the Brain Allows Us to Infer Emotions
- New Global Model Shows How to Bring Environmental Pressures Back to 2015 Levels by 2050
- New Study Finds That Tea and Chocolate May Help Lower Blood Pressure
- New Study Reveals Our Skin's Own Bacteria Can Help Protect Us from the Bad Effects of Sunlight
- Research Shows How Hormone Can Reverse Fatty Liver Disease in Mice
- Genome of Near-Extinct Northern White Rhino Offers Hope for Reviving the Species
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Palaeontologists Discover 506-Million-Year-Old Predator
- Not All Orangutan Mothers Raise Their Infants the Same Way
- Eldercare Robot Helps People Sit and Stand, and Catches Them If They Fall
- Researchers Demonstrate 3-D Printing Technology to Improve Comfort, Durability of 'smart Wearables'
- Scientists Film the Heart Forming in 3D Earlier Than Ever Before
- Astrophysicists Explore Our Galaxy's Magnetic Turbulence in Unprecedented Detail Using a New Computer Model
Monday, May 12, 2025
- Flamingos Create Water Tornados to Trap Their Prey
- From Prehistoric Resident to Runaway Pet: First Tegu Fossil Found in the U.S.
- Submarine Robot Catches an Underwater Wave
- Study Uncovers Mystery of How Mini Sand Dunes Form
- Vast Aztec Trade Networks Behind Ancient Obsidian Artifacts
- Drug to Slow Alzheimer's Well Tolerated Outside of Clinical Trial Setting
- Universe Decays Faster Than Thought, but Still Takes a Long Time
- Astrophysicist Searches for Ripples in Space and Time in New Way
Friday, May 9, 2025
- The Origins of Language
- Antibiotics from Human Use Are Contaminating Rivers Worldwide, Study Shows
- Bringing Superconducting Nanostructures to 3D
- Heart Rhythm Disorder Traced to Bacterium Lurking in Our Gums
- Chimpanzee Groups Drum With Distinct Rhythms
- Urine, Not Water for Efficient Production of Green Hydrogen