Astronomy
Escaping cosmic strings: How dark photons could finally work as dark matter
Researchers, in a recent Physical Review Letters paper, introduce a new mechanism that may finally allow ultralight dark photons to be considered serious candidates for dark matter, with promising implications for detection ...
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Quantum Physics
From spin glasses to quantum codes: Researchers develop optimal error correction algorithm
Scientists have developed an exact approach to a key quantum error correction problem once believed to be unsolvable, and have shown that what appeared to be hardware-related errors may in fact be due to suboptimal decoding.
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More and more people are missing from official census data
Researchers are warning that millions of people around the world aren't being counted in census and survey data, leaving policymakers in the dark about the populations they govern.
Political science
11 hours ago
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Iron-stealing Pandoraea bacteria deploy unique molecules to tip balance in lung microbiome
An interdisciplinary research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has discovered a new group of bioactive natural compounds in pathogenic bacteria of the genus Pandoraea: pandorabactins. They enable the bacteria to extract ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Marine snow provides new clues about the export of carbon to the deep sea
As Earth's largest carbon reservoir, the ocean locks carbon away from the atmosphere. However, scientists still struggle to measure and monitor exactly how much carbon is stored in the ocean, hindering efforts to model and ...
Earth Sciences
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Ocean 'greening' at poles could spell changes for fisheries
Ocean waters are getting greener at the poles and bluer toward the equator, according to an analysis of satellite data published in Science on June 19.
Earth Sciences
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Five-day vascular organoids speed tissue engineering research
Boston Children's Hospital scientists have unveiled a five-day approach to generate functional vascular organoids capable of supporting blood flow and in vivo engraftment.
Chemical profile of fecal samples can help predict mortality in critically ill patients
The gut microbiome and the metabolites it produces offer promising insight into disease severity in critically ill patients. In a collaborative effort, researchers from the U.S. and the Netherlands developed the metabolic ...
Vision-language model creates plans for automated inspection of environments
Recent advances in the field of robotics have enabled the automation of various real-world tasks, ranging from the manufacturing or packaging of goods in many industry settings to the precise execution of minimally invasive ...
Personalized cancer vaccines slow tumor recurrence in mouse models
Using a newly discovered byproduct of dying cancer cells, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are developing personalized vaccines that could help keep aggressive tumors from recurring.
Oncology & Cancer
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Simulation Belongs Where Decisions Are Made
Custom apps bring the benefits of simulation to those who need it, when they need it, in a format that makes sense for them.
The Future is Interdisciplinary
Find out how ACS can accelerate your research to keep up with the discoveries that are pushing us into science’s next frontier
Medical Xpress
Five-day vascular organoids speed tissue engineering research
Personalized cancer vaccines slow tumor recurrence in mouse models
Eye-tracking exhibit helps map gaze behavior development across different life stages
Attention, conviction, motivation—cognitive states can be read on the face
The seasonal challenge of disease prevention: How behavior and infection rates create repeating outbreak patterns
Designing better bispecific T-cell engagers for cancer immunotherapy
Scientists find cellular brain changes tied to PTSD
Alcohol alters gene function in the differentiating cells of the embryo, study finds
Fitness trackers for people with obesity miss the mark: An algorithm could fix that
Largest study to date assesses long-term impact of COVID-19 on kidneys
Common respiratory viruses linked to heart events in the short-term
Tech Xplore
In an era where empathy feels unfamiliar, AI now translates emotions
Justice at stake as generative AI enters the courtroom
Waymo looks to test its self-driving cars in New York
Researchers are teaching AI to see more like humans
Jamming with AI: Jazz trio plays live with AI-generated sound
One Tech Tip: No more lost cats and dogs. Use tech to track your pet
Low-carbon development enhances wind and solar synergy in China, study finds
Tinder bets on group dating feature to win back Gen Z
Websites are tracking you via browser fingerprinting, researchers show
Psycholinguist talks nonsense to ChatGPT to understand how it processes language
Efficient organic photoredox catalyst enables greener chemical production at room temperature
Colorado State University researchers have published a paper in Science that describes a new and more efficient light-based process for transforming fossil fuels into useful modern chemicals. In it, they report that their ...
Materials Science
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Plastic bag bans help: Study finds up to 47% drop in shoreline bag litter
Among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines are thin plastic shopping bags, which have low recycling rates and often become litter when they blow away in the wind. Once there, they can ...
Environment
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Mediterranean, fasting or DASH? Exploring promising metabolic benefits for management of MASLD
Imagine a condition affecting nearly one-third of the global population, often silently progressing, and deeply intertwined with prevalent health issues like obesity and type 2 diabetes. This is metabolic dysfunction-associated ...
Two transparent worms shed light on evolution
Two species of worms have retained remarkably similar patterns in the way they switch their genes on and off despite having split from a common ancestor 20 million years ago, a new study finds.
Evolution
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SpaceX Starship explodes during routine test
One of Elon Musk's SpaceX Starships exploded during a routine test in Texas late Wednesday, law enforcement officials said, in the latest setback to the billionaire's dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species.
Space Exploration
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No data, no risk? How the monitoring of chemicals in the environment shapes the perception of risks
Several hundred thousand chemicals are considered as potentially environmentally relevant. Scientists from the RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau in Germany show that monitoring data for surface waters are only available for a very ...
Environment
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Eye-tracking exhibit helps map gaze behavior development across different life stages
Understanding how people visually browse their surroundings and direct their gaze in specific situations is a long-standing goal among psychology researchers. Past studies suggest that humans exhibit oculomotor biases, which ...
Photosynthetic living material uses bacteria to capture CO₂ in two different ways
Researchers are developing a living material that actively extracts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Photosynthetic cyanobacteria grow inside it, forming biomass and solid minerals and thus binding CO2 in two different ...
Energy & Green Tech
11 hours ago
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Simple yogurt production tweak cuts bacterial culture costs and extends shelf life
A new method for producing yogurt has been developed by a research team at the DTU National Food Institute, and it all began with a straightforward question.
Cell & Microbiology
11 hours ago
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North Atlantic heat content may be key to predicting Europe's hot summers
In Europe, people are increasingly exposed to extreme heat events—with serious consequences for human health, ecosystems, and agriculture. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology have developed and tested ...
Earth Sciences
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Kicked out for coming out: More than half of LGBTIQ+ roommates face discrimination for their identity, finds study
People who belong to the LGBTIQ+ community say shared housing is fraught with difficulties that go well beyond learning new routines and sharing space with strangers.
Skin biopsies offer less invasive studies of the reproductive status of sharks
Researchers from the UAB have shown that sex hormones accumulate in the skin of sharks. This finding opens a new way for the evaluation of their reproductive status by the biopsy of a sample that can be taken remotely in ...
A decade later: Examining the impacts of Connecticut's 2010 school grounds pesticide ban
A decade after Connecticut implemented its 2010 ban on pesticide use on school grounds, a comprehensive three-part series, "Impacts of the 2010 Connecticut School Grounds Pesticide Ban a Decade Later," examines the long-term ...
Do ocean worlds have smaller habitable zones?
Hycean worlds are also called ocean worlds. They're planets covered in oceans that also have thick hydrogen atmospheres. There are no confirmed hycean worlds but many candidates. Even though they're only candidates so far, ...
Stone tools from a cave on South Africa's coast speak of life at the end of the Ice Age
The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today's world.
Trees use summer solstice as natural calendar for growth and reproduction
People have been celebrating the summer solstice with elaborate rituals since prehistoric times. But humans aren't the only species to take mark June 21 as a special time. Studies are showing the summer solstice is an important ...
Police in England and Wales to get more money—but increasing funding won't necessarily mean less crime
Police spending will rise by a real-terms 2.3% per year between now and 2028–29, the government announced in its latest spending review, drawn from local council tax. The government says this will help its mission to put ...
Misogyny has become a political strategy—here's how the pandemic helped make it happen
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, more overt forms of gendered hate have jumped from obscure internet forums into the mainstream, shaping culture and policy.
World Refugee Day: Prolonged refugee separation is harming families—and Canada's economy
As World Refugee Day approaches on June 20, advocates and health experts are calling on the Canadian government to urgently address prolonged family separation for refugees. With wait times for family reunification now averaging ...
Auditors can prevent fraud just by tipping their hand
If you've ever played poker, chances are you used strategic reasoning, a method of thinking that involves making informed decisions by understanding and anticipating the actions of others.
Horse whipping is painful and cruel. The latest incident shows why it should be banned
Last week, the peak body for equestrian sport in Australia suspended a prominent member after footage allegedly depicted Australian Olympic dressage rider Heath Ryan whipping a horse more than 40 times.
Subterranean life in the groundwaters of northern Australia
Driving along the Stuart Highway from Tennant Creek to Katherine in Australia's Northern Territory, you might be more aware of lone eagles flying high above than what lies in the groundwaters beneath.
The first images from Vera Rubin telescope are about to drop
In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects. Galileo Galilei quickly improved the designs and became the first to explore the heavens, revealing ...
Pleasure and pain: What nude sunrise swims in winter tells us about social connection
Enduring discomfort together may bring people closer, especially when it's mixed with a bit of joy, according to a study involving mass mid-winter river swims.
Gossip, redefined: Research shows the surprising power of positive talk in teams
Mean Girls and pop culture has taught us to fear gossip as toxic and cruel, the whispered fuel of cliques and drama. But what if we've been getting gossip all wrong? New research from UNM's organizational behavior team suggests ...
Launching a new product during a recession can pay off, research shows
Lower consumer spending and higher unemployment can make a recession seem like an inauspicious time to take a new product to market.
NASA to gather in-flight imagery of commercial test capsule re-entry
A NASA team specializing in collecting imagery-based engineering datasets from spacecraft during launch and reentry is supporting a European aerospace company's upcoming mission to return a subscale demonstration capsule ...
Machine learning modeling assists intelligent process analysis for high-performance virus filtration
A research team led by Prof. Wan Yinhua from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a machine learning (ML) framework to analyze virus filtration processes in therapeutic ...
Plant-derived fertilizer additive boosts yields and cuts emissions
Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new environmentally friendly fertilizer additive that significantly enhances crop yields while reducing emissions of harmful ...
How discussion becomes discord: Three avoidable steps on the path to polarization
Many of us have become immersed in debates with family about a contentious political issue, or found ourselves on the other side of a political divide than our friends. In these contentious times, it can be all too easy for ...
