Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain scans reveal parahippocampal cortex thinning in those with depression and neuroticism
Depression is a mental health disorder characterized by a recurrent or persistent sadness and a loss of interest in activities that were previously deemed pleasurable, sometimes accompanied by changes in sleep, appetite and ...
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Archaeology
4,000-year-old teeth record the earliest traces of people chewing psychoactive betel nuts
In south-east Asia, betel nut chewing has been practiced since antiquity. The plants contain compounds that enhance the consumer's alertness, energy, euphoria, and relaxation. Although the practice is becoming less common ...
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Study outlines alternative approach to detecting inelastic dark matter particles
It is now understood that all known matter, i.e., studied by science and harnessed by technology, constitutes only 5% of the content of the universe. The rest is composed of two unknown components: dark matter (about 27%) ...
General 麻豆淫院ics
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Seismic activity on the moon could pose risk to long-term lunar infrastructure
A new paper reveals that ground acceleration from moonquakes, rather than meteor impacts, was responsible for shifting lunar landscapes at the moon's Taurus-Littrow valley, where Apollo 17 astronauts landed in 1972. The study ...
Planetary Sciences
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Supergiant star Wd1-9 investigated in detail
An international team of astronomers has employed NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory to perform the most detailed study of a supergiant star known as Wd1-9, which yielded important insights into the properties and nature of ...
Guilt is a highly advantageous quality for society as a whole. It might not prevent initial wrongdoings, but guilt allows humans to judge their own prior judgments as harmful and prevents them from happening again. The internal ...
Researchers led by the University of Geneva and 脡cole Polytechnique F茅d茅rale de Lausanne report that neural anticipation of virtual infection triggers an immune response through activation of innate lymphoid cells.
Although metformin has been the go-to medication to manage type 2 diabetes for more than 60 years, researchers still do not have a complete picture of how it works.
Diabetes
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A new study in Nature shows that delivering a single injection of gene therapy at birth may offer years-long protection against HIV, tapping into a critical window in early life that could reshape the fight against pediatric ...
HIV & AIDS
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Obesity elevates the risk of at least 13 major cancers, including those of the breast, colon and liver. It also impairs immune responses that target tumors and are stimulated by cancer immunotherapies. But it has long been ...
Oncology & Cancer
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Tech Xplore
Scientists trace mineral sources for sacred Maya Blue in Late Classic pottery from Buenavista, Belize
In a recent study published in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica, Dr. Dean Arnold and his colleagues, Joseph Ball, Laure Dussubieux, and Jennifer Tachek, examined 17 samples of Maya Blue from pottery sherds dated to the Late-Terminal ...
A new study reveals that fragmented sleep causes cellular damage to the brain's blood vessels, providing further evidence to suggest that sleep disruption predisposes the brain to dementia.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
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Gulf of Maine sees rising pH, defying expectations of increasing ocean acidity
The Gulf of Maine鈥攈ome to commercial fisheries for oysters, clams and mussels鈥攈as unexpectedly avoided an increase in seawater acidity, helping to preserve the health of its fisheries.
Earth Sciences
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A new open-source program for quantum physics helps researchers obtain results in record time
Scientists at the Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS) and the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2) at Paderborn University have developed a powerful open-source software tool that allows them to simulate ...
Quantum 麻豆淫院ics
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Researchers develop flexible fiber material for self-powered health-monitoring sensors
Could clothing monitor a person's health in real time, because the clothing itself would be a self-powered sensor? A new material created through electrospinning, which is a process that draws out fibers using electricity, ...
Condensed Matter
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Cross-country study gathers new insight about the psychology of social class
Understanding the effects of social class on people's attitudes, thoughts, feelings and behaviors could have valuable implications, as it could help to tailor social and behavioral interventions around the unique psychological ...
Modular network offers fault-tolerant scaling of superconducting qubit devices
Quantum computers, devices that can perform computations relying on the principles of quantum mechanics, are expected to outperform classical computers on some types of optimization and processing tasks. While physicists ...
Measurements suggest we inhale 68,000 lung-penetrating microplastics daily in our homes and cars
New measurements of fine microplastic particles suspended in the air in homes and cars suggest that humans may be inhaling far greater amounts of lung-penetrating microplastics than previously thought. Nadiia Yakovenko and ...
Environment
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Breaking bilateral symmetry: The unusual head of a fish and the puzzle of its genes
Almost all animals have symmetrical bodies. Bilateral symmetry is almost universal in all animals and is only very rarely broken鈥攚ith exceptions like the five-armed starfish or crab species that have one large and one small ...
Evolution
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Genetic rescue reduces harmful mutations in Florida panthers without erasing local ancestry
Florida panthers are making a comeback. That's the conclusion a team including UCLA biologists has come to following an attempt at a genetic rescue for the cat that began 30 years ago.
Plants & Animals
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Massive sea turtle returns to the ocean off Florida after treatment for a boat strike
A massive sea turtle that was found injured along the Florida coast in May following a boat strike was returned to the ocean on Wednesday.
Lavender steps up as a natural preservative in skin-care emulsions
Synthetic parabens and formaldehyde releasers are falling out of favor, but keeping creams safe from microbes remains a challenge. The global shift toward "clean-label" cosmetics has left formulators scrambling for milder ...
Borderline democracy? How Polish voters tolerated restrictions of civil liberties to address immigration crisis
In the face of a growing migration crisis in 2021, the Polish government declared a state of emergency along its border with Belarus, suspending basic civil liberties for citizens in the affected areas. A new study in The ...
Turkish city calls for help after heat tops 50C
A choking heat wave left astonished locals in southeastern Turkey calling for state help to pay their air conditioning bills after the temperature surged past 50C.
Study reveals importance of culture in intimate partner violence recovery
A new study from the University of California, Riverside, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison looking into the mental health and well-being of Latina college students who have experienced intimate partner violence, or ...
Tech tool offers improved assurances for small business contracts
Researchers have demonstrated a new tool to improve the security of small-scale business transactions with the goal of helping ensure that businesses are paid and customers get what they pay for. The tool, which relies on ...
Why do corporations act against the public interest? We may have the answers, and it's not just greed
For the past two years, Tesla has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with the Swedish labor union IF Metall. It is of a scale that the union hasn't witnessed since the 1930s.
Safety trumps luxury: Tourist priorities redefined
In an obvious departure from conventional wisdom regarding tourism, research in the International Journal of Business Innovation and Research shows that domestic travelers in Indonesia prioritize safety over traditional markers ...
Gradual vs. sudden collapse: What magnets teach us about climate tipping points
Some of Earth's largest climate systems may collapse not with a bang, but with a whimper. Surprisingly, experiments with magnets are helping us understand how.
Why the Pacific tsunami was smaller than expected: A geologist explains
The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia on July 30, 2025 generated tsunami waves that have reached Hawaii and coastal areas of the US mainland. The earthquake's magnitude of 8.8 is significant, ...
US government may be abandoning the global climate fight, but new leaders are filling the void, including China
When President Donald Trump announced in early 2025 that he was withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement for the second time, it triggered fears that the move would undermine global efforts to slow climate change ...
How cumulative heat exposure affects students' cognitive performance
A holistic approach reveals the global spectrum of knowledge on the impact of cumulative heat exposure on young students, according to an article published in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Konstantina Vasilakopoulou ...
NASA-ISRO satellite lifts off to track Earth's changing surfaces
Carrying an advanced radar system that will produce a dynamic, three-dimensional view of Earth in unprecedented detail, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Center ...
Water recycling is paramount for space stations and long-duration missions
When you're on a camping trip, you might have to pack your own food and maybe something to filter or treat water that you find. But imagine your campsite is in space, where there's no water, and packing jugs of water would ...
Tracking deep space probes with GEO satellites improves uptime
In astronomy, larger distances are both a blessing and a curse. They can cause issues like longer communication times, which also requires more powerful equipment, and positioning uncertainty that can affect the outcomes ...
Russia's Far East 'land of fire and ice' avoids major damage from earthquake and tsunami
A powerful earthquake struck Wednesday off Russia's Far East coast, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending some panicked residents fleeing buildings but causing only a ...
Volcano erupts after quake in Russia's far east
A volcano in Russia's far east erupted on Wednesday, Russian scientists said, hours after a major quake prompted evacuations and tsunami alerts across parts of the Pacific coast.
Portugal gains control of some wildfires
Firefighters gained control over some of the dozens of wildfires scorching Portugal on Wednesday, as fears mounted that weather conditions could further fan the flames.
Radar satellite launched by India and NASA will track miniscule changes to Earth's land and ice
NASA and India paired up to launch an Earth-mapping satellite on Wednesday capable of tracking even the slightest shifts in land and ice.
EU urged to act on forests' faltering absorption of carbon
The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by European forests has reduced dramatically in recent years putting the EU's climate targets at risk, researchers said Wednesday, calling for urgent action to halt the decline.
