Bottled Water Microplastics: Long-Term Health Risks
Island revelation: a scientist’s pivot to plastic researchA scientist’s island epiphany uncovers how single-use bottles ...
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New Sodium Solid-State Battery Performs Below Freezing
Breakthrough: Sodium batteries that work at subzeroA research team led by Y. Shirley Meng at the University of Chicago a...
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Sun’s Polar Regions: Key to Magnetic Cycle and Wind
Why the Sun’s Poles MatterThe polar regions of the Sun remain among the least observed yet most influential areas in sol...
Rethinking Surgery: Preserve Lymph Nodes to Boost Immunity
New perspective on lymph nodes and cancer surgeryNew research from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunit...
Immune Signals Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis Years Early
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can begin long before painful joint swelling appears. New research shows that characteristic i...
The Shrinking Asteroid Belt: Slow Loss and Earth Risks
Asteroid belt basics and Jupiter's roleThe asteroid belt — a vast, scattered ring of rocky bodies orbiting between Mars ...
Ancient North Sea Crater Confirmed as Asteroid Impact
A new multidisciplinary study has resolved a long-standing debate about the Silverpit structure in the southern North Se...
Blood Type A1 Raises Early Stroke Risk, Study Shows
New analysis links A1 blood subgroup with higher early stroke riskA large genetic analysis published in 2022 found that ...
Study Finds Fewer Melanomas in People with Tattoos
New findings on tattoos and melanomaCould tattoos influence melanoma risk? A recent population-based case-control study ...
Earth Was Born Dry: Theia's Collision Made It Blue
Early Earth was chemically set — but dryNew research from the Institute of Geological Sciences at the University of Bern...
DMT Shows Promise for Protecting Brain After Stroke
Natural compound reduces stroke damage in lab and animalsA naturally occurring molecule, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), has s...
Protein GADD45A May Slow Progression of Heart Disease
GADD45A identified as a protective protein against cardiac stressWhen the heart works harder than usual, its ventricular...
New FROSTI Optics Could Transform Gravitational Astronomy
Breakthrough adaptive optics for gravitational-wave detectorsThe University of California, Riverside has demonstrated a ...
Billion-Year Magnetic Mystery: How Earth Kept Its Shield
Ancient geodynamo: the problem and the new solutionThe Earth’s magnetic field is a vital shield that protects the atmosp...
Greenland platinum spike linked to Icelandic eruptions
A puzzling chemical signal in Greenland iceBuried in an ice core from central Greenland is a distinct, short-lived spike...
Vaping Linked to Higher Prediabetes Risk, Large Study Finds
A large U.S. study suggests that e-cigarette use is associated with a higher likelihood of prediabetes, and that people ...
First-Ever Space Rescue: NASA's Swift Telescope Saved
A timed intervention to save a veteran observatoryIt is rare for an unprepared government satellite to receive a last-mi...
Low-Cost Aspirin Halves Colorectal Cancer Recurrence Worldwide
A large randomized clinical trial led by Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital indicates that a low, ...
Autism and Human Brain Evolution: A Genetic Trade-off
Key findingsA new study published in Molecular Biology and Evolution links the relatively high prevalence of autism spec...
Sense of Purpose Linked to Lower Dementia Risk Across Groups
New evidence: purpose in life and reduced dementia riskLiving with a clear sense of purpose may offer more than emotiona...