Supermassive Black Holes Inside Giant Gas Envelopes?
New explanation for mysterious early-Universe red dotsSome of the faint red sources discovered by JWST at cosmic dawn ma...
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Adding Mild Heat to Meals May Reduce Calorie Intake
Spicing meals to curb calories: a concise summaryPenn State scientists discovered that slightly spicier meals make peopl...
Chromosome Breaks in Atlas Blue Butterfly and Cancer
Chromosome fragmentation discovered in Atlas blue butterflyThe Atlas blue butterfly (Polyommatus spp.) has revealed unus...
20-Year Dream: Electron Beam Grows Defect-Free Nanodiamonds
New electron-beam method converts adamantane into pristine nanodiamondsResearchers have developed a low-pressure, electr...
Natural Morin Powder Shows Promise Against Gum Disease
Morin-based powder: a natural alternative for periodontal careA powdered formulation based on morin—a flavonoid present ...
Clearest Black Hole Ringing Confirms Einstein and Hawking
New gravitational-wave detection sharpens our view of black holesNew, high-fidelity measurements of a black hole merger ...
Early-Universe Giant Black Hole Accreting 2.4x Eddington
A rapidly growing black hole in the first billion yearsA team of astronomers has identified a supermassive black hole in...
Earth's Escaping Oxygen Is Making the Moon Rust Now
New evidence links Earth's oxygen to rust on the MoonRecent laboratory work suggests that the surprising presence of hem...
Prenatal Stress Rewires Brain Circuits Linked to Anxiety
Prenatal environment and lifelong anxiety riskRecent experimental work in mice suggests that vulnerability to anxiety in...
Microplastics Detected Deep in Human Bone Tissue Study
Microplastics found inside human bonesMicroplastics and smaller nanoplastics — particles derived from fossil fuels and t...
World's Smallest Violin Could Reshape Data Storage
Physicists at Loughborough University have fabricated what they call the "world's smallest violin" — a platinum microstr...
How Musical Training Alters Pain Perception and Brain Maps
Musical practice, brain plasticity and painLearning an instrument produces measurable changes in the brain. Decades of r...
Moon Might Hold Thousands of Platinum-Group Metal Craters
The search for high-value minerals in space has often focused on asteroids, but new research suggests the Moon itself ma...
AI Predicts Spaceflight Vision Damage Before Launch
Spaceflight vision risks and a new predictive toolSpace travel poses many physiological challenges, and the eyes are par...
Nuclear Option and Deflection Plans for 2032 Moon Impact
The 2024 YR4 Moon Threat and Why It MattersAsteroid 2024 YR4 was initially flagged after discovery because early orbital...
Ancient Brown Dwarf Reveals Silane in Giant-Planet Chemistry
How a cosmic "accident" exposed hidden silicon chemistryA faint, ancient brown dwarf nicknamed "The Accident" has delive...
AI Reveals Hidden Structure in Perovskite Solar Material
Rising global electricity demand is intensifying the search for next-generation solar materials that are efficient, ligh...
Revealing the Breakup of Asteroid 2023 CX1 over France
How a small asteroid told its storyOn 13 February 2023, a small asteroid designated 2023 CX1 briefly lit the afternoon s...
New Cocoa Extract Lowers Key Aging Inflammation Marker
SummaryA large randomized clinical trial and a targeted biomarker analysis suggest daily cocoa extract supplements rich ...
Junk DNA Unlocks New Treatment for Blood Cancers Now
Background: from "junk" sequences to therapeutic targetsNearly half of the human genome is made up of repetitive sequenc...