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Decoy Molecules Trick Bacteria to Degrade Pollutants
Nagoya University researchers demonstrated that decoy molecules can induce native soil bacteria to degrade persistent pollutants like dioxins and benzene without genetic engineering, offering a regula
Math Model Spots Fair vs Winner-Take-All Competition
University of Houston researchers developed a mathematical framework that classifies competitive environments as optimally tough, winner-take-all, or too evenly distributed, by analyzing success patte
Study: Great Apes Precisely Mirror Facial Expressions
New research from the University of Portsmouth reveals that orangutans and chimpanzees mirror each other's facial expressions with the same precision as a human Duchenne smile, suggesting this exactne
NASA Twin Rooms Manage Artemis II Lunar Ops
NASA’s twin control rooms at Marshall Space Flight Center are jointly overseeing Artemis II’s lunar‑orbit operations, delivering real‑time safety monitoring and deep‑space science data as the crew pre
CAR-T therapy puts woman's three autoimmune diseases into remission
A 47-year-old woman with three life-threatening autoimmune diseases has been in treatment-free remission for 14 months after receiving CAR-T cell therapy at University Hospital Erlangen, the first tim
Study Finds Kids’ Nuclear Anxiety Rising
A new study in Critical Studies on Security reveals that children worldwide are experiencing heightened nuclear anxiety, viewing nuclear war as an existential threat to the planet, and that adult sile
Otago Study Confirms Pre-Colonial Māori Plant-Based Diets
University of Otago researchers used isotope and enamel peptide analysis of seven tūpuna—including four children—to produce the first direct scientific evidence that some Māori ate predominantly plant
MUSC MRI Catches Brain's Hidden Drainage in Action
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina used real-time MRI to capture the first direct evidence in living humans of a lymphatic-like drainage pathway running along the middle meningeal
Expectations Boost Sweet Taste Enjoyment, Study Shows
A 2026 study shows that simply labeling a drink as sugary or artificial sweetened can shift participants’ enjoyment and activate the brain’s reward center, highlighting expectation’s powerful influenc
Autism Symptom Severity Linked to ADHD Brain Wiring
A Child Mind Institute study of 166 children finds that autism symptom severity—not diagnostic labels—correlates with shared brain connectivity and gene activity patterns in kids diagnosed with either
Case Western Study Links Gut Bacteria to ALS & Dementia
A Case Western Reserve University study links gut bacterial sugars to brain damage in ALS and frontotemporal dementia, offering a therapeutic target and biomarkers for at‑risk patients, and suggesting
Reverse Biodiversity Loss by 2030, Researchers Urge
A new paper in Frontiers in Science warns that halting and reversing global biodiversity loss by 2030 is essential to stabilize Earth's systems and protect human well-being, calling for a unified 'nat
DHX29 Detects Non-Optimal Codons to Control Gene Expression
Researchers from Kyoto University and RIKEN discovered that the protein DHX29 detects and suppresses mRNAs carrying non-optimal codons, revealing a hidden layer of gene regulation that selectively sil
China's scientists outpace US biotech, AI draws capital
Biotech venture capital is being upended as Chinese researchers deliver faster, cheaper innovations, while investors in the United States and elsewhere divert attention and dollars toward artificial i
Carney Calls Astronaut Hansen on Artemis II Moon Mission
Prime Minister Mark Carney held a live Earth-to-space call with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen aboard NASA's Artemis II lunar mission, celebrating the crew's historic journey ahead of Friday's sched
Local forest sounds boost mood more than tropical ones
Listening to short audio clips of local forest sounds boosts mood, focus, and feelings of restoration more than sounds from distant tropical forests, a new study finds.
GLP-1 Drugs and Surgery Cut Fat and Muscle
Vanderbilt researchers found that GLP-1 weight loss drugs and bariatric surgery produce nearly identical body composition changes, sharply reducing fat while also stripping away modest amounts of lean
CSE Enzyme Critical for Memory, Alzheimer’s Link Found
A Johns Hopkins study reveals that the brain enzyme CSE, which generates trace hydrogen sulfide, is crucial for memory and its loss triggers Alzheimer’s‑like damage in mice, highlighting a novel thera
92% Back Autism Brain Research, 70% Never Heard of Donation
Autism BrainNet's new survey of 1,007 Americans found that while 92% believe studying the autistic brain is critically important, 70% have never even heard of brain donation — the separate postmortem
FDA Seeks New Power Over Drug Ads in 2027 Budget
Building on last year’s Trump order and recent warning letters, the FDA is urging Congress to grant it expanded authority in its 2027 budget to curb misleading direct‑to‑consumer drug ads and enforce
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