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Spike D614 Reversions Detected in Delta and Omicron BA.2 Variants
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba and the Institute of Science Tokyo identified nonrandom reversions of the SARS‑CoV‑2 spike protein from the dominant G614 back to the ancestral D614. The reversions are concentrated in delta and omicron BA.2 lineages and show distinct temporal spikes and geographic clustering.
Eli Lilly and Hong Kong‑listed Insilico Medicine have sealed a partnership that could be worth up to $2.75 billion, including a $115 million upfront payment. The deal gives Lilly exclusive global rights to Insilico’s pre‑clinical oral candidates and taps the biotech’s generative‑AI platform. It marks a watershed moment for AI‑enabled drug discovery and signals fresh capital opportunities for biotech entrepreneurs.
Researchers at South Korea's KAIST have demonstrated that graphene oxide can selectively eradicate bacterial cells while leaving human cells intact. The finding points to a new class of nanomaterial‑based antibiotics that could help combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Researchers at the University of Central Florida announced a demonstration of scalable entanglement aimed at powering next‑generation quantum processors. The claim, reported without technical specifics, signals a potential leap in quantum hardware scalability.
NASA is targeting an early‑April 2026 liftoff of Artemis II, the first crewed mission to loop around the Moon since Apollo 11. The four‑astronaut crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen—marks historic firsts for gender, race and nationality, while the...
In this episode of Longevity by Design, Dr. Andrea Mayer discusses the scientific evidence behind multivitamin and mineral supplements, highlighting that they may modestly improve cognition, mood, and blood pressure in at-risk or nutritionally deficient individuals, but show little benefit...
NASA’s Artemis II mission, slated for launch in early 2026, will send a crew on a lunar flyby—the first human trip around the Moon in half a century. Victor Glover, a Southern California native and veteran Navy test pilot, will serve...
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have demonstrated that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath mirror gut microbiome activity. Published in Cell Metabolism, the proof‑of‑concept study showed breath profiles could differentiate children with...
Researchers at the University of York have identified ESB2, an RNA endonuclease that acts as a molecular shredder within Trypanosoma brucei. By selectively degrading transcripts, ESB2 fine‑tunes Variant Surface Glycoprotein expression, allowing the parasite to evade host immunity. The finding,...
Dreyer’s Nebula is a blue reflection nebula situated roughly 2,700 light‑years away in the Monoceros constellation. Its vivid hue results from nearby hot stars whose light scatters off interstellar dust. The nebula was captured by amateur astronomer Greg Meyer near...
Fraunhofer ISE demonstrated that metallurgical gases from Thyssenkrupp’s Duisburg steel plant can be turned into methanol in a pilot plant, leveraging a digital twin to fine‑tune the process. Over 5,000 operating hours, the simulation identified optimal inlet temperature, recycle ratio...
Vega rose above the northeastern horizon just after midnight on March 30, signaling the start of the summer sky for Northern Hemisphere observers. At magnitude 0.0, the star is the fifth‑brightest in the night sky and anchors the Summer Triangle asterism alongside...
In this episode, Dr. Douglas Fields discusses his research on brain development and plasticity, emphasizing how experience shapes neural circuits and the newly discovered role of myelin in memory formation. He shares personal anecdotes about his hobbies—rock climbing, guitar building,...
NASA’s February 19 investigative report blames both Boeing and NASA for the 2024 Starliner failure that left its crew stranded on the International Space Station for nine months before a SpaceX capsule returned them. The 311‑page document details software glitches,...
In this episode of Who Arted?, host Kyle Wood talks with author Kory Stamper about her book *True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color*. Stamper explains how a puzzling dictionary entry sparked her fascination with how colors...
On Jan. 20, 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order that recognizes only two sexes and mandates federal agencies use the term “sex” instead of “gender.” The order abruptly removed the NIH Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) policy webpages, unsettling...
Planetary scientists have long agreed that Mars once hosted extensive liquid water and a thick, water‑rich atmosphere. A new comprehensive accounting of water inputs and losses reveals a major discrepancy: the expected ocean depth of 150–250 m at the end of...
Iodine was accidentally discovered in 1811 by French chemist Bernard Courtois while processing seaweed ash for saltpeter, and quickly identified as a new element by Gay‑Lussac and Davy. The trace mineral is essential for thyroid hormone production, and its uneven...
Locksley Resources, partnering with Rice University, has created an ultra‑stable antimony‑graphite battery material that incorporates up to 20% antimony. The collaboration uses a deep eutectic solvent (DES) process to extract high‑purity antimony without conventional flotation, accelerating a US‑focused mine‑to‑market supply...
Chinese researchers have unveiled a lithium‑metal battery that surpasses 700 Wh/kg energy density at room temperature and retains about 400 Wh/kg at -50 °C. The new electrolyte replaces oxygen with fluorine, boosting ion conductivity and stability. Integrated into a FAW Hongqi prototype, the...
Researchers at Caltech have unveiled a photonic platform that routes light across silicon wafers with loss levels comparable to optical fiber, even at visible wavelengths. The waveguides, made from germano‑silicate glass, are fabricated using lithography on standard 8‑inch and 12‑inch...
The BBC is launching a daily space podcast series, "13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II," beginning Monday, March 30 2026. The show will chronicle NASA’s Artemis II mission, which plans to send four astronauts on a lunar flyby—the first human return to the Moon in...
In this episode, Mel Robbins talks with Harvard neurogastroenterologist Dr. Tricia Pasricha about the gut‑brain connection, demystifying what’s normal and abnormal when it comes to digestion, bloating, constipation, and pooping. Dr. Pasricha explains that the gut functions like a second...
Physicists probing dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up about 85% of the universe’s mass, say their research is guided by religious and spiritual traditions. From Reconstructionist Jewish teachings to Native Hawaiian navigation and Hindu devotion, scientists are drawing...
Researchers at Sun Yat‑sen University's National Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology published a PNAS paper revealing that the protein MTFR1L maintains mitochondrial homeostasis in the heart and can slow age‑related cardiac decline. The findings open a molecular pathway for biohackers and...
Boston Scientific announced that its EKOS™ Endovascular System, combined with anticoagulation, lowered the 7‑day composite endpoint for intermediate‑risk pulmonary embolism to 4.0% versus 10.3% with anticoagulation alone, a 61% relative reduction. The findings, presented at ACC.26 and published in NEJM,...
Researchers at Cambridge unveiled a hafnium‑oxide memristor that reduces switching currents a million‑fold, while Huawei launched its Atlas 350 accelerator claiming 1.56 PFLOPS FP4 performance and 112 GB of HBM. Both advances target the soaring energy costs of enterprise AI workloads.
Brazil's environment ministry awarded a 40‑year, 145,000‑acre Amazon reforestation concession to Re.green, linking forest regeneration to an estimated $2 million a year in carbon‑credit revenue and a 0.7% revenue‑share with the state. The deal marks the first market‑based financing mechanism for...
Australian biotech Cortical Labs demonstrated that 200,000 living human neurons cultured on a silicon chip can learn to play the 1993 shooter Doom. The proof‑of‑concept highlights neuromorphic computing’s potential to cut power use in enterprise AI, prompting CIOs to reassess...
Scientists have demonstrated magnetic nanorobots smaller than blood cells that can be steered by external magnets to deliver chemotherapy directly to tumors. The technology aims to cut side effects and enable new hyperthermia treatments, signaling a potential shift in nanomedicine.
Y Combinator’s Winter 2026 Demo Day put eight space‑focused startups in the investor spotlight, with Beyond Reach Labs securing $325 million in letters of intent and GRU Space pitching a lunar hotel. The event highlighted soaring valuations, early‑stage revenue traction and...
NASA revealed a $20 billion initiative to develop a nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) for deep‑space missions, promising to halve travel time to Mars. The program, tied to a new lunar surface base, signals a strategic push against China and a shift...
NASA announced it will pause the Gateway lunar‑orbit station and redirect $20 billion toward a three‑phase moon‑base program. The shift, unveiled at the Ignition event, aims to accelerate surface operations and keep the United States ahead of China in deep‑space competition.
Wall Street analysts project that GLP-1 focused biotech stocks could see their valuations triple before the end of 2026. The forecast highlights market leaders Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, while also flagging Viking Therapeutics as a high‑risk, high‑reward play.
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After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, escaped domestic pigs interbred with wild boar, creating a large‑scale hybrid population in the evacuation zone. A new study in the Journal of Forest Research shows that maternal pig lineages, identified by mitochondrial DNA, trigger...
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Social disconnection: from cortisol-oxytocin imbalance to endothelial dysfunction, a narrative review of mechanisms and potential interventions https://t.co/ONoBPawaNl https://t.co/0WZXKypZjo
A 2024 reassessment in *Nature Plants* revisits the 1991 “Centinelan extinction hypothesis,” which claimed dozens of plant species vanished when a ridge in western Ecuador was cleared. By aggregating herbarium records, literature, expert input and new field surveys, researchers found...
The Gut Can Drive Age-Associated Memory Loss. The aging GI tract produces specific molecules that blunt the activity of a key gut-brain neuronal pathway, leading to age-related cognitive decline in mice. From the @arcinstitute https://t.co/jm9g9vWL0L https://t.co/6JlnwKmX4F
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A new Nature Climate Change study maps global sites earmarked for land‑intensive carbon‑dioxide removal (CDR) projects such as forestation and bioenergy crops, revealing that roughly 13% of biodiversity‑rich areas overlap with these zones. By expanding the species pool to 135,000,...
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More than 100 Chinese companies, including battery giant CATL and EV maker BYD, are racing to mass‑produce perovskite solar cells. The sector already boasts gigawatt‑scale production lines, such as UtmoLight’s 1.8 million‑cell annual facility and GCL Optoelectronic’s $724 million plant targeting 2 GW....
Sleep disturbances and Alzheimer’s disease: a multiscale approach from exposome to neurobiology and precision medicine "a hypothetical integrative, stream-like model outlining how external and internal exposome factors accelerate brain aging, thereby exacerbating circadian dysregulation, orexin-mediated hyperexcitability, metabolic imbalance, and inflammaging." https://t.co/VJPZRqmM23
Alive or not? Tiny 3D-printed robots that swim and navigate just like animals https://t.co/Nd2S2RdT5H https://t.co/H3krknX9yy
Johns Hopkins Medicine and Unbound Medicine have published the first ever clinical guidance on psychedelic medicine through the Johns Hopkins Psychiatry POC‑IT Guide. The guidance targets clinicians treating treatment‑resistant depression and PTSD, offering evidence‑based recommendations as psychedelic‑assisted therapies near FDA...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a direct image of a planet in the act of forming around a young star 525 light‑years from Earth. The infrared view reveals a bright knot within the protoplanetary disk, providing the first...
Neurologist Dr. Majid Fotuhi, an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins, says generative AI is rewiring the cortex and hippocampus, challenging attention and memory. He advises a daily 20‑30‑minute brain‑exercise routine to keep cognition sharp in the AI era.
