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High‑altitude hypoxia curbs blood‑sugar spikes in mice
A mouse study found that low‑oxygen (hypoxic) conditions cause red blood cells to absorb far more glucose and convert it into a molecule that eases oxygen release, acting as a glucose sink. Mice exposed to 8% oxygen showed markedly smaller blood‑sugar spikes after glucose injections, and the effect persisted after they returned to normal air.
Large‑scale neuroimaging studies largely omit women‑specific health information, limiting AI’s ability to model female brain dynamics. Only about 0.5 % of neuroscience papers address women’s health, and few datasets capture menstrual, pregnancy, or menopause data. Recent precision‑imaging work and the Women’s Brain Health Initiative are launching a standardized reproductive health questionnaire to fill the gap. Without such data, AI tools risk bias and missed insights into women’s brain health.
#JudithCurry was a key member of the "unlawful" working group tasked by the Trump administration with discrediting the science underlying the EPA endangerment finding (the legal basis for regulating carbon emissions).
Samsung Bioepis and its sister firm Epis NexLab have signed a research collaboration and exclusive license agreement with G2GBIO to develop a long‑acting semaglutide formulation using G2GBIO’s proprietary microsphere technology. The deal grants Samsung Bioepis full rights to the semaglutide...
A CRISPR‑Cas9 screen revealed that riboflavin (vitamin B2) sustains the ferroptosis suppressor protein FSP1, shielding cancer cells from iron‑driven lipid peroxidation. Depleting vitamin B2 destabilizes FSP1 and renders tumor cells highly susceptible to ferroptosis. The researchers demonstrated that roseoflavin, a bacterial analog...
FYI - Retracted paper in the NAD field: Nicotinamide Ameliorates Amyloid Beta-Induced Neurodegeneration in Adult Mouse Brain. The editors lost confidence in the findings after "indications" of inappropriate editing & partial duplication https://t.co/WVJBCeKjQ4 https://t.co/lmUObhFxcK
Britain’s science minister unveiled a £2.5 billion, five‑year programme to jump‑start a domestic nuclear‑fusion industry. The core of the plan is a £1.3 billion investment in the STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) prototype at the former West Burton coal site, targeted...
Swansea University researchers found that AI can act as a creative collaborator, not just an efficiency tool. In a study of over 800 participants designing virtual cars, an AI system using MAP‑Elites generated diverse galleries of designs, including intentionally flawed...
A new James Webb Space Telescope study used spectral decomposition to map Europa’s surface chemistry, revealing that carbon dioxide extends far beyond the previously isolated Tara Regio chaos terrain. The CO₂‑rich areas align with unusual ice textures, indicating that the...
A new study by Sara Walker et al. proposes using Assembly Theory to detect extraterrestrial life by quantifying how difficult molecules are to assemble. Instead of searching for Earth‑like biosignature gases, the approach assigns an Assembly Index to atmospheric compounds, with...
The WASHOUT study, presented at the EAU26 congress, found that one in ten emergency‑department patients presenting with visible blood in urine (hematuria) dies within three months. A diagnostic scan—CT or cystoscopy—performed within 48 hours cut mortality risk and accelerated cancer detection,...
Solve Aging: Biophytis and LynxKite are expanding their alliance to use graph-based AI to speed discovery of new longevity drugs, aiming to map complex aging biology and surface novel targets for age-related disease. The “AI x longevity” stack is quietly...
Researchers surveyed 750 parents across the UK, US, Australia and Canada and found that babies as young as eight months engage in basic deceptive acts, such as pretending not to hear or hiding objects. By ten months, roughly a quarter...
The paper proposes a framework that fuses behavioural experiment results with dynamical systems models to better predict and steer collective social change. By grounding threshold and cascade models in empirical decision‑making data, the authors show how interventions can be calibrated...
Young meteorologist Chris Martz, dubbed the "anti‑Greta Thunberg," has transitioned from mainstream climate positions to a data‑focused stance after independent research. He now serves as a policy analyst and meteorologist for the Washington‑based Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow. Martz leverages...
Scientists have confirmed that Antarctica sits above the planet's strongest gravity anomaly, often called a "gravity hole." Using global earthquake recordings and physics‑based modeling, researchers reconstructed a three‑dimensional view of the low‑density mantle beneath the continent. The study, published in...
Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research has teamed with a precision‑oncology firm and the National Cancer Centre to launch UNITED 2.0, a SG$6 million three‑year project aimed at a clinical‑grade cancer profiling test. The new platform will replace the gene‑panel approach...
The University of Hong Kong and Suzhou Industrial Park have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch the HKU‑Suzhou Innovation Corridor, a cross‑border platform for medical technology development. The corridor will link HKU’s research expertise with Suzhou’s clinical and biotech...
Common Ground Alliance estimates annual U.S. social costs of underground utility damage at about $30 billion. Purdue University engineers have created a patent‑pending method that combines ground‑penetrating radar with a Bayesian uncertainty‑aware model to pinpoint pipe location, orientation, and radius. The...
Breast milk has a clock. Morning milk has higher cortisol and stimulating amino acids to help the baby wake up. Evening milk has more melatonin and nucleotides that have a sleep inducing effect on the nervous system to help the baby...
A longitudinal study of 127 first‑time mothers scanned before conception, twice during pregnancy, and at one and six months postpartum reveals a striking ~5% reduction in gray‑matter volume in regions governing emotion and social perception. The loss peaks in the...
Researchers sequenced DNA from 500 domestic‑cat tumors, covering 13 cancer types, and mapped mutations in 1,000 genes commonly altered in human cancers. The study found that TP53 and PIK3CA are among the most frequently mutated genes in cats, mirroring patterns...
"We were doing just fine without immigrants" is a commonly repeated trope. Just to to take the examples listed and the immigrants who made essential contributions... Landing on the moon: Wernher von Braun (Germany) → Chief architect of the Saturn V rocket, the...
A new Australian study of 10,929 Parkinson’s patients – the largest cohort worldwide – reveals pronounced gender differences in symptom patterns and risk exposures. Non‑motor symptoms dominate, with 96% reporting sleep disturbances and two‑thirds experiencing pain, memory changes, or dizziness....
Seabird guano accelerates plant growth on barrier islands, enhancing dune formation and aiding recovery from coastal erosion, highlighting the ecological role of birds in shaping and stabilizing vulnerable coastal landscapes. coastalecology
Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich have unveiled a home‑built momentum microscope that uses a tabletop UV laser instead of large accelerator facilities. The new electron‑optics design delivers sharper momentum‑space images and captures spin, orbital and temporal information in a single measurement....
A joint Boston University and LSHTM study shows that a low‑cost infection‑prevention‑and‑control bundle temporarily halted a Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a Zambian NICU, reducing neonatal mortality and suspected sepsis. Whole‑genome sequencing of 411 isolates identified hospital‑origin transmission and highlighted the...
South Australia’s government waited over four months to revise beach health advice after scientists detected the potent toxin brevetoxin in the state’s massive algal bloom. Early warnings from contaminated oysters, a dead great‑white shark and toxin‑laden kangaroos were downplayed, with...
The placenta is honestly the most remarkable organ. A woman's body grows it from scratch in a matter of weeks. By week 12, it's the size of a dinner plate and fully functional. It produces its own hormones like progesterone, estrogen,...
“Everything is related to your genetics, both your smoking and your quitting smoking, both your addiction and your recovery. Even your belief in free will is heritable and is more similar in identical twins.” — @kph3k 🔗 https://t.co/BxddkybDz0 https://t.co/LxTwp2vXIX
A recent neuroscience study found that individuals with higher IQs demonstrate markedly better beat‑keeping ability on a drum pad. Brain imaging revealed that these participants possessed greater white‑matter density in prefrontal regions associated with planning and time management. The research,...
GLP-1 drugs for extending healthspan? Intriguing but we're a long way off from evidence Discussed at length in Super Agers as a candidate drug beyond lifestyle + factors @TheEconomist gift link https://t.co/A2dpfcnApF https://t.co/3gY8iACeGs
Dietary EPA shows superior efficacy over DHA in chronic sleep deprivation-induced cognitive decline by disrupting the crosstalk between intestinal ferroptosis and gut-derived Aβ production 🧠👨🏻⚕️ 🔗https://t.co/rqUO058bO9 https://t.co/Kr137l2BvH
Researchers published a longitudinal study showing that people living with HIV who switch from daily oral antiretrovirals to the long‑acting injectable combo cabotegravir‑rilpivirine experience an early, transient rise in monocyte activation followed by a sustained decline below baseline levels. Flow...
Exercise increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor, supporting brain plasticity. Trends in Neurosciences, 2002. Cotman and Berchtold https://t.co/jux3TwN0fS
Follicle-stimulating hormone linked to cognitive decline and amyloid burden in postmenopausal women 👉"Elevated FSH, not low E2, is linked to cognitive decline and Aβ pathology in postmenopausal women." https://t.co/EkFxbjsao9
Researchers used machine‑learning interatomic potential (MLIP) calculations to screen dopants for orthorhombic Sn₃O₄, identifying aluminum as a stable dopant. Experimental hydrothermal synthesis confirmed the predictions, with 5 % Al‑doped o‑Sn₃O₄ delivering 16‑times higher hydrogen production under visible light. The study demonstrates...
This stunning 3D map lets anyone explore real human organs down to a single cell | BBC Science Focus Magazine https://t.co/32o3aJrrZB
This "factoid" seems to be all over X this week. However, even the most cursory of internet searches (or LLM queries) would show its complete fiction. In reality, human activity emits approximately 120x more CO2 than all the world's volcanoes combined....
Researchers at Texas A&M have demonstrated that engineered fire whirls can increase the efficiency of in‑situ oil‑spill burning by roughly 40%, while cutting particulate emissions. The team built a 16‑foot triangular chamber that generated a 17‑foot vortex, consuming the oil...
Our new @NatureMedicine paper proposing a path for better, dynamic evaluation of large language models for patient care https://t.co/VHvyxDFKuc CES-clinical environment simulator @pranavrajpurkar https://t.co/Q9tyeupEk3
Recent research highlights that children’s under‑developed pre‑frontal cortex makes them especially vulnerable to stress triggered by self‑harm and suicide imagery on social media. Neuroimaging shows limbic activation comparable to real‑world threats, leading to rapid, often uncontrolled reactions. Platform‑level alerts to...
🔎 Chemical biology tools reveal which microbes are truly working behind the scenes 🔗 https://t.co/oFvPY4Uz95 🌐 #INPST #Biotech #CRBIOTECH https://t.co/tGA5P30yM1
Astronomers using NASA's TESS have confirmed a new super‑Earth, TOI‑1080 b, orbiting an inactive M4V star 83 light‑years away. The planet is about 1.2 times Earth’s radius, likely rocky with a mass near 1.75 Earth masses, and completes an orbit in just under...
Psilocybin seems to help tobacco smokers quit; Scientists discover a new species of psychedelic mushroom in Africa https://t.co/E5d2aUHoUQ
How do you break psychedelic molecules into parts, like cars in a chop shop, and build new ones? A look into non-psychedelic psychedelic medicine by Clayton Dalton, an ER doc and Ferriss-UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellow @ucbsoj & @SciPsychedelics https://t.co/b7R4aTNdyf
Marine biologists from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center recorded back‑to‑back blue whale sightings off Massachusetts in late February. The first whale was seen near the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on Feb 27, and two additional whales...
A recent Journal of Attention Disorders study found that children with ADHD fail to automatically orient to gaze cues when faces are presented upright, indicating a deficit in processing whole faces. Using an inhibition‑of‑return paradigm, researchers observed normal slowed reactions...
Researchers at INRS partnered with the Abitibiwinni First Nation to develop and test environmental DNA (eDNA) protocols for monitoring 125 North American wildlife species. Field trials in Québec’s boreal forest identified surface snow sampling as the most reliable method, achieving...
A newly examined Edmontosaurus skull from Montana displays unmistakable Tyrannosaurus rex bite marks. A broken tooth tip lodged in the snout and multiple serrated impressions pinpoint an adult T. rex with a one‑meter skull as the attacker. CT scans reveal...
1/9 Every bulk RNA-seq experiment I run goes through the same 7 checks before I trust the results. I've been burned enough times to know: if you skip QC, you will find out the hard way. Usually during a meeting with...
