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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.
Physicist Astrid Eichhorn leads the asymptotic safety program, proposing that quantum‑gravity interactions become scale‑invariant at the Planck scale, yielding a fractal‑like space‑time. Her work shows that a fixed point persists even when all known matter fields are included, allowing the theory to retrodict the Higgs, top and bottom quark masses within 10 %. Eichhorn also argues that several popular dark‑matter candidates are incompatible with a scale‑symmetric universe, turning experimental searches into indirect tests of quantum gravity. The approach offers a conservative, mathematically robust alternative to string or loop quantum gravity.
Life Biosciences has secured FDA IND approval for ER-100, the first partial epigenetic reprogramming therapy to enter human trials. The gene‑therapy delivers OCT‑4, SOX‑2 and KLF‑4 to retinal ganglion cells via a single intravitreal injection, aiming to reset age‑related epigenetic...
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have demonstrated an electrochemical process that uses tartaric acid, a wine‑making by‑product, to separate cobalt and nickel from lithium‑ion battery leachates. By applying sequential voltages, the method achieves over 99% cobalt purity and 96.5% nickel...
The latest U.S. winter showed a stark east‑west temperature split, with the Northeast experiencing colder‑than‑average conditions while the Southwest recorded its hottest winter on record, surpassing the previous high by 2.5 °F. A map of state‑by‑state anomalies highlighted more hot‑than‑cold deviations...
Start-up is building the first data centre to use human brain cells | New Scientist https://t.co/pyhHbfJ2nl
Researchers at the University of Cambridge demonstrated that electrons can traverse a polymer‑non‑fullerene interface in just 18 femtoseconds, matching the period of a single molecular vibration. By deliberately engineering a weakly coupled junction, they showed that specific high‑frequency vibrational modes...
The University of Cambridge will host the IonQ Quantum Innovation Centre, featuring a 2560‑qubit quantum computer—the most powerful in the UK. The deal, the university's largest corporate research partnership, links Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory with US‑based IonQ and includes three years...
Nice to see empirical study of how our most impressive breakthrough in AI for biology is impacting science. Point 1 is important for those who dream that AGI or ASI will just solve all of science by thinking. They won't....
Researchers at ETH Zurich have introduced a boron‑based ligation strategy that overcomes the concentration barrier in chemical protein synthesis. By masking potassium acyltrifluoroborates (KATs) with chiral zwitterionic complexes, the team achieved efficient peptide coupling at micromolar levels, far lower than...
Certainly not the most important issue with the current situation in the Middle East, but there is a new Iran shaped hole in our surface weather observation network. In this example, measurements of surface pressure fed into operational weather forecasts on...
California startup Crop Diagnostix has launched an RNA‑sequencing based early‑warning system that reads plant gene expression to flag nutrient, water, pathogen and disease stress weeks before visual symptoms appear. Leveraging a proprietary biomarker library and AI models trained on thousands...
A study by LMU and the Max Planck Institute shows that moons orbiting free‑floating planets can retain liquid oceans for up to 4.3 billion years thanks to dense hydrogen atmospheres and tidal heating. The research demonstrates that collision‑induced absorption in high‑pressure...
On March 16, 1926 Robert Goddard launched the world’s first liquid‑fuel rocket, lifting 12.5 meters before crashing after 2.5 seconds. Despite early successes and funding from the Guggenheim family and the Smithsonian, Goddard’s distrust of collaboration kept his work isolated. The...
Urbain Le Verrier, born March 11, 1811, was a French astronomer who mathematically identified the cause of Uranus’s orbital irregularities. By applying Newtonian mechanics, he predicted the position of an unseen planet, later confirmed as Neptune in September 1846. His calculations, sent to Johann Galle, led...
Researchers introduced a thin indium tin oxide (ITO) interlayer at the back contact of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) solar cells to tackle interdiffusion and absorber defects. The ITO acts as a diffusion barrier during early selenization, then self‑sacrifices to release Sn and...
Leaving a plastic water bottle in a hot car triggers polymer chain expansion, causing the container to soften and release chemicals such as DEHP, BDCM, and chloroform into the water. A Water Filter Guru study measured these leachates at up...
In this episode, host Peter Johnson interviews Dr. Clarence Swanton, Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph, about groundbreaking research showing that early‑season weed pressure can reduce crop yield before the crop even emerges. Swanton explains that weeds reflect red...
CERN has upgraded its crystal‑shadowing system in the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) by installing a refined array of three bent silicon crystals. The technique, first demonstrated in 2021, deflects halo particles away from the electrostatic septum, cutting beam losses by...
NASA announced that the Advanced X‑Ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) has been disqualified from the Astrophysics Probe Explorer competition after failing to meet the program’s cost and schedule thresholds. The decision follows a series of internal disruptions at NASA, including a...
Photon Bridge of Eindhoven announced a strategic partnership with the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) to use CPFC’s InP laser foundry for its heterogeneous photonics platform. The collaboration validates the manufacturability of multi‑wavelength external laser sources, targeting 8, 16 and...
Scientists have found that people with Parkinson’s disease experience reduced enjoyment of pleasant odors such as lemon, indicating the world literally smells different for them. Loss of olfactory function affects 75‑90% of patients and often precedes motor symptoms by years,...
An international team led by the Turku Bioscience Centre discovered that applying sound‑wave vibration to vocal‑fold cancer cells restores cellular movement and markedly reduces tumor aggressiveness. The mechanical stimulation lowered levels of the oncogenic protein YAP, both in cultured cells...
Researchers from Shenzhen International Quantum Academy and Spain's CSIC have built a superconducting‑qubit quantum battery that charges faster than a comparable classical device under equal energy constraints. The experiment, published in Physical Review Letters, demonstrates a quantum charging advantage using...
Song and Levine (2025) introduce a "covariance criteria" that ties the covariance of gain and loss processes to observed population abundance, providing a model‑structure test for ecological time‑series. Borrowed from queueing theory and later used in biophysics, the method works...
Astronomers have identified a new superluminous supernova, SN 2024afav, whose light curve exhibits a series of periodic, “chirping” brightness bumps. Detailed analysis shows the timing of these bumps fits a model where a highly magnetized neutron star, or magnetar, is surrounded...
The Amazon molly, an all‑female fish that reproduces via sperm‑triggered parthenogenesis, has persisted for at least 100,000 years—far beyond the 10,000‑year limit predicted by Muller’s ratchet. A new Nature study used long‑read sequencing to compare its genome with those of...
Telesat announced new Canadian landing‑station sites in Estevan and Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, and Papineauville, Quebec, expanding its ground footprint ahead of Lightspeed pathfinder launches in December. The company aims to operate 24 landing stations worldwide by the start of global services...
Capricor Therapeutics announced that the FDA has scheduled an August 22 decision on its investigational Duchenne muscular dystrophy cell therapy, deramiocel, after lifting a prior complete response letter. The biotech resubmitted an enhanced package that includes robust Phase III HOPE‑3 data showing...
Researchers from Harbin Institute of Technology and Stanford University found that the tropical cockroach Blaptica dubia can rapidly degrade polystyrene. In a 42‑day experiment, 50 roaches consumed about 6 mg of plastic per day, removing 54.9% of the material and achieving...
On 7 March 2026 CERN declared stable beams for the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start of its final data‑taking run before the High‑Luminosity upgrade. The nine‑month campaign, compressed into a July‑June window, will sequentially increase beam intensity from four to...
The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center have launched the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, a two‑pathway program designed to fast‑track advanced nuclear technologies. Building on the Reactor Pilot and Fuel Line Pilot programs, the initiative offers...
Researchers have identified the erectile‑dysfunction drug sildenafil as a potential therapy for Leigh syndrome, a fatal mitochondrial disorder affecting roughly one in 40,000 births. In cell models, the compound corrected mitochondrial membrane potential and normalized gene expression, while treated mice...
Researchers have developed a free‑standing sodium‑ion battery anode that combines bismuth nanoparticles, MoS₂ nanospheres, and a carbon nanofiber matrix with a thin carbon coating. The Bi@MoS₂@C composite delivers a reversible capacity of about 275 mAh g⁻¹ at 0.5 A g⁻¹ and retains 96 % of...
Researchers report that fenofibrate, a PPARα agonist approved for hyperlipidemia, extends lifespan and reverses cellular senescence in several mouse models, including D‑galactose‑induced, 18‑month‑old, and SAMP8 strains. The drug reduces age‑related lipid accumulation and restores mitochondrial function by up‑regulating CPT1C, a...
Researchers have shown that periodontitis reshapes the gut microbiome, accelerating bone loss in a mouse model of osteoporosis. Salivary microbiota from gum‑disease patients increased gut dysbiosis, suppressed tryptophan metabolism and reduced the osteoclast‑inhibiting metabolite indole‑3‑lactic acid (ILA). The altered microbiome...
Shanghai‑based BlueStar Optical Domain announced a Series C round of roughly 500 million yuan ($72 million). The capital will fund a production‑line upgrade aimed at delivering 1,000 laser communication terminals annually by mid‑2026. The move positions BlueStar as a mass‑production supplier for China’s...
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a DNA‑based barcoding assay that measures, in living mice, which lipid nanoparticles successfully deliver gene‑editing cargo to target cellular compartments. The technique identified that many particles are degraded in lysosomes, while a newly...
Researchers at Southwest Research Institute and NCAR unveiled PINNBARDS, a physics‑informed neural network that reconstructs the Sun’s deep‑layer magnetic activity from Solar Dynamics Observatory data. By mathematically inverting surface magnetic patterns, the tool can identify emerging flare‑producing regions weeks before...
A new Swedish study of nearly 15,000 adults linked a single course of antibiotics to lasting reductions in gut microbial diversity, with effects persisting up to eight years. Clindamycin was the most disruptive, eliminating an average of 47 bacterial species...
IdeaSquare at CERN has launched ‘The Forge,’ a new prototyping workshop designed for rapid iteration and collaborative building. The space merges the former 3D Printer Studio with two containers, offering a large central worktable, modular peg wall, 3D printers and...
Researchers at POST, Griffith and King Khalid Universities unveiled a graphene‑based nanofiltration membrane that uses sunlight to pull lithium ions from magnesium‑rich brines. The hybrid membrane, combining edge‑functionalized graphene nanoribbons with photothermally reduced graphene oxide, delivers a lithium flux of...
Adisyn demonstrated that graphene‑enhanced composite materials can cut radar reflection by up to 20 dB in lab tests, and the team is targeting a 30 dB reduction that would shrink a drone’s radar cross‑section by a factor of 1,000. The proof‑of‑concept was...
Researchers used Monte Carlo simulations with a simplified cluster model to map short‑range order (SRO) in cation‑disordered rocksalt (DRX) cathodes. They discovered that the probability of forming Li₄ tetrahedral clusters is governed primarily by nearest‑neighbor pairwise SRO, and that this SRO...
Researchers have engineered arrays of Janus micropillars—hydrophilic tops paired with hydrophobic sidewalls—to reveal a novel drop‑charging mechanism. When a water droplet slides across these structures, it leaves microscopic satellite droplets that evaporate within a second, creating charge separation within the...
Researchers have created silver‑enhanced g‑C3N4/Ag Janus microrobots that move upward against gravity when illuminated, a behavior termed negative photogravitaxis. The silver coating improves charge carrier separation, suppressing recombination and boosting photocatalytic activity. This three‑dimensional propulsion increases mass transfer, enabling the...
Researchers have introduced an additive‑free, edge‑functionalized graphene (EFG) dough synthesized directly from graphite via selective oxidation and physical exfoliation. The resulting few‑layer nanoplatelets retain defect‑free basal planes, exhibit carboxylate and phenolic edge groups, and achieve a high conductivity of 900 S cm⁻¹....
The paper investigates how sapphire substrate reconstruction during metal‑organic CVD at 1 000 °C alters the structural, electronic, and photonic behavior of monolayer MoS₂. Elevated temperature induces step‑bunching on the sapphire surface, creating local charge‑doping variations and strain that broaden Raman peaks...
GELITA and Black Drop have signed an R&D agreement to develop methacrylated gelatin (GelMA) bioinks for 3D bioprinting applications. The partnership will leverage GELITA’s ultra‑low endotoxin gelatin (MEDELLAPRO) and Black Drop’s custom bioprinting platforms to create clinically usable, scalable bioinks....
The ADOPT project combines Sentinel‑2 optical imagery with daily high‑resolution PlanetScope data and artificial intelligence to locate floating plastic debris and forecast its short‑term drift. By training a machine‑learning model on GPS drifter records, the system corrects biases in conventional...
Astrophotographer Emil Andronic captured a detailed image of Cederblad 51, a blue reflection nebula embedded in the red emission nebula Sharpless 2‑264 in Orion. The composite combines 69 hours 15 minutes of Hα‑LRGB data collected between September 9 and December 19 2025 using twin 8‑inch f/5 Newtonian telescopes....
