For decades, scientists were baffled by why thorny skates in the North Atlantic came in two distinct sizes. Despite extensive research, no genetic explanation was found, until now. A team …
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Breakthrough Asthma Treatment Offers Long-Lasting Relief
New therapeutic “cocktails” could offer long-lasting relief for treatment-resistant asthma and other inflammatory diseases of the immune system. Current asthma treatments are ineffective for some patients and do not provide …
Read More »Supercomputers Are Simulating the Universe to Unlock Its Darkest Secrets
Cosmologists are using cutting-edge computational tools to uncover the secrets of dark matter and dark energy, which together make up 95% of the universe. Through the Dark Sky Mining project …
Read More »Hybrid States of Light and Matter: A Breakthrough That Could Change Displays Forever
Scientists have developed a model that predicts a massive boost in OLED brightness using polaritons—hybrid light-matter states. By fine-tuning the number of molecules involved, they achieved a staggering 10-million-fold improvement …
Read More »Scientists Discover How To Reactivate Cancer’s Dormant “Kill Switch”
The discovery could pave the way for a groundbreaking RNA-based multi-cancer treatment. Alternative RNA splicing functions like a film editor rearranging scenes from the same footage to create different versions …
Read More »After Lunar Disappointments, NASA Hits the Jackpot With Blue Ghost Moon Lander
Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years. Read More
Read More »Nanotech Breakthrough Unveils the Hidden Power of Exploding Stars
For the first time, scientists have directly measured a weak r-process reaction using a radioactive ion beam, shedding light on how heavy elements form in cosmic cataclysms like supernovae and …
Read More »Scientists Uncover Hidden Protein Driving Autoimmune Attacks
Scientists have uncovered a critical piece of the puzzle in autoimmune diseases: a protein that helps release immune response molecules. By studying an ultra-rare condition, researchers identified ArfGAP2 as a …
Read More »Can Predator Bugs Replace Pesticides in the Fight Against Lanternflies?
Spotted lanternflies have wreaked havoc on U.S. agriculture since their arrival in 2014, but Penn State researchers may have found unlikely allies: native insect predators. A new study reveals that …
Read More »US court sues Apple for false advertising of its Intelligence features
A Federal Court sitting in the USA has sued multinational technology company Apple over alleged false advertising of several of its Intelligence features. Class-action status and damages are sought in …
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