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Most people rarely use AI, and dark personality traits predict who uses it more #Science #ComputerScience #ArtificialIntelligence #AIUsage #DarkPersonalityTraits #MentalHealthInsights

Most people rarely use AI, and dark personality traits predict who uses it more

A new study published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking has found that while artificial intelligence receives significant public attention, it is used far less frequently in day-to-day...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 29m

Scientists Find Secret Atomic Patterns in Common Metals, Challenging Decades of Theory #Science #Physics #CondensedMatterPhysics #AtomicPatterns #CondensedMatter #PhysicsInnovation

Scientists Find Secret Atomic Patterns in Common Metals, Challenging Decades of Theory

MIT researchers found that a hidden atomic order can persist in metals even after they undergo extreme processing. For decades, scientists have known that metal alloys contain subtle chemical patterns,...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 44m

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths #Science #ComputerScience #Algorithms #ShortestPath

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 1h

Scientists Discover a New Form of Ice That Shouldn’t Exist #Science #EarthSciences #Geochemistry #NewIceForm #ScientificDiscovery

Scientists Discover a New Form of Ice That Shouldn’t Exist

Researchers at the European XFEL and DESY are investigating unusual forms of ice that can exist at room temperature when subjected to extreme pressure. Ice comes in many forms, even when made of nothing...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 1h

Researchers uncover a stubbornly persistent bias for progress-oriented leaders #Science #SocialSciences #LeadershipStudies #LeadershipBias #SocialScience #OrganizationalBehavior

Researchers uncover a stubbornly persistent bias for progress-oriented leaders

A new series of experiments published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General suggests that people consistently favor leaders who promise progress, even when the situation calls for someone...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 3h

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds #Science #Biology #Microbiology #Microplastics #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalImpact

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do Microplastics have been found almost everywhere: in blood, placentas, lungs – even the human...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 6h

“We Need To Go Back” – Uranus’ Moon May Have Harbored a Colossal 100-Mile Deep Ocean #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #Uranus #SpaceExploration #OceanDiscovery

“We Need To Go Back” – Uranus’ Moon May Have Harbored a Colossal 100-Mile Deep Ocean

Evidence points to a long-lost ocean beneath Ariel’s icy crust. Tides and orbit shifts may have cracked its surface billions of years ago. Growing evidence indicates that a deep ocean may lie hidden...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 8h

Is Dark Matter… Evolving? A New Theory To Solve the Universe’s Biggest Mystery #Science #Space #Cosmology #DarkMatter #UniverseMysteries

Is Dark Matter… Evolving? A New Theory To Solve the Universe’s Biggest Mystery

Evolving dark matter may explain cosmic acceleration. Observations support a mixed model. For years, a stubborn puzzle has sat at the center of the standard cosmological model. The evidence clearly supports...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 10h

Blazing Outflow Shrinks Mass of Universe's Brightest Quasar by 10x #Science #Space #Astrophysics #Quasar #CosmicResearch

Blazing Outflow Shrinks Mass of Universe's Brightest Quasar by 10x

Why such a huge discrepancy?

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 10h

Boredom drives people to seek new experiences — even when they’re unpleasant #Science #Psychology #Boredom #HumanBehavior #PsychologyResearch

Boredom drives people to seek new experiences — even when they’re unpleasant

A study published in the journal Emotion provides evidence that boredom motivates people to seek new experiences, even ones that are unpleasant. Across three experiments, researchers found that people...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 10h

New Tool Reads DNA and RNA in a Single Cell, Unlocking Secrets of Disease #Science #Biology #MolecularBiology #DNASequencing #SingleCellAnalysis #BiotechInnovations

New Tool Reads DNA and RNA in a Single Cell, Unlocking Secrets of Disease

By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can run...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 11h

The Ultimate Hard Drive? Terahertz Light Unlocks a New Class of Non-Volatile Memory #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #NonVolatileMemory #TerahertzLight #DataStorage

The Ultimate Hard Drive? Terahertz Light Unlocks a New Class of Non-Volatile Memory

Scientists have discovered a method to switch ultra-stable ferroaxial materials using circular terahertz light, paving the way for next-generation, non-volatile data storage technologies. Modern life...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 11h

Both sides favor censorship when children’s books conflict with their political beliefs #Science #Culture #Censorship #ChildrensBooks #PoliticalBeliefs

Both sides favor censorship when children’s books conflict with their political beliefs

A new study published in PLOS ONE has found that Americans across the political spectrum tend to support censorship when literature conflicts with their own ideological values, even though most say they...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 11h

How Easter Island’s Massive Moai Statues Actually “Walked” Themselves #Science #EarthSciences #Paleontology #EasterIsland #Archaeology #MoaiStatues

How Easter Island’s Massive Moai Statues Actually “Walked” Themselves

Researchers have finally solved how the ancient people of Rapa Nui moved their massive moai statues across Easter Island. By combining physics, 3D modeling, and real-world experiments, scientists discovered...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 12h

Bandages Made From Living Fungi Could Be The Future of Wound Healing #Science #Biology #Microbiology #WoundHealing #Biodegradable #FungiInnovation

Bandages Made From Living Fungi Could Be The Future of Wound Healing

Mushroom medicine.

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 12h

Alzheimer's May Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Reveals Expert #Science #HealthandMedicine #Neurology #AlzheimersResearch #BrainHealth #NeurologyInsights

Alzheimer's May Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Reveals Expert

Are we looking at this the wrong way?

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 12h

TikTok activity linked to young women’s views on body image and cosmetic surgery #Science #HealthandMedicine #PublicHealth #BodyImage #CosmeticSurgery #TikTokTrends

TikTok activity linked to young women’s views on body image and cosmetic surgery

A new study published in Psychology of Popular Media suggests that how young women engage with TikTok may shape the way they feel about their bodies and their attitudes toward cosmetic surgery. The findings...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 12h

New physical mechanism discovered in metal manufacturing #Science #Physics #AppliedPhysicsandEngineering #MetalManufacturing #PhysicsBreakthrough #EngineeringInnovation

New physical mechanism discovered in metal manufacturing

Computer simulation of metallic alloy where atoms (spheres) are arranged in subtle chemical patterns beneath a network of dislocations (green lines). Credit: Rodrigo Freitas Researchers have discovered...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 13h

There's an Evolutionary Reason Why Female Mammals Live Longer #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #MammalLongevity #FemaleHealth

There's an Evolutionary Reason Why Female Mammals Live Longer

It's the opposite in birds.

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 13h

What we’ve learned about the psychology of narcissism over the past 30 years #Science #HealthandMedicine #MentalHealth #Narcissism #Psychology #MentalHealthResearch

What we’ve learned about the psychology of narcissism over the past 30 years

You’ve probably seen the word “narcissist” thrown around online in headlines, on dating apps or in therapy-themed TikToks. But the label that people often unthinkingly slap on toxic bosses or reality...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 14h

Smithsonian museums and National Zoo set to close as shutdown takes its toll #Science #Culture #Smithsonian #NationalZoo #MuseumShutdown

Smithsonian museums and National Zoo set to close as shutdown takes its toll

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected....

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 14h

This Simple Test Can Predict Risk of Severe Liver Disease Up to 10 Years in Advance #Science #HealthandMedicine #PublicHealth #LiverHealth #DiseasePrevention #MedicalResearch