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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 1d

Perfume scientists tweak cells into having ‘sense of smell’

A study could transform the lab study of olfaction—and may challenge a Nobel-winning hypothesis

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Perfume scientists tweak cells into having ‘sense of smell’

A study could transform the lab study of olfaction—and may challenge a Nobel-winning hypothesis

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 1d

Dust devil migration patterns reveal strong near-surface winds across Mars

Strong near-surface winds are abundant on Mars and play an important role in atmospheric dust sourcing, directly informing more accurate models of Mars’ atmosphere, weather, and climate.

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Dust devil migration patterns reveal strong near-surface winds across Mars

Dust devil migration reveals how the dynamics of the lowermost atmosphere drive Mars’ dust cycle, weather, and climate.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 1d

I will probably never be free of my stutter.

If radiation can be used to cure cancer, why can’t my stutter make me better, too?

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How my stutter is teaching me humility—in science and beyond

“I will always face the burden of coaxing my body to do what comes naturally and effortlessly for most,” this assistant professor writes

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 1d

People are thinking about what is not happening almost as often as they are thinking about what is.

Doing so typically makes them unhappy.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 1d

In-situ gas observation in thermal-driven degradation of LiFePO4 battery

"Findings guide safer design of next-generation LiFePO4 battery packs"

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The Innovation @theinnovation.bsky.social · 3d

This study employed TG-IR-MS to identify the gas species generated during thermally induced degradation, providing insights into the thermochemical reaction mechanisms of LiFePO4 batteries.
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 2d

Prevention of type 2 diabetes through prediabetes remission without weight loss. @natmed.nature.com

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Prevention of type 2 diabetes through prediabetes remission without weight loss - Nature Medicine

A post hoc analysis of a multicentre, randomised trial showed that prediabetes remission is possible without total weight loss—providing weight is distributed to subcutaneous deposits as opposed to visceral ones.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 4d

Effect of sweeteners and sweetness enhancers on weight management and gut microbiota composition in individuals with overweight or obesity: the SWEET study

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 4d

A wearable adaptive penile rigidity monitoring system for assessment of erectile dysfunction

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A wearable adaptive penile rigidity monitoring system for assessment of erectile dysfunction - Microsystems & Nanoengineering

Microsystems & Nanoengineering - A wearable adaptive penile rigidity monitoring system for assessment of erectile dysfunction

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 4d

Oncolytic viruses: clinical progress, remaining challenges, & future research directions

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Oncolytic viruses as anticancer agents: clinical progress and remaining challenges

Immunotherapy has transformed the treatment of cancer, yet many patients do not have response or lasting benefit. Strategies to overcome resistance remain of crucial importance. Oncolytic viruses offe...

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 4d

How AI algorithms can guide precision medicine in antiphospholipid syndrome

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AgainstOTE: A generative pretrain-tune framework for de nova molecular generation against off-target effects

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 4d

Low quality papers are flooding the cancer literature — can this AI tool help to catch them? @nature.com

A large language model scans abstracts and titles for signs that an article was produced by a 'paper-mill' company.

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Low quality papers are flooding the cancer literature — can this AI tool help to catch them?

A large language model scans abstracts and titles for signs that an article was produced by a 'paper-mill' company.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 4d

How to develop good research questions

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 5d

In the high-educational group each one-hour increase in chronotype corresponded to a 0.80-point decline in cognition per decade.

In this group, sleep quality and current smoking mediated 13.52 % and 18.64 % of the association, respectively.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 5d

This Article demonstrates how growth hormone release, which is enhanced during both rapid eye movement and non-REM sleep, is regulated by sleep-wake-dependent activity of distinct hypothalamic neurons expressing GH-releasing hormone and somatostatin.

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Neuroendocrine circuit for sleep-dependent growth hormone release

The increase in growth hormone release during sleep is driven by sleep-wake-dependent activity of stimulatory GHRH neurons and inhibitory SST neurons in the hypothalamus. The released growth hormone e...

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 5d

Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery

The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 5d

Artificial intelligence models are starting to succeed in science.

Will AI ever win its own Nobel? Some predict a prize-worthy science discovery soon

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Will AI ever win its own Nobel? Some predict a prize-worthy science discovery soon

Other researchers question whether autonomous AI scientists are possible or even desirable.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 6d

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 7d

Quantum tunnelling — when a particle skips through a barrier that classical physics would forbid — happens faster when objects have less energy, find physicists who worked out a way to probe photons during the process.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 7d

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 8d

Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’

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Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered cells that protect the body from autoimmune diseases.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 8d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 9d

Trends in the incidence of lung cancer in never smokers in Eastern China

"There is a significant increasing trend in LCNS incidence from 2009 through 2020, especially in women and the young population."

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 9d

Junk food can scramble memory in just 4 days

"Targeting glucose-inhibited hippocampal CCK interneurons prevents cognitive impairment in diet-induced obesity"

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Targeting glucose-inhibited hippocampal CCK interneurons prevents cognitive impairment in diet-induced obesity

Metabolic disorders are closely linked to increased risk of cognitive decline, with Western-style high-fat diets (HFDs) emerging as key contributors. …

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 9d

Insight into Corporate Governance — What Motivates Hospitals and Delivery Systems. @nejm.org

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Insight into Corporate Governance — What Motivates Hospitals and Delivery Systems | NEJM

Health care delivery system leaders view asset aggregation as a vehicle for efficient deployment of human, physical, and financial capital to achieve a health care mission.

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