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Researchers have produced the first comprehensive map of the brain’s histaminergic system, identifying a strong overlap between histamine-related gene activity and regions involved in major psychiatric conditions. The study, published in Nature Mental Health, links these brain areas to attention......
A cache of more than 700 fossils unearthed in southwestern China has shown that complex animal life was already diversifying millions of years before the celebrated Cambrian explosion, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. The discovery, from a site known as the Jiangchuan......
An international team of scientists has identified about 2.3 million ancestral DNA sequences that function as hidden genetic instructions across the plant kingdom. Some of these regulatory elements have remained conserved for nearly 300 million years of evolution. The findings, published March 12 in......
Astronomers have reported several discoveries that deepen scientific understanding of some of the most extreme events in the universe, including the direct observation of a magnetar forming and new insights into how compact stellar remnants collide. For the first time, researchers have directly observed......
Scientists have found the first clear evidence of an oval shaped orbit in a merger between a neutron star and a black hole, a discovery that challenges long standing assumptions about how these extreme cosmic systems form. The findings were published on March 11 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters......
Scientists from the University of Warwick and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have directly observed how microscopic networks on catalyst surfaces coordinate chemical reactions, challenging long standing assumptions about how catalysts function. The discovery could accelerate the development......
Researchers analyzing more than four decades of solar observations have discovered that the internal structure of the Sun changes subtly between periods of low magnetic activity, a finding that could improve predictions of solar storms and their effects on Earth. A team from the University of Birmingham......
An international team of scientists has adapted a 270-year-old physics principle to develop a sodium-ion battery that endures more than 10,000 charge and discharge cycles, potentially reducing reliance on lithium for large-scale energy storage. The research, published in the journal Small, brought......
A rare planetary alignment will be visible this weekend as six planets—Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter form an arc across the night sky. NASA says the so‑called “planetary parade” will peak on February 28, offering a fleeting chance to observe multiple planets......
An experiment conducted aboard the International Space Station has shown that microbes can extract valuable platinum group metals from meteorite material in microgravity, offering a potential pathway for sustainable resource extraction during future deep space missions. The BioAsteroid experiment, led......
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how scientists investigate complex physical systems, with new advances enabling faster and more precise simulations of phenomena ranging from liquid behavior to electron dynamics in water. Researchers at the University of Bayreuth announced this week that they have......
Researchers at the University of Oxford have achieved a groundbreaking feat by engineering quantum mechanical behavior directly into proteins, ushering in a new era of biomolecules responsive to magnetic fields and radio waves. Published in Nature, this innovation shifts quantum effects from mere......
Astronomers have uncovered one of the universe's earliest "dead" galaxies, where a supermassive black hole at its core halted star formation not through a dramatic outburst but via repeated cycles of gas heating and ejection a process likened to death by a thousand cuts. The study, published......
