Mini brain organoids 'reading' Braille
A Bristol University team studied whether brain organoids (tiny lab-grown groups of brain cells) can receive signals from a tactile sensor for Braille letters and produce decodable responses, Frontiers in Artificial…
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NASA-sponsored National Academies committee recommends 4 locations for humans to begin investigating the moon
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, at NASA's request, named four places away from the Moon's poles for short human missions in its report Human Exploration Across the Moon. The committee used…
Scientists transplanted 306 sq m of a real salt marsh into the world's largest wave generator to test its resilience against extreme storm surges, discovering that the vegetation was strong enough to
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Stanford researchers used AI “digital twins” of pregnant women’s immune systems to identify two common drugs that may help prevent preterm birth
The dark side of Earth’s changing clouds
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NASA closes OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sampling mission | The spacecraft is renamed OSIRIS-APEX and is on its way to near-Earth asteroid Apophis for an arrival in 2029
Neuroscientists Identify Brain Mechanisms That May Explain Why Some Childhood Trauma Survivors Struggle to Anticipate and Look Forward to Positive Experiences
Deep brain stimulation may reverse social deficits caused by early-life pain, mouse study suggests
AI can predict risk of heart failure, stroke, irregular heartbeat and early death up to 10 years ahead
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Physicists Trapped a Particle of Antimatter And Kept It Caged For Months
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About 1 in 4 people with depression may have a ‘body clock’ type, like being stuck in permanent jet lag: late sleepers, tired mornings, worse in certain seasons. Across 11,380 people, this group got l
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SpaceX will try catching Starship and its booster for first time, Musk says
13-Year-old Raji Doshi named America's Top Young Scientist for inventing an algae-aragonite alkalinity system to reduce CO2-driven ocean acidification
NZ’s climate in ‘uncharted territory’, with more extreme weather events ahead. Ocean surface temperatures around New Zealand have warmed 34% faster than the global average and the Tasman Sea region ha
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A randomized clinical trial found that children whose mothers took phosphatidylcholine, a form of choline found naturally in foods, had fewer social withdrawal problems and scored higher on cognitive
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New gene therapy gives some kids born deaf the ability to hear
A 1970s heart treatment that squeezes your legs with inflatable cuffs improved memory and thinking in 84% of people with early Alzheimer’s in a 190-person trial. Most patients got better than where th
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Raman Technology Distinguishes Covid Variants by RNA Structure
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Scientists Detect Rare Type of Wood Alcohol in Space
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Researchers Analyzing Health Records Found That People With ADHD Who Received Prescription Medication Had a Lower Risk of All-Cause Mortality, Including Deaths From Unnatural Causes, Suggesting That T
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Anxiety may have different genetic roots in men and women: a study of 455,000+ people found 21 anxiety-linked gene variants in women but only 5 in men, with just one shared. Women's genes tied to smel
A clinical trial has found that hydrodissection, injecting saline to separate a trapped nerve from surrounding tissue, provides carpal tunnel relief lasting up to 6 months, outperforming standard ster
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NASA to Buy a New Space Station. Price Tag: $34.1 Billion.
Scientists designed a new molecule that cut Alzheimer's-linked amyloid beta in mouse brains by 35.6%
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HSV-1, the virus that causes cold sores, can reprogram the brain’s immune cells, potentially linking viral infection to chronic inflammation and increased vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease.
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Nino 3.4 breaks its own record
Stanford scientists discover a way to reverse coral bleaching: Bleached corals can fully recover within a few weeks through brief contact with healthy corals, opening new possibilities for restoration
A study led by Danny Collins at Stanford found that bleached coral fragments recovered after brief contact with healthy clones in a lab, published Oct. 14 in Science Advances. Bleaching happens when warm water makes…
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Japan’s MMX mission will swipe soil samples from Mars’ moon Phobos, and will be delivered to Earth
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A deep-sea mining test 1,300 m down in the South China Sea quickly messed up the seafloor's tiny microbes: genes that turn nitrogen into food for sea life dropped, while signs of low-oxygen conditions
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A single dose of psilocybin eased depression within days, but its edge over placebo faded within a year. The effects appeared as early as the second day after dosing and lasted for more than three mon
