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Phys.org / Earlier ultra-relativistic freeze-out could revive a decades-old theory for dark matter
A new theory for the origins of dark matter suggests that fast-moving, neutrino-like dark particles could have decoupled from Standard Model particles far earlier than previous theories had suggested.
Phys.org / A solid-state quantum processor based on nuclear spins
Quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, have the potential of outperforming classical systems on some tasks. Instead of storing information as bits, like classical computers, ...
Phys.org / Common aldehydes transformed by light could accelerate drug discovery and material development
A new chemical method that could speed up the creation of medicines, materials and products people rely on every day has been developed by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Chemistry researchers. The work, published ...
Phys.org / Waste management in spider mites reveals evolutionary insights into arthropod social behavior
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered the adaptive significance of the remarkable waste-management behavior in the social spider mite Stigmaeopsis longus, a tiny herbivorous arthropod that lives in cooperative ...
Phys.org / How cells change their minds and save their work in progress
All cells need to sense and respond to their environment, to know when to activate genes, build proteins, and carry out their basic functions. One of the most well-studied cellular responses is how they react during times ...
Medical Xpress / Backup DNA repair system could be cancer's weak spot
The DNA inside our cells is constantly being damaged, and one of the worst kinds of damage is a double-strand break—when both sides of the DNA helix are cut at once. Healthy cells can normally fix these breaks using highly ...
Phys.org / Young mountain lions face barriers from roads and development across California
Previous research set off alarm bells by showing that mountain lion populations across California are more different genetically than normal for a wide-roaming predator. New findings published in Frontiers in Ecology and ...
Medical Xpress / Brain enzyme that drives nicotine addiction and smoking dependence identified
Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that reinforce repeated use and make quitting extremely difficult. For decades, scientists have focused ...
Medical Xpress / Animals may feel like us, but the way we think is different
Children universally believe animals experience emotions and feelings but are reluctant to say they have human-like thoughts, which can influence how we treat other species throughout life, according to a new study. Forrest ...
Medical Xpress / Research explores effect of parental depression symptoms on children's reward processing
In newly published research, Binghamton University doctoral student Elana Israel, MS '22, explores which depressive symptoms largely affect children's neural responses to feedback.
Phys.org / What happens to eagles after rehab?
There are many ways for an eagle to suffer a human-caused death. Electrocution, lead poisoning, vehicle collisions, or being shot, to name a few. Some of these deaths are "offset" through a provision within the Bald and Golden ...
Phys.org / Brain-like features in sea urchin larvae reveal light-dependent behavior
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have identified a brain-like cluster of neurons in sea urchin larvae, traditionally considered lacking a brain, that regulates light-responsive behavior. The work is published in the journal ...
