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Medical Xpress / Researchers identify brain 'entrapment' patterns associated with depression
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified distinctive patterns in how the brain transitions between activity states in people with depression, providing new insight into why depressive symptoms ...
Science X / People are not as dishonest as we expect them to be, finds new study
According to a Pew Research report, Americans trust one another less than they did a few decades ago. Social trust is shaped largely by personal experiences of navigating the world, as well as by how strongly people believe ...
Phys.org / Newly synthesized fullerene material remains metallic even under low temperatures
An international team whose research was coordinated by Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) has reported the survival of metallic behavior in the strongly correlated molecular material ytterbium cesium fulleride (Yb₂CsC₆₀). ...
Phys.org / Parents' heat warning songs may prime zebra finch chicks for heat before they hatch
Sealed within an eggshell, how can chicks prepare for the world into which they are about to hatch, with no obvious direct communication channel across the shell? Adult zebra finches produce distinctive high-pitched warning ...
Phys.org / Overlooked pollutants are responsible for about 15% of current global warming, study shows
In a new paper published in Science, leading scientists and climate policy experts show that 15% of current global warming (0.3°C) from human emissions stems from pollutants that fall outside most existing climate policy ...
Phys.org / Prescribed fires can cut smoke pollution for years, miles beyond burn areas
A new study finds that burning 500,000 acres (202,000 hectares) of California conifer forests each year with prescribed fire could cut deadly pollution from wildfire smoke by roughly 10% over a decade.
Medical Xpress / Single high dose of psilocybin temporarily restores lost abilities in an 80-year-old Alzheimer's patient
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychoactive compound found in mushrooms of the Psilocybe genus. These mushrooms may have existed on Earth for nearly 65 million years, dating to the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaurs' ...
Phys.org / Can the cataclysmic explosions of dying stars help unlock grand mysteries of the universe?
Once charted as a 'guest star' in ancient China, dreaded as a harbinger of ill omens in medieval Europe, and preserved in the narratives and artworks of Indigenous cultures, these cosmic spectacles are now known as core-collapse ...
Phys.org / Third-grade impulses linked to lower academic achievement and education into adulthood
Can your behavior in third grade predict outcomes in high school and beyond? A new study, published in Developmental Psychology, says yes.
Phys.org / Swapping steak for salmon could boost health and reduce emissions
Swapping a beef steak for salmon once a week could save the amount of carbon needed to fly from London Heathrow to Morocco, according to new research by the universities of Bristol and Southampton. The study, published in ...
Tech Xplore / Light rewrites magnetic memory in one pulse, opening path to lower-power AI chips
As artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital services continue to expand, the world is facing a growing need for faster and more energy-efficient ways to store and process information. A team led by the National ...
Phys.org / Forest gaps and deadwood boost bird and bat diversity in woodlands
Disorder brings more life to the forest: Birds and bats react to this in different ways. This is shown by a new study from the University of Würzburg's Biocenter.
