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Phys.org / Political violence: How justifications influence voter approval
What happens when political violence is presented as a justified response to threat or injustice coming from an out-group? A study by Ursula Daxecker, director at the Max Planck Institute for Politics and Social Science in ...
Phys.org / Molecular snapshots reveal how viral enzymes switch between inserting and removing DNA
Bacteriophages, or viruses that infect bacteria, have a fiendishly simple purpose in life: attach to a bacterial cell, inject their DNA and then use the host's genetic machinery to reproduce. In doing so, they may have evolved ...
Medical Xpress / Skin has a sex: Females and males do not renew their skin in the same way
By filming skin stem cells in living mice over five months, researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, have discovered that in females these cells renew the ...
Phys.org / Hybrid quantum computers could finally get to grips with light and matter
Many of nature's most important processes depend on how particles of matter interact with light and other force-carrying particles. So far, however, it has proven difficult for conventional computers to determine how individual ...
Medical Xpress / Early MS treatments impact relapses and brain scarring differently, but not disability
Therapy targeting the immune system's B cells might offer better odds against relapses in the early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study reports. People taking IV drugs that lower immune B-cell levels had a 62% ...
Medical Xpress / LLM-inspired study sheds light on how brain cells encode the meaning of words
Understanding how the human brain processes and represents spoken language remains an important goal for neuroscientists. Understanding spoken words involves more than simply recognizing sounds—it also requires the brain ...
Medical Xpress / 1990 to 2023 saw increase in global burden of acne
The global burden of acne increased from 1990 to 2023 and is set to continue increasing through 2050, according to a study published online in JAMA Dermatology.
Medical Xpress / Ultra-processed food intake linked to possible signs of silent strokes
Healthy adults who eat high amounts of ultra-processed food, like packaged snack foods, sugary breakfast cereals, soft drinks, instant noodles and ready-to-eat frozen meals, are more likely to have signs of damage to the ...
Phys.org / North Sea heat wave fueled underwater plankton bloom largely missed by satellites
When a marine heat wave strikes, scientists often turn to satellites to see how the ocean is responding. From space, changes in ocean color can reveal shifts in phytoplankton, microscopic organisms that form the foundation ...
Medical Xpress / Moldable gel controls bleeding and supports bone repair in preclinical tests
A research team from the Faculty of Dentistry at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), working in collaboration with Su Ryon Shin's group at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, has advanced and preclinically ...
Phys.org / Fijian bee genomics suggest 99% effective population decline since European colonization
The decline of pollinator species due to habitat loss and pesticide use over recent decades has been a global concern. Pollinators like bees and butterflies support both wild plants and agricultural food production, but many ...
Phys.org / Palm-leaf manuscripts reveal traces of their preparation through X-rays and machine learning
For centuries, people across South and Southeast Asia recorded religious teachings, literary works, legal regulations and scientific knowledge on palm leaves. Before they could be inscribed or written on, the leaves had to ...
