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Phys.org / NASA moves its Artemis II moon rocket off the launch pad for more repairs
NASA moved its grounded Artemis moon rocket from the launch pad back to its hangar Wednesday for more repairs.
Phys.org / How long could Earth microbes live on Mars?
Searching for past or present life on Mars is the sole driving force behind every mission we send to the red planet, from orbiters to landers to rovers. However, there remains a concern in the scientific community about Earth-based ...
Phys.org / Smarter shelf strategy can boost retail profits and cut food waste by more than 20%, study finds
Grocery retailers may not need new technology—or behavior change from shoppers—to meaningfully reduce food waste. New research in the journal Management Science finds that small operational decisions already under a retailer's ...
Phys.org / ALMA explores giant molecular clouds in nearby galaxy NGC 1387
An international team of astronomers has employed the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to investigate molecular gas in a nearby galaxy known as NGC 1387. Results of the observational campaign, published ...
Medical Xpress / Why eczema often starts in childhood: New clues point to early immune 'overreaction'
A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Weill Cornell Medicine, and other institutions have uncovered a key biological explanation for why eczema so often starts in childhood. The study, in young ...
Medical Xpress / Vitamin B7 reveals a new metabolic weak spot in some cancers
A research group at the University of Lausanne (Unil) has identified a new mechanism that exposes the vulnerability of tumor cells when they are deprived of vitamin B7. The ability of cells to adapt to fluctuations in nutrient ...
Medical Xpress / AI, monkey brains, and the virtue of small thinking illuminate how the brain processes sight
What does it take to make AI that can pass as human? Try massive clusters of supercomputers. To build human-like intelligence, computer scientists think big. However, for neuroscientists who want to understand how real brains ...
Phys.org / 'Tiny' dinosaur, big impact: A 90-million-year-old fossil rewrites history
A team co-led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researcher Peter Makovicky and Argentinean colleague Sebastian Apesteguía has identified a 90-million-year-old fossil that provides the "missing link" for a mysterious ...
Medical Xpress / Superagers' brains have a 'resilience signature,' and it's all about neuron growth
Brains of older adults with super-healthy cognition grow more new neurons than those of their peers, according to a study from UIC, Northwestern University and the University of Washington. Researchers found that the brains ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists sharpen genetic maps to help pinpoint DNA changes that influence human health traits and disease risk
Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health traits. By probing regions of DNA previously linked to disease, the work has created high-resolution ...
Phys.org / The physics of sneaker squeaks: High-speed imaging shows how they arise from supersonic detachment pulses
Basketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds. Such sounds have long been attributed to stick-slip friction, or a cycle of intermittent ...
Phys.org / ALMA reveals Milky Way's core in largest-ever mosaic, tracing cold gas filaments
Astronomers have captured the central region of our Milky Way in a striking new image, unveiling a complex network of filaments of cosmic gas in unprecedented detail. Obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ...
