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Medical Xpress / Drug candidate treats severe fatty liver disease by protecting the gut in animal models

Researchers discovered that a potential drug developed at Michigan Medicine treats severe fatty liver disease by improving gut health, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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Phys.org / Reinventing pediatric dental training in Singapore

Managing pediatric dental patients can be stressful for dental students and inexperienced practitioners, particularly when communicating with fearful and uncooperative children. Previous studies found that dental students ...

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Phys.org / JWST finds the most distant barred galaxy candidate in the early universe

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified what may be the most distant barred spiral galaxy ever discovered, dating to a time less than 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang. The paper outlining its ...

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Phys.org / Birds' efficient red blood cells convert metabolic 'waste' into fuel for rapid recovery

New research finds that birds can use lactate, often thought of as a metabolic waste product, as a cellular fuel that aids in rapid recovery from a harmful state that impairs oxygen delivery. Hemoglobin, the protein that ...

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Medical Xpress / Researchers discover potential new treatment for Parkinson's disease, other neurodegenerative conditions

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common form of neurodegenerative disease and afflicts more than 10 million people worldwide. While current therapies address disease symptoms, they do not prevent the underlying ...

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Phys.org / 'Cosmic wallflowers' may hold the key to the origin of globular clusters

Astronomers using computer simulations have investigated whether a class of star clusters nicknamed "cosmic wallflowers" could be the long-sought ancestors of the globular clusters we see orbiting galaxies today. Their paper, ...

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Science X / Your brain expects each face to move its own way, and notices when a smile breaks that rule

Imagine meeting someone new whose smile feels just a bit wrong. You might think, "this smile is too fast (or slow, or crooked)," even if the movement itself is common. How could your brain sense this subtle "offness" from ...

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Phys.org / Researchers break a fundamental rule to create a new concept: Heat that can be directed and 'programmed'

Normally, a material absorbs and emits heat in a linked way: A surface that absorbs heat well at a certain wavelength and direction will also emit heat in the same way. This fundamental relationship, known as reciprocity, ...

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Medical Xpress / Gut microbiota can predict risk of type 2 diabetes years before it develops

The presence of certain bacteria in the gut microbiota, and fluctuations in a person's metabolism, can be seen in people who go on to develop type 2 diabetes years later. This has been shown in a large Swedish study led by ...

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Phys.org / Massive calving episode in Greenland may foreshadow more rapid ice sheet loss

In November 2025, a study led by Adrien Wehrlé, a researcher in the Department of Geography at the University of Zürich, Switzerland, looked at the massive calving response of one of West Greenland's active glaciers, Sermeq ...

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Phys.org / Scientists just measured the smallest possible contacts for future computer chips

The rise of AI has created an almost insatiable appetite for computing power. Training and running AI systems requires vast numbers of transistors, and engineers are now racing to pack more of them onto every chip. With their ...

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Tech Xplore / EleTac: An elephant-inspired soft robotic gripper with a sophisticated sense of touch

Soft grippers, which are built from flexible materials that can bend and deform, are attracting a lot of attention from robotics researchers worldwide. Unlike conventional robots made from rigid metal or plastic, soft grippers ...

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