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Medical Xpress / Indoor tanning makes youthful skin much older on a genetic level

Tanning bed users are known to have a higher risk of skin cancer, but for the first time researchers have found that young indoor tanners undergo genetic changes that can lead to more mutations in their skin cells than people ...

Dec 27, 2025 in Genetics
Phys.org / How chirality goes from the molecular level to the cellular one

RIKEN researchers have discovered how right-handed molecules in our cells can give rise to cells that are not symmetrical about their central axes. This discovery is a key step toward determining why most of our organs lack ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / AI uncovers double-strangeness: A new double-Lambda hypernucleus

Researchers from the High Energy Nuclear Physics Laboratory at the RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) in Japan and their international collaborators have made a discovery that bridges artificial intelligence and nuclear ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Night shifts aren't just tiring, they can be deadly: Disrupted sleep cycles linked to aggressive breast cancer

Working the night shift, frequently flying across time zones or keeping an irregular sleep schedule does more than just leave us exhausted; it can fuel the risk of aggressive breast cancer. Exactly how and why this happens ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Hagfish olfactory genes hint at ancient origins of vertebrate sense of smell

Researchers at University of Tsukuba and their collaborators have conducted a comprehensive analysis of the olfactory receptor repertoire of the hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri), a jawless vertebrate. This organism retains many ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / 'Listening in' on the brain's hidden language: Engineered protein detects the faintest incoming signals

Scientists have engineered a protein able to record the incoming chemical signals of brain cells (as opposed to just their outgoing signals). These whisper-quiet incoming messages are the release of the neurotransmitter glutamate, ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Ultra-high-resolution lidar reveals hidden cloud structures

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have developed a new type of lidar—a laser-based remote-sensing instrument—that can observe cloud structures at the ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Earth
Tech Xplore / Magnetic control of lithium enables a safe, explosion-free 'dream battery'

A new battery technology has been developed that delivers significantly higher energy storage—enough to alleviate EV range concerns—while lowering the risk of thermal runaway and explosion.

Dec 23, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / A DIY, fly-powered food waste recycling system

UC Riverside scientists have created a small-scale system that transforms food waste into high-protein animal feed and fertilizer using black soldier flies, offering a sustainable solution to a major environmental problem.

Dec 23, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / To flexibly organize thought, the brain makes use of space

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information. How does the well-controlled and yet highly nimble nature of cognition emerge from the brain's ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / New study suggests best way to stop taking antidepressants

The best way for people with depression to stop taking antidepressants once their condition improves is to slowly taper off the medication while also receiving psychological support, new research suggested Thursday.

Dec 27, 2025 in Medications
Medical Xpress / Brain's 'pulse generators' grow and shrink as memories are formed, study finds

Memories and learning processes are based on changes in the brain's neuronal connections, and as a result, in signal transmission between neurons.

Dec 23, 2025 in Neuroscience