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Medical Xpress / The neuroscience behind a 'runner's high'
While most runners are chasing a new goal or a personal best, some are chasing something slightly more elusive: a runner's high.
Phys.org / New photonic platform offers a four-lane highway for light
Topological photonics can force propagating light to travel in a single direction—allowing researchers to route optical signals around corners and past defects without any of it scattering backward. So far, however, this ...
Phys.org / Mapping monsters: Data release unveils all-sky views of supermassive black holes
Data released by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) marks a landmark expansion in the study of accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs). As part of the fifth generation of the survey (SDSS-V), the Black Hole Mapper (BHM) ...
Phys.org / Good news for our coasts and climate: Mangrove forests are bouncing back
Mangroves are perplexing plants. They breathe through their roots, appear to stand on stilts and grow best in hot, salty seawater drawn in and out by the tide.
Phys.org / Ancient Rome's food shortages were shaped more by logistics than climate
Ancient Rome's greatest threat to food security wasn't the weather but the challenge of getting grain to the capital, according to a new study. By comparing hundreds of years of historical records with reconstructions of ...
Medical Xpress / Salmonella outbreak linked to imported jalapeños sickens hundreds
A multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections has been linked to fresh jalapeño peppers imported from Sinaloa, Mexico, according to federal health officials.
Phys.org / Marine microbes point to ancient seawater source beneath Antarctica's Blood Falls
Salty water flowing through Antarctica's Blood Falls contains a distinct community of marine-specific microorganisms, providing evidence that the brine system beneath the glacier has a marine origin, according to a paper ...
Phys.org / Model could help communities set effective subsidies for wildfire mitigation
A model developed by Washington State University researchers could someday help communities determine how best to motivate homeowners to prepare their properties for possible wildfires.
Medical Xpress / Single dose of psilocybin for depression shows promising results in UK's first publicly funded randomized trial
The first randomized controlled trial in the U.K. has found that a single dose of psilocybin, the active compound found in "magic mushrooms," produced significant improvements in depression compared with a placebo. This is ...
Tech Xplore / Generative AI: Modeling a proper cuppa from a proper pot
The Yixing Zisha teapot sits neatly at the intersection of art, engineering and heritage. As such, it makes for an intriguing test case for a technology increasingly taking on creative tasks across almost every field of human ...
Phys.org / Magnetic dopants help quantum dots use light for chemical reactions
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have demonstrated a new quantum-dot mechanism that could significantly expand the reach of light-driven chemistry. By introducing magnetic manganese dopants into semiconductor ...
Phys.org / Building better prediction models for consumer choices
As consumers, we are constantly making choices about things like what to eat at a restaurant, what clothing to buy at a store and the type of car we'd like to purchase, and so much more. Savvy producers of such goods look ...
