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Medical Xpress / How a key protein helps drive healthy longevity by maintaining a precise balance

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University have discovered how the longevity-associated protein Sirt6 orchestrates a delicate molecular balancing act that protects the body from age-related decline and disease. The new findings, ...

Nov 18, 2025 in Gerontology & Geriatrics
Phys.org / Coaxing bilayer graphene into a single diamond-like layer for industrial applications

Graphene's enduring appeal lies in its remarkable combination of lightness, flexibility, and strength. Now, researchers have shown that under pressure, it can briefly take on the traits of one of its more glamorous carbon ...

Nov 19, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Medical Xpress / Heat shock protein masks BRCA1 mutations, suggesting a new treatment path

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center identified a new role for heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) in cancer predisposition and treatment resistance.

Nov 20, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / The simulated Milky Way: 100 billion stars using 7 million CPU cores

Researchers have successfully performed the world's first Milky Way simulation that accurately represents more than 100 billion individual stars over the course of 10 thousand years. This feat was accomplished by combining ...

Nov 17, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Little bettongs' dramatic nut-cracker performance

Native Australian animals range from high-hopping kangaroos to fast-running emus—but clever little bettongs also have a special ability to find and eat the food they love.

Nov 20, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Soil carbon decomposition varies vastly, holding implications for climate models

Soil stores more carbon than Earth's atmosphere and plants combined, which makes the speed of soil carbon's decomposition an important variable in models used to predict changes to our climate.

Nov 19, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Personality traits and zip code may determine political preferences

Personality and zip code can help explain differences in political ideology, according to a new study from Northwestern University, which is the first to show the relationship between a person's personality traits and political ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Chinese telescope captures 155 high-frequency bursts from fast radio burst 20240114A

Using the Tianma Radio Telescope (TMRT), researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted 66 simultaneous dual‑frequency (2.25 GHz/8.60 GHz) observations of the ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / Half of novelists believe AI is likely to replace their work entirely, research finds

Just over half (51%) of published novelists in the UK believe that artificial intelligence is likely to end up entirely replacing their work as fiction writers, a new University of Cambridge report shows.

Nov 19, 2025 in Business
Medical Xpress / Genome-scale models can predict how the gut microbiome influences health

The gut microbiome is made up of trillions of microbes that play a vital role in keeping us healthy. A disturbance in the balance of these microbes can contribute to a variety of health conditions, such as inflammatory bowel ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Genetics
Phys.org / Thousands of US hazardous sites are at risk of flooding because of sea level rise, study finds

If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the United States risk being flooded from sea level rise by the turn of the century, posing serious health ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Shimmering calcium waves shape eye development, fruit fly study suggests

For just a few hours, shimmering waves of calcium move through cells in the developing eyes of fruit flies. These spontaneous waves serve a purpose, enabling communication between cells and shaping the eye structure, according ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Neuroscience