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Medical Xpress / The role of enhancer regions in psychiatric illness: Study explores genetic risk factors

In a study published in Genome Research, a team of researchers, including Cornell College Assistant Professor of Biology Sophie Gillett, looked at regions of human genetic code that are known for harboring risk factors for ...

4 hours ago in Genetics
Tech Xplore / New window insulation blocks heat, but not your view

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have designed a new material for insulating windows that could improve the energy efficiency of buildings worldwide—and it works a bit like a high-tech version of Bubble ...

23 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Polar bears may be adapting to survive warmer climates, says study

New research reveals a link between rising temperatures and changes in polar bear DNA, which may be helping them adapt and survive in increasingly challenging environments.

19 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Fat tissue around the heart may contribute to greater heart injury after a heart attack

Increased volume of epicardial adipose tissue, detected by cardiovascular imaging, was found to be associated with greater myocardial injury after a myocardial infarction. These findings were presented at EACVI 2025, the ...

9 hours ago in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / Cannabis use not a barrier to quitting nicotine vaping, clinical trial finds

Adolescent and young adult nicotine vaping has become an urgent public health concern, as 2024 marked the first year that nicotine vaping was the most initiated drug. Though vaping is the most common way young people use ...

4 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Tiny optical modulator could enable giant future quantum computers

Researchers have made a major advance in quantum computing with a new device that is nearly 100 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.

23 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Dual substitution induces room-temperature ferromagnetism and negative thermal expansion in BiFeO₃

Using a dual-cation substitution approach, researchers at Science Tokyo introduced ferromagnetism into bismuth ferrite, a well-known and promising multiferroic material for next-generation memory technologies. By replacing ...

19 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Indonesia floods were 'extinction level' for rare orangutans

Indonesia's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage to its habitat and survival prospects, scientists warned on Friday.

11 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years for fraud

A US court sentenced cryptocurrency tycoon Do Kwon to 15 years in prison Thursday over fraud linked to his company's failure, which wiped out $40 billion of investors' money and shook global crypto markets.

11 hours ago in Business
Medical Xpress / Early childhood adversity can disrupt brain networks and result in lifelong health burden

Scientists have known for some time that people who experience early childhood adversity are more prone to developing health and behavioral issues in adulthood, but the brain mechanisms behind these disparities are not well ...

23 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Parker Solar Probe spies solar wind 'U-turn'

Images captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar magnetic fields responsible for space weather ...

22 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / A 6.9 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami waves off northeastern Japan

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region.

11 hours ago in Earth