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Medical Xpress / Giant DNA discovered in people's mouths could impact oral health, immunity and even cancer risk
Researchers, including those at the University of Tokyo, have made a surprising discovery hiding in people's mouths: Inocles, giant DNA elements that had previously escaped detection. These appear to play a central role in ...
Phys.org / Iridescence is more widespread in mammals than originally thought, researchers discover
When it comes to color, mammals are hardly the most vibrant creatures of the animal kingdom. Their fur often comes in drab shades of brown, gray or black, unlike some birds, insects or fish that can dazzle with brilliant, ...
Medical Xpress / Identifying the interactions that drive cell migration in brain cancer
To move forward or migrate, the different cells in our body must exert forces or interact with their surrounding environment. Interestingly, however, a fault in these interactions can also be the reason for the spread of ...
Phys.org / Mathematical 'sum of zeros' trick exposes topological magnetization in quantum materials
A new study addresses a foundational problem in the theory of driven quantum matter by extending the Středa formula to non-equilibrium regimes. It demonstrates that a superficially trivial "sum of zeros" encodes a universal, ...
Medical Xpress / Smells that deceive the brain: Research reveals how certain aromas are interpreted as taste
Flavored drinks without sugar can be perceived as sweet—and now researchers know why. A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal Nature Communications, reveals that the brain interprets certain ...
Phys.org / New Homo naledi evidence supports intentional burial practices
Anthropologist Lee Berger and his team at the University of the Witwatersrand, working within the Rising Star cave system in South Africa, have published their most extensive evidence yet of deliberate burial by Homo naledi, ...
Phys.org / Genomes uncover the extraordinary drive to survive in microbes beneath Antarctic ice
The icy world of Antarctica might not be enticing to us, but it's bustling with microscopic life. Scientists recently got a detailed glimpse at the genetics of a diverse range of microorganisms hidden beneath the West Antarctic ...
Phys.org / What 3I/ATLAS tells us about other solar systems
The earliest images of 3I/ATLAS, newly uncovered by Michigan State University, reveal how the interstellar object evolved as it traveled through our solar system—and how other distant solar systems might be different from ...
Phys.org / Isotopic analysis determines that water once flowed on asteroid Ryugu
A team of researchers, including those at the University of Tokyo, discovered that liquid water once flowed on the asteroid that spawned near-Earth asteroid Ryugu more than a billion years after it first formed. The finding, ...
Phys.org / Scientists respond to the planned termination of the only U.S. Antarctic research vessel
On July 28, 170 researchers sent a letter to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Congress after NSF's 2026 budget request included plans to end its lease of a U.S. research vessel in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica.
Phys.org / Physicists demonstrate controlled expansion of quantum wavepacket in a levitated nanoparticle
Quantum mechanics theory predicts that, in addition to exhibiting particle-like behavior, particles of all sizes can also have wave-like properties. These properties can be represented using the wave function, a mathematical ...
Medical Xpress / Junk food diet can quickly disrupt memory circuits in the brain, study finds
A new study from UNC School of Medicine researchers, published this week in Neuron, reveals a unique look at how junk food rewires the brain's memory hub—leading to risk of cognitive dysfunction. This new research opens ...
