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(via Quanta Magazine) 2025’s most surprising computational revelations included a new fundamental relationship between time ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have found two gut bacteria working together that contribute to chronic constipation. The duo, Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, destro ...

Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University researchers now have evidence of the surprisingly simple process that could ...

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As a biology professor at San Francisco State University (SFSU), a minority-serving institution, Megumi Fuse often encountered students from under-represented communities. She observed that since ...

The global chemical industry sits at a crossroads. For more than a century, it has relied on fossil fuels—both as feedstock ...

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Pioneering research from the University of Leicester and NIHR challenges the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to heart attack care, adding critical nuance to the debate on sex disparities. A g ...