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A common type of human papillomavirus (HPV) could be more dangerous than we thought. The virus, known as beta-HPV, was thought in rare cases to contribute to skin cancer by worsening UV damage, but a new study suggests it can actually hijack the body’s cells to directly drive cancer growth. These fresh conclusions came from a study of a 34-year-old …

If you ever lie awake at night wondering just how likely you are to die from an asteroid impact within your lifetime, a new paper has you covered. A team led by physicist Carrie Nugent of the Olin College of Engineering in the US has calculated not just how likely it is that an asteroid will hit Earth during an …

Quantum Breakthrough: Scientists Find “Backdoor” to 60-Year-Old Superconducting Mystery  SciTechDaily Source link

“Potentially Huge Implications” – Scientists Discover Ancient Carbon Is Leaking Into the Atmosphere  SciTechDaily Source link

A newly discovered 16-million-year-old fossil of an elusive “dirt ant” preserved in Dominican amber has stunned scientists and reshaped our understanding of ant evolution. The study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, provides the first direct evidence that the Basiceros lineage once lived in the Caribbean before mysteriously vanishing during the Miocene epoch. A Discovery Buried in …

Researchers have discovered the cause of a mysterious marine epidemic that has turned billions of sea stars into goo along the West Coast — and it’s not what they expected. Sea star wasting disease has been killing sea stars since 2013, causing catastrophic damage to ecosystems and driving the largest sea star species to the brink of extinction. Researchers thought …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌍 Scientists uncover how earthquakes fuel life deep within Earth’s crust, challenging traditional beliefs. 🔬 Research shows that rock fractures generate energy-rich compounds supporting microbial life without sunlight. 🪨 Study highlights the role of iron redox cycling in sustaining life in deep subsurface environments. 🪐 Findings open new possibilities for discovering extraterrestrial life on Mars and Europa. …

Recently, a group of world-leading scientists called for a halt on research to create ‘mirror life’ microbes amid concerns that the synthetic organisms would present an ‘unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth. Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay about why this work initially seemed exciting for scientists and what the risks of it continuing could be. Kate Adamala, assistant professor of …

In the world of quantum physics, the rules that govern reality behave in ways that challenge what we think we know. Particles can be in two places at once. Actions on one particle can instantly affect another, even across vast distances. Teleportation isn’t science fiction—it’s part of how the universe really works at the tiniest level. Now, researchers have added …

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” New research links ultra-processed foods to lung cancer. Ultra-processed foods are associated with several diseases. Doctors warn that the findings don’t prove ultra-processed foods cause lung cancer. Ultra-processed foods have been linked to a slew of health conditions, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular …