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Fossils reveal how baby pterosaurs died in the Jurassic Period, scientists say

Fossils reveal how baby pterosaurs died in the Jurassic Period, scientists say

Facebook Tweet Email Link A violent storm may have sent two baby pterosaurs spiraling to their deaths in a lagoon about 150 million years ago, based on a new analysis of the tiny, astonishingly well-preserved fossils. This latest research also provides fresh clues that may unravel a broader enduring mystery surrounding the site where the specimens were found. The prehistoric …

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Scientists Use Electricity To “Reprogram” the Immune System for Faster Healing

Scientists Use Electricity To “Reprogram” the Immune System for Faster Healing

A Trinity College Dublin team has discovered that electrical stimulation can reprogram macrophages to suppress inflammation and accelerate healing, opening the door to new therapeutic possibilities. Credit: Stock Trinity College Dublin scientists showed that electrical stimulation reprograms macrophages to reduce inflammation and boost healing. This breakthrough could lead to broad therapeutic uses. Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have shown that …

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Scientists May Have Found Signs of a Hidden Universe on the Ocean Floor

Scientists May Have Found Signs of a Hidden Universe on the Ocean Floor

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A neutrino sensor array, ARCA, lines the Mediterranean seafloor near Sicily. A physicist took ARCA’s first huge win to a warm audience at the Neutrino 2024 conference. The highly energetic neutrino could indicate a source from …

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Ultra-Processed Foods Aren’t the Villain You Think They Are, Scientists Reveal

Ultra-Processed Foods Aren’t the Villain You Think They Are, Scientists Reveal

Our cravings may be shaped as much by what we think about food as by what it contains. This challenges the idea that “ultra-processed” alone explains why some foods feel irresistible. Credit: Shutterstock Perceptions of foods drive overeating more than labels like “ultra-processed.” Researchers call for personalized approaches that address psychology and motivation in eating. Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are increasingly …

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Scientists Train AI to Forecast Over 1,000 Diseases, Years in Advance : ScienceAlert

Scientists Train AI to Forecast Over 1,000 Diseases, Years in Advance : ScienceAlert

Scientists said Wednesday that they had created an AI model able to predict medical diagnoses years in advance, building on the same technology behind consumer chatbots like ChatGPT. Based on a patient’s case history, the Delphi-2M AI “predicts the rates of more than 1,000 diseases” years into the future, the team from British, Danish, German and Swiss institutions wrote in …

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Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves

Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves

For the first time, astrophysicists have measured the recoil — or “kick,” in the parlance — resulting from the birth of a new black hole that formed from the merger of two preexisting ones. The international team of researchers measured the ripples in the fabric of spacetime, known as gravitational waves, allowing them to get unprecedented insights into the turbulent …

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Scientists Discover Ordinary Ice Has Extraordinary Electrical Properties

Scientists Discover Ordinary Ice Has Extraordinary Electrical Properties

Researchers have discovered that ice can generate electricity when bent or deformed, offering new insight into both nature and technology. Credit: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Ice can generate electricity when bent, a process called flexoelectricity. The discovery connects to lightning formation and future device applications. Ice is among the most common materials on Earth, covering glaciers, mountain ranges, and the …

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Big Bang Detector Recreates Creation Moment While Scientists Panic Over Dangerous Quark Plasma That Could Destroy Reality

Big Bang Detector Recreates Creation Moment While Scientists Panic Over Dangerous Quark Plasma That Could Destroy Reality

IN A NUTSHELL 🔬 The sPHENIX detector at Brookhaven National Laboratory has passed a critical test, marking a milestone in understanding the Big Bang. 🌌 The detector functions as a sophisticated “3D camera,” capturing energy and particle data from high-speed collisions. 🧪 Researchers aim to explore the elusive quark-gluon plasma using the detailed measurements provided by the sPHENIX detector. 🚀 …

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Scientists pinpoint the brain’s internal mileage clock

Scientists pinpoint the brain’s internal mileage clock

Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Getty Images Scientists have for the first time located the “mileage clock” inside a brain – by recording the brain activity of running rats. Letting them loose inside a small, rat-sized arena, the researchers recorded from a part of their brains that is known to be important in navigation and memory. They found that cells …

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