The link between financial status and health is seldom as straightforward as we presume. While it is clear that poverty takes a toll on individuals, the underlying mechanisms often remain unclear, hidden within vague discussions of “access” and “resources.” A recent study that encompasses nearly thirty years provides clearer evidence: when states hiked their minimum […]
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Observe any group of macaques for a while and you’ll catch sight of it: males engaging with males, females making contact with females. Same-sex sexual activities have been recorded in approximately 1,500 species, yet researchers have found it challenging to understand why this behaviour continues to exist. A recent study covering nearly 500 primate species […]
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You enter the kitchen and lose track of your purpose. A well-known name lingers just beyond your grasp. The keys to your car are found in the fridge. These minor forgetfulness episodes occur to nearly everyone after reaching a certain age, and most attribute them to “aging.” But what truly transpires within the brain when […]
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Almost Everyone Carries Epstein-Barr Virus, But It May Hold the Key to Understanding Multiple Sclerosis Almost everyone carries Epstein-Barr virus. It causes the miserable few weeks of mononucleosis in adolescence, the swollen glands and bone-deep fatigue that keep teenagers home from school, then settles into immune cells for life, usually without further complaint. Yet for […]
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An 11-qubit quantum processor has been successfully created by scientists in Australia utilizing phosphorus atoms embedded in isotopically-pure silicon-28. The team is optimistic that this system, which exhibits great resilience to noise, could scale more effectively than existing quantum computers using ion-trap qubits and the superconducting qubits that were awarded the 2025 Nobel prize in […]
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**An Innovative Machine Learning Solution for Drug Development** Scientists have introduced an innovative machine learning solution aimed at effectively screening small molecules to pinpoint those that may serve as viable candidates for interacting with specific proteins. This state-of-the-art model requires considerably less computational resources than conventional techniques, marking a significant leap forward in the realm […]
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Should you have ever drawn the blinds against the afternoon brightness only to find yourself sitting in the shadows contemplating the reason for your action, you comprehend the fundamental issue with windows. They permit light that you desire and light that you don’t, warmth that is beneficial in January and intolerable in July, along with […]
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If the future leans towards electricity, then there’s a pressing requirement for significantly more batteries. To achieve a threefold increase in renewable energy, as committed by 133 nations at COP28, battery storage capabilities must rise by six times by 2030, while the need for electric vehicle batteries is expected to expand seven times, based on […]
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Anyone who has attempted to organize years of digital photographs understands the overwhelming sensation: storage capacity reached, with no straightforward method to navigate the chaos. Geneticists encounter a variant of this issue on a scale most cannot comprehend. The expense of sequencing a genome has plummeted so rapidly that researchers are now inundated with data […]
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Computational analysis indicates that the anomeric effect results from a blend of factors and is not confined to hyperconjugation alone. Researchers assert that this ‘curiosity-driven’ investigation serves as a reminder to chemists that attributing the effect to one primary cause simplifies a ‘fundamentally intricate phenomenon’. The anomeric effect aids chemists in understanding why substituents adjacent […]
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