Neurons Observe and Document Disappointments and Setbacks

Neurons Observe and Document Disappointments and Setbacks

Drop a mouse into a tiny enclosure, instruct it that nudging its nose into a lit opening results in a taste of sugar water, and soon enough the creature comes to anticipate the reward. Then remove the reward. Deep within its brain, in a cluster of tissue older than the cerebral cortex, a specific group […]

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David Leigh Selected as Upcoming President of the Royal Society of Chemistry

David Leigh Selected as Upcoming President of the Royal Society of Chemistry

David Leigh, a distinguished supramolecular chemist at the University of Manchester, has been appointed as the president of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for the period from 2028 to 2030. Conveying his gratitude for the election, Leigh highlighted the importance of maintaining respect for expertise and evidence during times marked by uncertainty and misinformation. […]

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EU Aims to Bolster Safeguarding Trade Policies Concerning Chinese Imports

EU Aims to Bolster Safeguarding Trade Policies Concerning Chinese Imports

The European Union (EU) is poised to initiate major transformations to strengthen its inventory and production of vital medicines via the Critical Medicines Act (CMA). This initiative, reached in consensus by the European Parliament and representatives from member states in May, aims to encourage the manufacturing of essential medicines and their active ingredients within the […]

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Aging Researchers Produce More Creative but Less Pioneering Studies

Aging Researchers Produce More Creative but Less Pioneering Studies

According to a fresh analysis of citation trends among over 12.5 million researchers who published three or more scholarly articles between 1960 and 2020, older researchers generate more innovative work. Nonetheless, they tend to create less disruptive research since they rely on previous studies instead of exploring entirely new avenues, explains co-author Lingfei Wu, an […]

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Repeating Radio Signal Recognized as Dual Stars in a Fatal Orbit

Repeating Radio Signal Recognized as Dual Stars in a Fatal Orbit

Every 80 minutes or so, a subtle patch of sky toward the constellation Ara flickers. A surge of radio waves, sharply polarized, lasting a few minutes, then vanishes. Occasionally it turns off completely for hours. For nearly two years, a radio telescope in remote Western Australia kept detecting the same rhythm, time and again, with […]

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The Link Between Enhancing Sleep and Alleviating Depression

The Link Between Enhancing Sleep and Alleviating Depression

The physique of an individual suffering from chronic insomnia is, in a way, perpetually tense. Heart rate slightly elevated, thoughts unwilling to settle, muscles never fully relaxing, even at 3am when there is nothing occurring and nothing required. Sleep researchers refer to this constant state of readiness as hyperarousal. It now appears to be the […]

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"Single Crystal Demonstrates Distinct Optical Characteristics: Mirroring in One Direction While Refracting Light More Vigorously Than Any Recognized Natural Substance"

“Single Crystal Demonstrates Distinct Optical Characteristics: Mirroring in One Direction While Refracting Light More Vigorously Than Any Recognized Natural Substance”

Take a shard of molybdenum oxychloride, place it on a silicon chip, and rotate it slowly under polarized light. At one specific angle, it shines back at you, vivid and yellowish, entirely metallic. Turn it ninety degrees and the gleam vanishes, replaced by the shimmering hues of a transparent film. Identical crystal, identical light, completely […]

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