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A study traces Antarctica’s gravity hollow to slow mantle motion, with timing that overlaps major shifts in Antarctic glaciation.
Antarctica sits over Earth’s weakest gravity zone. A new model rewinds 70 million years to show how it formed.
Joseph Shavitupda
A brief OSK gene pulse in learning-activated engram neurons restored memory in aged and Alzheimer’s-model mice.
HealthRejuvenating neurons found to restore learning and memoryHannah Shavit-Weiner
New research in Dnipropetrovsk shows how citizens, officials, and digital tools co-created services that held up under wartime strain.
DiscoveriesHow citizen cooperation kept Ukraine’s government services workingRebecca Shavit
A new MIT capsule can ping a confirmation signal within 10 minutes of swallowing, then largely breaks down, aiming to improve medication adherence.
HealthMIT scientists create pill capsule sensor to help doctors track missed dosesMac Oliveau
An artist’s rendering of protocluster SPT2349-56 captures clashing galaxies in varied shapes and sizes, with orange gas ripped apart and superheated by tidal forces.
SpaceHow did massive elliptical galaxies appear so early after the Big BangJoseph Shavit
Researchers mapped how Lac-Phe, a compound raised by intense exercise, suppresses appetite in mice by targeting hunger neurons and KATP channels.
HealthSweating may naturally suppress hunger, scientists findJoshua Shavit
A new model suggests Io formed dry and Europa formed water-rich, with the contrast set during their birth around Jupiter.
SpaceNew study uncovers the formative conditions that made Io dry and Europa wateryJoseph Shavit
Colorblindness may delay bladder cancer detection, increasing mortality risk. Early screening and awareness are essential.
HealthColorblindness linked to higher risk of delayed bladder cancer detectionMac Oliveau
EHT researchers tracked polarized light around M87* across years, finding a stable ring but dramatic changes in magnetic patterns.
SpaceEvent Horizon Telescope captures magnetic turbulence flickering at the edge of black hole M87*Joshua Shavit
An illustration of a star that collapsed, forming a black hole. The black hole is at the center, unseen. Surrounding it is a dust shell moving away from the black hole and gas being pulled toward it.
SpaceAstronomers observe a massive star vanish and turn into a black holeJoseph Shavit
Katherine Kuchenbecker (left) and Andrew Schulz (right) with a 3D-printed replica of an elephant's trunk hair, which helped the research team understand how a transition in material stiffness facilitates contact sensing in the tactile hairs of elephants and cats.
DiscoveriesElephant whiskers act like touch sensors built into the trunkHannah Shavit-Weiner
Researchers show the Kondo effect can create magnetism when quantum spin size increases.
DiscoveriesScientists reveal how quantum electron spin can create magnetismShy Cohen
A precisely dated Moroccan cave sequence places hominin jaws and teeth at 773,000 years old, near a key split in our lineage.
Discoveries773,000-year-old Moroccan cave fossils reveal human and neandertal evolutionary splitRebecca Shavit
In a denture-based clinical trial, arginine raised plaque pH after sugar, reduced key biofilm carbohydrates, and reshaped bacteria linked to decay.
HealthSimple amino acid in saliva could help you keep that beautiful smileMac Oliveau
A new idea suggests hidden supermassive black hole pairs could reveal themselves through repeating, magnified flashes of starlight.
SpacePhysicists propose a new way to spot supermassive black hole pairsJoseph Shavit
The Penn State research team used advanced super‑resolution microscopy, a type of imaging technique that can peer into cells at the nanoscale — about 10,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair — to study neurons grown in petri dishes in the lab.
Health‘Gatekeeper’ lining brain cells may guard against Alzheimer’s diseaseMac Oliveau
Thawing ice is activating microbes that release carbon and toxins, creating new risks for climate and communities.
Green ImpactWarming ice awakens microbes that could speed climate changeRebecca Shavit