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PsychAD analysed 6,320,459 quality-controlled nuclei from postmortem prefrontal cortex donated by 1,494 people across several brain disorders. It is not a diagnostic test for living people or proof...
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A Singapore team built two independent lutetium-ion clocks and verified agreement at 5.7×10⁻¹⁹. “One second in 260 billion years” translates uncertainty into time; the clocks were not run...
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A UK study found 373 behavioural indicators, visible up to seven years earlier, in anonymized records of 5,428 women who disclosed financial abuse. They are population-level clues for...
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RAIBO2 finished an official marathon in 4:19:52, and a 2026 paper analyses its efficiency. The run occurred in 2024; it does not show the robot is faster than...
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Rusty bars recovered from gravel extraction on Austria’s Danube have been identified as Europe’s largest known assemblage of Iron Age iron semi-products. The 500-plus pieces exceed one tonne,...
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Italian processing-tomato and table-grape plots using sensor-guided irrigation used up to 15% less water while improving yield and quality measures. Each crop compared one advanced and one conventional...
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The EU DiCE project tested collection, reuse and recycling designs through 25 kiosks in Belgium, Spain and Slovenia. This is not yet a Europe-wide system; clinical safety and...
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Researchers made polymers that both emit light and act as photoresists, enabling direct OLED patterning. This is a fabrication proof, not a complete display with independently driven pixels.
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A trapped-ion simulator followed a string between charges stretching and breaking through pair-like excitations. It did not create matter in space or recreate the Big Bang; it emulated...
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WHO assessed five methods or practices that were absent from, or differed from, earlier guidance. National approvals and individual medical eligibility still apply, so this is not advice...
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A target-trial emulation in US veterans linked two years off GLP-1 receptor agonists with 22% higher relative risk of heart attack, stroke or death than continued use. It...
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An annual assessment by more than 60 scientists finds seven of nine Earth-system boundaries beyond the safe operating space. It is a pressure gauge for rising systemic risk,...
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The European Commission has proposed tiered social-media access rules for children. It is not yet law; the European Parliament and Council can change both the text and application...
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Researchers found delayed jets from star-shredding supermassive black holes near 2% of the Eddington rate. It matches the threshold in small Galactic black holes, but rests on modelling...
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Researchers revised the Australian stick-insect genus Anchiale, describing two new species and restoring a third. The case shows how DNA, museum specimens and habitat can overturn an apparently...
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Two male foals were born in August 2026 at the Alibi reintroduction centre in Kazakhstan’s Altyn Dala steppe. It is a local breeding milestone after about 200 years,...
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In the asexual rotifer Adineta vaga, fragments of heavily damaged chromosomes persisted into descendants and were gradually repaired. This mechanism was observed in this animal under experimental conditions;...
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In a 109-person randomised phase 2 trial, 1,000 mg of oral vitamin C daily did not significantly change abnormal blood-cell growth. A survival signal at about three years...
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A new clinical guideline groups ways to reduce vaccination pain and fear into process, procedural, physical, pharmacologic and psychological options. Not every method has the same evidence or...
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A new model estimates that AI data centres run by six large technology companies could rise from about 118 TWh in 2024 to 239–295 TWh in 2030. This...
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Researchers estimated an average temperature near 36°C from clumped isotopes in three Tyrannosaurus rex teeth. This is not a direct thermometer reading and the small sample cannot represent...
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Researchers described a small spotted wild cat from Bolivia’s Yungas as a separate species, `Leopardus tilcayo`. Local people knew the animal; science has only now recognised its distinct...
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Goffin’s cockatoos were more likely to leave a mat when their weight prevented them from moving a connected object. This signals body awareness in one task; it does...
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Researchers demonstrated ten programs and a 100-bit-scale calculation using competition among DNA strands. This is an experimental molecular device, not a general-purpose replacement for a laptop.