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October 26, 2025

Crossref acquires Retraction Watch data and opens it for the scientific community

The Center for Scientific Integrity, the organisation behind the Retraction Watch blog and database, and Crossref, the global infrastructure underpinning...

Calculating disease risk in individuals with previous disease

Multimorbidity describes the state of having more than one disease. Anthony Webster sought to untangle a puzzle at the heart...

A linear path to efficient quantum technologies

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have demonstrated that a key ingredient for many quantum computation and communication schemes can...

Fig. 2 Overall approach architecture for multi-impulse rendezvous design.

Scientists studied optimal multi-impulse linear rendezvous via reinforcement learning

Multi-impulse orbital rendezvous is a classical spacecraft trajectory optimization problem, which has been widely studied for a long time. Numerical...

Professor Hyug Moo Kwon and his research team

Groundbreaking research reveals the role of TonEBP in lupus and lupus nephritis, opening new avenues for treatment

A groundbreaking discovery has been made by Professor Hyug Moo Kwon and his research team in the Department of Biological...

NIH grant to fund network of data warehouses for Baton Rouge health research institutions

BATON ROUGE – The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Louisiana Clinical & Translational Science Center, or LA CaTS,...

Climate change is reducing global river water quality

A review of almost 1000 studies on the effects of climate change and extreme weather events on rivers around the...

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. from 1999 to 2020

U.S. drug overdose deaths more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2020

The United States is experiencing its highest overall death rates in more than a century, fueled in part by drug...

UN plan promises large CO2 emission cuts in construction sector – the most polluting and toughest to decarbonise

Credit: UNEP / Yale CEA Rapid urbanisation worldwide means every five days, the world adds buildings equivalent to the size...

Schematic of mechanistic mechanism by which AXL activates YAP

A combination of cancer inhibitors shows success in slowing tumor growth

An international team of researchers has demonstrated that a combination of inhibitors may suppress tumor growth and prevent relapse in...

Nicotine e-cigarettes, prescription drugs and dual nicotine replacement therapy identified as most effective stop-smoking aids

Nicotine e-cigarettes and two prescription medications that curb symptoms of withdrawal are the most effective stop-smoking aids, according to a...

New technology that significantly reduces the time it takes to measure viable bacteria in food

Gotcha! New technology speeds up bacterial testing in food

It is said that there is waste in haste, but researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University have proven that doing things...

Ultrasound technology being used in the transcranial ultrasound stimulation lab at the University of Plymouth Brain Research and Imaging Centre

Targeted ultrasound can change brain functions for up to an hour after intervention

The targeted use of ultrasound technology can bring about significant changes in brain function that could pave the way towards...

Dark matter halos measured around ancient quasars

At the center of every galaxy is a supermassive black hole. Beyond a certain size, these become active, emitting huge...

IOP Publishing and the Japan Society of Applied Physics convert Applied Physics Express to fully gold OA

IOP Publishing (IOPP) and the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) announce that Applied Physics Express (APEX) is to become...

Young people who vape more likely to report chronic stress

Milan, Italy: Young people who have used e-cigarettes are more than twice as likely to report experiencing chronic stress, according...

Novel study reveals the accumulation mechanisms of purine alkaloids and catechins in theobromine-rich tea

Camellia ptilophylla, a low-caffeine or decaffeinated tea, is increasingly being recognized for its potential health benefits. However, there is intraspecific...

Genetic evidence shows that smoking can cause us to age faster

Milan, Italy: A study of nearly 500,000 people has shown that smoking shortens the end fragments of chromosomes in the...

Doctoral student’s “fear of positivity” research could assist with effective depression treatments

STARKVILLE, Miss.—How can positive experiences seem like the opposite for some?Credit: Photo by Grace Cockrell STARKVILLE, Miss.—How can positive experiences...

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