The force of a volcanic eruption is closely tied to how many gas bubbles appear within rising magma, as well as the timing of their formation. For many years, scientists believed that most bubbles developed only when magma ascended and the…
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Traumatic fracture of Kager’s fat pad: a case report | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Kager’s fat pad is a metabolically active adipose structure within Kager’s triangle anterior to the Achilles tendon, involved in shock absorption, vascular support, and tendon lubrication. Although most research has focused on its…
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Comparative genomics and transcriptomics of the Spiroplasma glossinidia strain sGff reveal insights into host interaction and trypanosome resistance in Glossina fuscipes fuscipes | BMC Genomics
Simarro PP, Diarra A, Ruiz Postigo JA, Franco JR, Jannin JG. The human African trypanosomiasis control and surveillance programme of the world health organization 2000–2009: the way forward. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5:e1007.
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Scientists reveal a hidden hormone switch for learning
Scientists have known for many years that hormones can shape how the brain works, affecting emotions, mental energy, and everyday choices. What remains unclear is exactly how these chemical signals bring about such changes.
A recent investigation…
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Ancient Underground Water Suggests Mars May Have Been Habitable Longer than Previously Thought
It is a scientific consensus that water once flowed on Mars, that it had a denser atmosphere, meaning that it was once habitable. Unfortunately, roughly 4.2 to 3.7 billion years ago, Mars’ rivers, lake, and global ocean began to…
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Ancient mammoth RNA, world’s oldest genetic remains found
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Ancient Wheat Compound Offers Natural Protection Against Aphids
Scientists at Rothamsted Research have identified a natural defence mechanism in ancestral einkorn wheat that could lead to more sustainable pest management in modern agriculture.
Published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food…
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Epigenetic changes regulate gene expression, but what regulates epigenetics?
Epigenetic changes regulate gene expression, but what regulates epigenetics?
Salk Institute researchers…
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Scientists get 1st good look at a ‘vampire star’ feeding on its victim
Using NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft, astronomers have obtained their first view of the inner region around a dead white dwarf star that is vampirically feeding on a stellar companion.
The team from the Massachusetts…
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Columbia Engineers Integrate Metasurfaces with 2D Materials
In January, a team led by Jim Schuck , professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia Engineering, developed a method for creating entangled photon pairs, a critical component of emerging quantum technologies, using a crystalline…
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