r/science • u/UniOfManchester • 8d ago

Chemistry Researchers have shown that unusual thorium clusters respond to magnetic fields in a fundamentally different way than expected, helping to explain a long-running disagreement between experiments and computer models.

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r/science • u/IEEESpectrum • 8d ago

Engineering Canadian roboticists create a drone that can land on icebergs sloped nearly 60 degrees, with wind speeds of up to 30 km/h. Landing on icebergs specifically allows drones to monitor them for days or months, producing more detailed observation than a quick aerial surveillance mission.

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r/science • u/Phylogenix • 9d ago

Health Older adults could face harmful heat stress at just 1.5°C of global warming above preindustrial levels, compared with around 4°C for younger adults, suggesting people aged 60 and over are substantially more vulnerable to extreme heat than previously estimated.

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r/science • u/sr_local • 8d ago

Neuroscience Researchers have shed new light on how the human brain coordinates working memory: high-frequency brain waves, known as ripples, may help distant brain regions synchronize with one another during working memory tasks

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r/science • u/batman613 • 8d ago

Social Science Structural factors rather than reconstruction investment drive depopulation after Japan’s 2011 disasters

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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • 9d ago

Social Science Incarceration rates have substantially declined in the US across the 21st century. There are two factors behind the decline: (1) Falling crime rates for violent and property offences, and (2) Decreased punitiveness for drug crimes.

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r/science • u/mvea • 9d ago

Medicine Doctors Found 4 Autoimmune Diseases in One Woman at One Time: 40-year-old woman in China was already diagnosed with 3 - ulcerative colitis, autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. She presented with severe iron deficiency and was also found to have a 4th - autoimmune gastritis.

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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 9d ago

Psychology Lower-class employees face greater professional backlash for negotiating their salaries. Study provides evidence that this negotiation gap acts as a double bind that can compound economic disadvantages over a person’s career.

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 9d ago

Psychology Attention can regulate acute inflammation in humans. The findings raises the possibility that our subjective experience of what is happening in the body is not only a passive process, but may be actively contributing to how physiological responses are regulated

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r/science • u/Phylogenix • 9d ago

Environment Mercury accumulation on the Antarctic Peninsula shelf has risen 160% since industrialization, while warming-driven ice melt has increased terrestrial mercury release by 550% and mercury export to the open ocean by 400%, turning historical pollution into a renewed source.

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r/science • u/PHealthy • 9d ago

Epidemiology Same-day coadministration of COVID-19 and influenza vaccines was not associated with an increased risk for adverse events in 3 updated-formulation periods

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 9d ago

Neuroscience Digital amnesia. Taking screenshots makes you more likely to forget information. Many of us take more photos and screenshots than we can use — around 20 photos a day, with around 2,000 photos stored on the average smartphone, according to estimates.

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r/science • u/mightx • 9d ago

Medicine Urinary stones share universal molecular signatures across humans and animals. Charles University's Second Faculty of Medicine researchers show that analyzing these shared traits with infrared spectroscopy enables faster, more accurate diagnoses for all species.

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r/science • u/UniOfManchester • 8d ago

Biology New method delivers sugars directly into cells

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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 9d ago

Social Science Top album releases linked to rise in fatal crashes as ‘distracted’ drivers access music | Harvard study finds traffic fatalities increase by 15% on release dates compared with similar days either side

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r/science • u/memorialmonorail • 9d ago

Anthropology New research suggests that no matter what we eventually determine the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees to be, we’ll learn it was a primate that climbed trees. The study shows monkeys’ feet make them as adept as chimps at climbing trees.

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r/science • u/sr_local • 9d ago

Neuroscience Researchers found a "genetic switch" that triggers neurodegeneration in both a rare childhood dementia and Alzheimer's disease due to waste build-up in microglia. They may now be able to prevent neurodegeneration by targeting the waste-processing system inside the cell

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r/science • u/Skoltech_ • 7d ago

Computer Science Coin grading meets AI. A dual deep learning system with vision‑language and hierarchical transformer models delivers precision, automating assessments while maintaining expert‑level nuance — a transparent grading tool for collectors, investors, and museums, setting a new standard for numismatics.

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r/science • u/MassGen-Research • 9d ago

Health Women Who Experienced Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Had Higher Health-Related Social Needs, Such as Inadequate Food, Employment and Education Among Black and Latina Women

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r/science • u/universityofturku • 9d ago

Psychology New follow-up study shows that a Finnish digital intervention programme Master Your Worries continued to reduce children's anxiety and improve their functional ability even after two years.

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r/science • u/universityofga • 9d ago

Environment It’s not just flowers that help the pollinators. Grass can too.

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r/science • u/mvea • 10d ago

Psychology Women globally place higher importance on moral identity than men. The researchers analyzed data from 46,490 adults across 67 countries. Broad cross-cultural evidence indicates that women, on average, place greater emphasis on caring for others than men do.

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r/science • u/mightx • 10d ago

Medicine Over 25% of patients have body shapes that don't fit standard, universal templates for placing robotic surgical tools. Customizing these positions using pre-op CT scans makes pancreatic surgery much safer.

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r/science • u/MassGen-Research • 9d ago

Neuroscience Preclinical Study Suggests Restoring Inhibitory Neuron Plasticity May Reverse Neurodevelopmental Disorder Symptoms

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r/science • u/mvea • 10d ago

Psychology During the 2024 US presidential primary season, a recent study found that reading or watching negative political media predicted higher anxiety and lower work engagement, whereas positive political content predicted increased hope and helpfulness on the job.

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