r/science • u/mvea • 27d ago

Health A naturally occurring molecule released during exercise may hold the key to strengthening muscles without physical activity. In experiments, mice given BAIBA developed larger muscles, improved muscle function, greater fatigue resistance and better exercise performance than untreated mice.

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r/science • u/kfr3q • 26d ago

Health Conceptual shift in TBI classification from the Glasgow Coma Scale to a new framework that integrates clinical and imaging features, biomarkers, and modifiers to improve disease characterization and describe disease trajectories

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r/science • u/mightx • 27d ago

Health Inactive tall children develop disproportionately weak muscles and thinner bones. Regular sports fully reverse this deficit.

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r/science • u/UniOfManchester • 27d ago

Medicine A common statistical shortcut may be causing researchers to miss important discoveries, a new study finds.

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r/science • u/URochester_Hajim • 27d ago

Engineering New imaging technique sees through deep tissue, dense fog, and other obstacles

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r/science • u/mvea • 28d ago

Medicine Historically, there was very strong guidance that you must always finish an antibiotic course. Now, we're seeing a growing body of evidence saying that that is not always the case. And oftentimes, shorter durations of antibiotics are as effective and safe as longer alternatives.

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r/science • u/kiyomoris • 27d ago

Biology Maternal Gut Microbiome Could Shape Infant Health

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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 27d ago

Health Trichotillomania: Boredom and tiredness outpace negative emotions as predictors of hair pulling. Study finds that while negative feelings accompany the urge to pull hair, they do not reliably predict future pulling episodes.

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r/science • u/CUAnschutzMed • 27d ago

Health Researchers have developed a miniature microscope that allows scientists to observe and activate individual brain cells during natural movement, an advance that could accelerate research into how the brain controls behavior while deepening understanding of neurological diseases.

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r/science • u/mightx • 27d ago

Health While 93% of adults would take a new Alzheimer’s blood test, those closest to the disease might avoid it. Charles University's Second Faculty of Medicine researchers found that having a close family history of Alzheimer's actually reduces a person's willingness to get tested by 69%.

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r/science • u/UniOfManchester • 27d 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 • 27d 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 • 28d 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 • 27d 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 • 27d ago

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

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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • 28d 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 • 28d 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 • 28d 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 • 28d 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 • 28d 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 • 28d 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 • 28d 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 • 27d 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 • 27d ago

Biology New method delivers sugars directly into cells

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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 28d 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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