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This book is a great insight into the new science of microchimerism

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 20:00
Lise Barnéoud's Hidden Guests shows how this fascinating new field brings with it profound implications for medicine, and even what it means to be human, finds Helen Thomson
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Human minds abhor uncertainty. This is a problem for liberal democracy

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 20:00
Neurologically, the flexibility of the future promised by liberal democracy can be a challenge because it brings with it uncertainty. But there are solutions, say Florence Gaub and Liya Yu
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Deep-space sci-fi novel is delightful, profound and not to be missed

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 20:00
A planet is about to be destroyed by the collapse of a binary star system in Slow Gods, Claire North’s first venture into classic science fiction. Read it! says Emily H. Wilson
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Lumpy ‘caterpillar wormholes’ may connect entangled black holes

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 19:00
A mathematical model suggests that when a pair of black holes gets quantum entangled, this can give rise to a lumpy space-time tunnel between them
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Lumpy ‘caterpillar wormholes’ may connect entangled black holes

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 19:00
A mathematical model suggests that when a pair of black holes gets quantum entangled, this can give rise to a lumpy space-time tunnel between them
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What we’re learning about consciousness from master meditators’ brains

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 18:00
Neuroscientist Matthew Sacchet is revealing how mastering meditation can not only enable transcendental states of bliss, but also reshape how we experience pain and emotion
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What we’re learning about consciousness from master meditators’ brains

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 18:00
Neuroscientist Matthew Sacchet is revealing how mastering meditation can not only enable transcendental states of bliss, but also reshape how we experience pain and emotion
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Beyond Alzheimer’s disease—translating biomarker insights across CNS diseases | Science Translational Medicine

Lessons learned from Alzheimer’s disease biomarker history can advance diagnostics and disease staging for other central nervous system disorders.
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The m6A demethylase FTO links TLR7 to mitochondrial oxidation driving age-associated B cell formation in systemic lupus erythematosus | Science Translational Medicine

TLR7 drives age-associated B cell formation in lupus through m6A demethylase FTO-mediated mitochondrial oxidation.
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Depletion of plasmacytoid dendritic cells rescues HIV-reactive stem-like CD8+ T cells during chronic HIV-1 infection | Science Translational Medicine

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells impair HIV-reactive CD8+ T cells in HIV-infected humanized mice and in PBMCs from people living with HIV.
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Immunopeptidomics can inform the design of mRNA vaccines for the delivery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis MHC class II antigens | Science Translational Medicine

MHC class II immunopeptidomics in human phagocytes infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis enables vaccine immunogen design and optimization.
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A spatial atlas of human gastrointestinal acute GVHD reveals epithelial and immune dynamics underlying disease pathophysiology | Science Translational Medicine

Multiplexed imaging of aGVHD GI biopsies revealed epithelial remodeling and alteration in immune composition, offering insight into disease pathology.
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Burst-patterned stimulation restores colonic motility in preclinical models | Science Translational Medicine

Distinct temporal patterns of electrical stimulation of the sacral nerves selectively regulate colonic motility.
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DLL1-responsive PD-L1+ tumor-associated macrophages promote endocrine resistance in breast cancer | Science Translational Medicine

Triple combination therapy reverses endocrine resistance driven by DLL1high tumor cells, which recruit immunosuppressive PD-L1+ TAMs sustaining CSCs.
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Toxic algae blighting South Australia could pose a global threat

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 16:00
Researchers warn that the alga Karenia cristata, which has killed around a million animals in Australian waters in one of the biggest algal blooms ever seen, could harm marine life elsewhere
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Toxic algae blighting South Australia could pose a global threat

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 16:00
Researchers warn that the alga Karenia cristata, which has killed around a million animals in Australian waters in one of the biggest algal blooms ever seen, could harm marine life elsewhere
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Ancient DNA may rewrite the story of Iceland's earliest settlers

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 14:00
Biochemical evidence suggests Norse people settled in Iceland almost 70 years before the accepted arrival date of the 870s, and didn't chop down the island's forests
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Ancient DNA may rewrite the story of Iceland's earliest settlers

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 14:00
Biochemical evidence suggests Norse people settled in Iceland almost 70 years before the accepted arrival date of the 870s, and didn't chop down the island's forests
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COP30: What’s on the agenda at the Belém climate summit

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 10:00
Initiatives on the table at COP30 aim to evaluate which countries are most vulnerable, support efforts to clean up industries and pay for the protection of tropical forests
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COP30: What’s on the agenda at the Belém climate summit

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 05/11/2025 - 10:00
Initiatives on the table at COP30 aim to evaluate which countries are most vulnerable, support efforts to clean up industries and pay for the protection of tropical forests
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