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Queen ant makes males of another species for daughters to mate with

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 19:00
Bizarrely, Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into male builder harvester ants, and some of her offspring are hybrids of the two species
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Queen ant makes males of another species for daughters to mate with

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 19:00
Bizarrely, Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into male builder harvester ants, and some of her offspring are hybrids of the two species
Categories: Science

First map of mammal brain activity may have shown intuition in action

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 19:00
Scientists have mapped the activity that takes place across a mouse's entire brain as it decides how to complete a task - and the results could explain the origin of our gut feelings
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First map of mammal brain activity may have shown intuition in action

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 19:00
Scientists have mapped the activity that takes place across a mouse's entire brain as it decides how to complete a task - and the results could explain the origin of our gut feelings
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The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 19:00
From flexible implants to circuits seeded with living cells, a new kind of electronics is starting to produce long-lasting implants with the potential to help everything from paralysis to hearing and vision loss
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The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 19:00
From flexible implants to circuits seeded with living cells, a new kind of electronics is starting to produce long-lasting implants with the potential to help everything from paralysis to hearing and vision loss
Categories: Science

Dengue disease severity in humans is augmented by waning Japanese encephalitis virus immunity | Science Translational Medicine

Waning immunity to Japanese encephalitis virus was associated with increased severity of dengue disease in a cohort of patients from Nepal.
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The XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine elicits a durable antibody response to ancestral and XBB.1.5 SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins | Science Translational Medicine

A longitudinal analysis after XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccination revealed durable neutralizing antibodies against ancestral and recent SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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Inhibiting SLC38A2 lowers blood pressure in rodent models of hypertension | Science Translational Medicine

Inhibition of Slc38a2 in vascular endothelial cells enhances NO-mediated vasodilation and reduces blood pressure.
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An allele-agnostic mutant-KRAS inhibitor suppresses tumor maintenance signals and reprograms tumor immunity in pancreatic cancer | Science Translational Medicine

The allele-agnostic mutant-KRAS inhibitor panKRASi inhibits the growth of murine and human pancreatic cancer and promotes antitumor immunity.
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High-throughput synthesis and specificity characterization of natively paired influenza hemagglutinin antibodies with oPool+ display | Science Translational Medicine

oPool+ display enabled rapid antibody synthesis and screening of influenza hemagglutinin-specific antibodies.
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Comprehensive analysis of microbial content in whole-genome sequencing samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas project | Science Translational Medicine

An analysis of TCGA whole-genome sequencing samples yields a comprehensive resource for investigating the role of microbes in cancer.
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The landscape of microbial associations in human cancer | Science Translational Medicine

Differences between cancer types, infectious disease, and potential prognostic markers are uncovered by studying microbes within cancer DNA.
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Hepatitis B vaccine linked with a lower risk of developing diabetes

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 02:01
Being vaccinated against hepatitis B may reduce chronic inflammation levels in the body, which could help ward off diabetes
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Hepatitis B vaccine linked with a lower risk of developing diabetes

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 02:01
Being vaccinated against hepatitis B may reduce chronic inflammation levels in the body, which could help ward off diabetes
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Rapamycin may extend lifespans by protecting against DNA damage

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 02/09/2025 - 20:00
The drug rapamycin has been linked to a longer life and we're starting to understand how it might have this effect
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Rapamycin may extend lifespans by protecting against DNA damage

New Scientist - Technology - Tue, 02/09/2025 - 20:00
The drug rapamycin has been linked to a longer life and we're starting to understand how it might have this effect
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The deadliest mushroom, the death cap, is still concocting new poisons

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 02/09/2025 - 19:00
Surprising discoveries about the species responsible for 90 per cent of mushroom-related deaths is revealing the fungi kingdom to be even stranger than we had thought
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The deadliest mushroom, the death cap, is still concocting new poisons

New Scientist - Technology - Tue, 02/09/2025 - 19:00
Surprising discoveries about the species responsible for 90 per cent of mushroom-related deaths is revealing the fungi kingdom to be even stranger than we had thought
Categories: Science

Can we finally recycle all of the metal in scrap cars?

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 02/09/2025 - 18:00
Scrap cars could be used to build new electric vehicles thanks to a new process for turning various aluminium alloys into a strong and mouldable metal
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