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Armoured dinosaur's 'crazy' spikes weren't just for defence

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 19:00
A 165-million-year-old ankylosaur from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco was covered in an array of extreme armour including body spikes fused to its skeleton, a feature never seen in any dinosaur before
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Armoured dinosaur's 'crazy' spikes weren't just for defence

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 19:00
A 165-million-year-old ankylosaur from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco was covered in an array of extreme armour including body spikes fused to its skeleton, a feature never seen in any dinosaur before
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Light-based AI image generator uses almost no power

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 19:00
A system that generates images by inducing random fluctuations in a laser beam could slash energy use compared with standard AI tools
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Light-based AI image generator uses almost no power

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 19:00
A system that generates images by inducing random fluctuations in a laser beam could slash energy use compared with standard AI tools
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Why auroras are so much brighter and more easily visible recently

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 19:00
The aurora borealis has been remarkably bright recently. Space weather physicist Tamitha Skov reveals what's going on and how worried we should be about a major solar storm
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Why auroras are so much brighter and more easily visible recently

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 19:00
The aurora borealis has been remarkably bright recently. Space weather physicist Tamitha Skov reveals what's going on and how worried we should be about a major solar storm
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SpaceX's Starship rocket finally completes successful test flight

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 17:09
After three consecutive and dramatic failed missions, SpaceX has successfully launched Starship to space in a key step for NASA's lunar programme
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SpaceX's Starship rocket finally completes successful test flight

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 17:09
After three consecutive and dramatic failed missions, SpaceX has successfully launched Starship to space in a key step for NASA's lunar programme
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Follicular regulatory T cells promote experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by supporting B cell egress from germinal centers | Science Translational Medicine

Follicular regulatory T cells promote B cell–mediated experimental neuroinflammation and are associated with MS activity.
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Resolving fibrosis by stimulating HSC-dependent extracellular matrix degradation | Science Translational Medicine

Targeting acid ceramidase enhances collagen degradation by hepatic stellate cells via PKCα and MMP-1, uncovering a pathway to reverse liver fibrosis.
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NF1-depleted ER+ breast cancers are differentially sensitive to CDK4/6 inhibitors | Science Translational Medicine

Coactivation of ER and RAS signaling in NF1-depleted ER+ breast cancer promotes CDK4 activation and endocrine therapy resistance
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Periadventitial delivery of mesenchymal stem cells improves vascular remodeling and maturation in arteriovenous fistulas | Science Translational Medicine

Vascular remodeling and maturation in arteriovenous fistulas are improved by mesenchymal stem cells.
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Dietary saturated fatty acids promote lung myeloid cell inflammasome activation and IL-1β–mediated inflammation in mice and humans | Science Translational Medicine

Obesity-associated saturated long-chain fatty acids regulate lung macrophage phenotype and function at steady state and during lung inflammation.
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Antigen-Fc fusion therapy reduces severity of a model of pemphigus vulgaris without systemic immunosuppression | Science Translational Medicine

An engineered Dsg3-Fc fusion protein delays disease onset and reduces severity in pemphigus vulgaris without inducing global immunosuppression.
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CPR in space could be made easier by chest compression machines

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 10:00
Performing CPR on a space station in microgravity involves doing a handstand on a person's chest and pushing against the walls with your legs – but now researchers say there is a better way
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CPR in space could be made easier by chest compression machines

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 10:00
Performing CPR on a space station in microgravity involves doing a handstand on a person's chest and pushing against the walls with your legs – but now researchers say there is a better way
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Thylacine's genome provides clues about why it went extinct

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 03:00
A comparison of the thylacine’s genome to other marsupials has revealed that the creatures lost genetic diversity long before humans and dingoes arrived in Australia
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Thylacine's genome provides clues about why it went extinct

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 03:00
A comparison of the thylacine’s genome to other marsupials has revealed that the creatures lost genetic diversity long before humans and dingoes arrived in Australia
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Long-lost sailback shark rediscovered after more than 50 years

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 26/08/2025 - 22:20
The rare sailback houndshark, which has an unusually large dorsal fin, was first described by scientists in 1973. That was the last record of its existence, until now
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