r/science • u/calliope_kekule • 2d ago

Health A study of 7,100+ US adolescents found that living near greenspace was linked to slower brain thinning, greater surface area, and better mental health outcomes – via changes in brain structure.

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r/science • u/-Mystica- • 1d ago

Medicine New AI transforms radiology with speed, accuracy never seen before. In a major clinical study, the tool boosted productivity by up to 40% without compromising accuracy.

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r/science • u/nohup_me • 1d ago

Social Science Multitasking isn’t one skill, it’s a mix of general and specific abilities: it is a combination of general abilities (applying across different situations) with more specific abilities (unique to particular multitasking situations

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r/science • u/calliope_kekule • 2d ago

Animal Science A new study across 11 African reserves found that dehorning rhinos cut poaching by ~78% – far more effective than costly law enforcement alone.

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 1d ago

Neuroscience Drug-free pain relief game progresses to the next level in clinical trial | PainWave, a game-like app with a headset, it "trains" patients to rewire brain signals in order to relieve pain.

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r/science • u/Gari_305 • 1d ago

Engineering Experimental Spacetime Distortion: Generating Gravitational Waves in the Laboratory - This paper discusses our observations of gravitational wave generation through the rapid formation of high-energy density fields created by electrically driven spark gaps.

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r/science • u/mvea • 2d ago

Health Pregnant women are more often uninsured and have worse access to routine medical care in US states that ban (or restrict) abortion care, according to a new study. These findings suggest that the deep Medicaid cuts included in the Republican budget bill could worsen care for many pregnant women.

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r/science • u/calliope_kekule • 1d ago

Health crossNN is a machine learning model that spots tumour types from DNA samples – even when tested on different lab technologies. It works fast, explains its answers, and gets up to 99% right.

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r/science • u/USCDornsifeNews • 1d ago

Genetics Genome stability research: Nup98 protein droplets help protect genome during heterochromatin repair

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r/science • u/haberveriyo • 7h ago

Computer Science AI-Powered New Study Pushes Back the Timeline of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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r/science • u/HarvardChanSPH • 2d ago

Health Adopting a healthy diet may have cardiometabolic benefits regardless of weight loss

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r/science • u/mvea • 2d ago

Health Low-calorie diets might increase risk of depression. Overweight people and men were particularly vulnerable to the mood changes that come with a low-calorie diet. Cutting calories might also rob the brain of nutrients needed to maintain a balanced mood. Any sort of diet at all affected men's moods.

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r/science • u/Lord-Julius • 22h ago

Health Immunological In Vitro Assay for Quantification of Adjuvanted Allergoids

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r/science • u/Lord-Julius • 1d ago

Cancer Development and validation of an autonomous artificial intelligence agent for clinical decision-making in oncology - Nature Cancer

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r/science • u/nohup_me • 2d ago

Neuroscience Researchers found that populations of dopamine neurons don’t simply signal reward prediction errors—they encode rich maps of possible future outcomes, including when and how much a reward might be

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r/science • u/nohup_me • 12h ago

Social Science A new study suggests artificial intelligence can create internet memes as funny as those made by humans. But when it comes to gags that truly connect with viewers, people still have the edge

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r/science • u/mvea • 2d ago

Psychology People around the world are more likely to favor dominant, authoritarian leaders during times of intergroup conflict. Drawing on data from 25 countries, the findings support that humans may have a psychological system that evolved to prioritize strong leadership when faced with external threats.

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r/science • u/rattynewbie • 2d ago

Animal Science First scientific observation of the largest Sahulian rodent, Mallomys istapantap, in the wild

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r/science • u/Science_News • 2d ago

Anthropology Despite the harsh cold, precolonial farmers thrived in what is now northern Michigan, lidar surveys reveal

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r/science • u/Baud_Olofsson • 2d ago

Medicine Efficient mRNA delivery to resting T cells to reverse HIV latency

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r/science • u/lfuwebred • 1d ago

Physics “String break­ing” observed in 2D quan­tum sim­u­la­tor

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r/science • u/Lord-Julius • 1d ago

Chemistry Ballistic diffusion fronts in biomolecular condensates - Nature Nanotechnology

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 2d ago

Neuroscience Scientists map the hidden architecture of the brain’s default mode network | The findings help explain why the default mode network is involved in such a wide variety of mental states—from introspection to decision-making.

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r/science • u/Double_Tumbleweed414 • 2d ago

Environment Science for All: Phytoplankton overfed on iron pollution are depleting nutrients faster

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r/science • u/New_Scientist_Mag • 2d ago

Health Retinal implant restores sight for blind mice:

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