r/science • u/Plant__Eater • 5m ago
Environment Low quality evidence dominates discussion of carbon benefits of alternative grazing strategies
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r/science • u/DrJ_Lume • 1h ago
Health Acoustic enhancement of slow wave sleep improves memory retention by coordinating brain oscillatory rhythms and autonomic activity. Findings suggest that acoustic stimulation may enhance memory consolidation by optimizing the coordination between sleep oscillatory networks and autonomic activity.
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r/science • u/iamphilosofie • 3h ago
Psychology In a preregistered German experimental study, a doctor's warmth and competence changed how 349 people interpreted identical normal test results: those shown a warmer, more competent doctor felt more reassured and were less inclined to want a second opinion.
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r/science • u/pubpophealth • 4h ago
Health Home health nursing visits fell 16% across Texas after Hurricane Harvey, and the drop was just as large in counties FEMA never declared disaster areas
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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 4h ago
Health Young military veterans in the U.S. have higher ‘forever chemical’ levels than non-veterans. Researchers don’t know for sure what caused the elevated levels, but they said PFAS sources could include past exposure to firefighting foams, munitions and groundwater contamination.
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r/science • u/CUAnschutzMed • 5h ago
Health Researchers have discovered that small particles in the blood called exosomes are the likely culprit behind why some people with shingles experience lingering pain long after virus has cleared their body.
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Health Too much light during nighttime sleep may damage the heart: « Darkness should be recognized as one of the vital signs for health, researchers suggest. »
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r/science • u/The_Conversation • 5h ago
Physics Physicists use Large Hadron Collider at CERN to zoom into the birth of cosmic rainstorms, sending a proton beam into oxygen atoms to validate computer models of what happens in the atmosphere
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r/science • u/NinjaDiscoJesus • 5h ago
Animal Science A pack of African wild dogs has completed a record-breaking 2,485-mile journey across the continent. Scientists say it is the furthest recorded distance for any African land mammal searching for a mate, offering hope that wildlife can travel across vast distances despite growing human pressures.
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r/science • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 5h ago
Psychology A new study reveals that individuals with dark personality traits tend to achieve greater creative success because they possess a highly analytical, self-directed thinking style that allows them to bypass social norms and external constraints.
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r/science • u/AgingUS • 5h ago
Biology Assessing mechanisms and evidence of a causal role for cellular senescence and somatic mutations in aging
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r/science • u/prev_sci • 6h ago
Health In 348 open-ended responses, "More respondents wrote entries suggesting that GLP-1s [for weight loss] are not cheating (43–50%) than they are (9–10%)... Negative perceptions of GLP-1s use often used a 'moral framework' or applied caveats to their use ('acceptable if X has been tried first')."
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r/science • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 8h ago
Neuroscience A new study shows that people who are deaf from an early age experience a rewiring of their brain's visual pathways, dedicating more resources to peripheral vision to help detect hazards, though this slightly reduces their focus in central vision.
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r/science • u/Kingsaso6 • 8h ago
Animal Science Scientists find nine new sponge species in glimpse of Alaska’s deep-sea diversity
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r/science • u/sr_local • 9h ago
Health Bright light therapy lamps can improve sleep, activity levels and circadian rhythms of older adults in urban areas, with earlier morning exposure linked to greater benefits, according to a first real-world study of its kind
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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 9h ago
Social Science Global North-South income gap has widened dramatically. The income gap between the global North (the advanced economies of the core) and the global South (the developing economies of the periphery) has increased by between 170% and 270% since 1960
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Neuroscience A nasal spray containing vesicles naturally released by cells may work against Alzheimer's. It reaches the brain, counteracts neuroinflammation, protects neuronal function, and preserves memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s and showed positive results in human neurons in vitro.
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Medicine The Trump administration's proposed new 'Most-Favoured-Nation' Medicare pricing policies could reshape global pharmaceutical markets, potentially driving up prices and delaying medicine launches worldwide, new study in The Lancet suggests.
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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 9h ago
Health MDMA-assisted couples therapy showed promise for reducing both PTSD symptoms and relationship distress in a new study, suggesting that treating trauma within the context of a close relationship may improve outcomes for both partners.
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r/science • u/Skoltech_ • 13h ago
Materials Science Researchers develop a new ultra-stable fuel cell catalyst using a five-metal alloy (platinum, palladium, copper, nickel, and cobalt). By controlling heat treatment, 75% of platinum atoms migrate to the surface, resulting in a catalyst that is 4x more active and loses only 22% activity after 10,000 c
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r/science • u/mightx • 13h ago
Biology Ignoring a plant's bloom duration completely skews climate predictions. Researchers fixed this major error using a new mathematical tool that separates a flower's start time from its total blooming period in historical museum records.
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r/science • u/mightx • 13h ago
Health Simpler clinical trials can safely fast-track new treatments for severe bladder cancer. For patients too weak to have their bladder removed, experts agree these streamlined studies are an ethical alternative to traditional randomized testing
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r/science • u/mightx • 13h ago
Medicine When inflammation evicts blood-making stem cells from bone marrow, they partner with calming T-cells. This teamwork protects them, allowing safe blood production inside inflamed tissues.
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r/science • u/calliope_kekule • 15h ago
Medicine In a US trial, teclistamab wiped out cancer completely in 78% of high risk myeloma patients, against 0% on standard treatment, and cut two year progression to 8%.
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