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Researchers find shared ‘Achilles’ heel’ enzyme in E. coli and Shigella
Targeting the enzyme bacteria use to breach the gut’s mucus layer could lead to new treatments for diarrheal disease.
REVIEW: ‘Dr. STONE’ Reminds Us How Far Science Has Come For Humanity
A review of the popular anime series ‘Dr. STONE’, praising its representation of scientific history and human progress.
Soccer psychology- the science of a penalty kick
Sports psychologists analyzed the cognitive pressure and visual strategies behind penalty kicks.
MIT Algorithm Advances Show Overlooked Class Outperforms Expectations in Certain Strategy Games
MIT computer scientists showed that a neglected class of algorithms performs far better than previously understood in certain types of competitive games with new implications for AI strategy.
New Robot Spatial Memory System Efficiently Maps Objects During Environmental Exploration at MIT
MIT researchers developed a new memory architecture for robots that lets them efficiently track and recall the location and properties of objects as they explore unknown environments.
Blood-Feeding Fly Sheds Wings Permanently After Finding Host Revealing Novel Evolutionary Strategy
Biologists studying a blood-feeding parasitic fly observed that the insect permanently sheds its wings upon finding a host providing new insights into parasite evolution.
Rising Sea Levels Could Drown Mangroves and Release Vast Carbon Stores Into Atmosphere
A new study warned that accelerating sea level rise could overwhelm mangrove forests causing massive carbon stores trapped in their soils to be released into the atmosphere.
India Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary Becomes 100th Ramsar Wetland Site in National Milestone
PM Modi lauded the designation of the Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary in Bihar as India’s 100th Ramsar site under the international convention protecting wetlands of global importance.
New Study Links Processed Food Consumption to Accelerated Cellular Aging in Large Population Study
A large epidemiological study found that high consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with significantly accelerated cellular aging markers including shortened telomere length.