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Other Sciences
Saturday Quote: Increased chance of asteroid attacks. Rainforest Resilience; Animal Awareness
Images provided by NASA show the asteroid 2024 YR4 observed on January 27, 2025 by a 2.4m telescope at the New Mexico Institute of Technology. Credit: NMIT/NASA This week, researchers at Ferrera University reported on the evolution of skin, eyes and hair pigmentation in Europe over the past 45,000 years. A reexamination of Galileo space probe data strongly suggests that…
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Physics
Quantum restrictions for magnetic field detection or specific animal navigation abilities found to work nearby
Limited energy resolution of magnetic sensing. Credit: PRX Life (2025). Doi: 10.1103/PRXLIFE.3.013004 The pair of a Creta University physicist has found some kinds of biological magnetic recruiters used by various creatures and used for quantum restrictions or nearby. In a paper published in the Journal Prx Life, IK Kominis and E. Gkoudinakis, conversely, how to function with small animal magnetic…
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Biology
The power of touch in the animal kingdom: Study reveals the role of touch in sustaining friendships and cooperation
Key elements of the caring touch hypothesis. Credit: Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.11.017 An international research team led by the University of Constance and Oxford Brookes University has concluded that gentle touch is not only good for your mental health, but also good for developing collaborative relationships. The power of touch and social connections helps people cope…
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Science
Fossil discovery sheds light on the early evolution of animal nervous systems
An incomplete tubular specimen of the Eopliaprites sphinx excavated from the Quang Tuanh Formation of the Early Cambrian. The ventral nerve cord is shown. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr0896 An international team of scientists has solved a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle. That’s how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in…
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Chemistry
Shape-changing polymers resemble animal movements due to temperature changes
Representation of mesogens in MD simulations. (A) All-atom representation of the initial system with mesogens randomly placed in a simulation box with side lengths of approximately 40 Å. (B) Two isolated LCE end-on mesogens. The yellow carbon atoms represent the CH2 carbon atoms of the reactive acrylate group, and the pink-red carbon atoms correspond to the carbon atoms of the…
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Physics
A new paradigm for high-speed photoacoustic small animal whole-body imaging
Schematic diagram of the high-speed rotation scanning photoacoustic computed tomography system developed by the research group. Credit: POSTECH The research team has developed an advanced continuous rotational scanning photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) system for rapid imaging of living organisms. The research is published in the journal Laser & Photonics Reviews. There is increasing recognition of the need to track systemic…
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Biology
Genetic tracing at South China Seafood Market further supports animal origin of COVID-19
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new international collaborative study has published a list of wild animal species available in markets where SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, likely emerged in late 2019. The study is based on a new analysis of metatranscriptomics data published by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data came from…
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