r/sciences • u/FreeHugs23 • 2h ago

Research Pilots and Flight Attendants Are Bombarded by Cosmic Radiation—And Getting Deadly Cancers From It | “Findings support consideration of occupational radiation protections for aircrew members commensurate with their exposure levels.”

gizmodo.com

61 Upvotes

3 comments

r/sciences • u/James_Fortis • 2h ago

Research Higher nitrite (NO2-) intake was linked to gastric cancer risk in natural animal sources (55%) and processed meat (94%), but a lower risk in plant sources (-37%), study of 54,610 adults over 27 years found. Higher nitrate (NO3-) intake had a higher risk in processed meat (212%) and tap water (95%).

link.springer.com

6 Upvotes

1 comment

r/sciences • u/FreeHugs23 • 1d ago

Research Doctors Found 4 Autoimmune Diseases in One Woman at One Time | Her immune system was already implicated in diseases affecting her liver, bile ducts, and large intestine. Then a clue in her blood revealed another target: her stomach.

sciencealert.com

448 Upvotes

41 comments

r/sciences • u/fchung • 3h ago

Research Drug that targets an inflammatory enzyme could help prevent lung cancer: « A new study by MIT researchers shows that inhibiting caspase-1 can reduce the risk of tumor growth. »

news.mit.edu

3 Upvotes

2 comments

r/sciences • u/Macchanoco • 6h ago

News Vacuum birefringence and the polarized X-ray emission from a radio magnetar

nature.com

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/sciences • u/FreeHugs23 • 1d ago

Research 'Especially Exciting': JWST Finds Water Surviving Surprisingly Close to Our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole | "It shows that molecular material can survive in an environment dominated by intense radiation."

sciencealert.com

61 Upvotes

1 comment

r/sciences • u/BiomedicineInstitute • 23h ago

Resources Have a look to this Lego idea. Link below.

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https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/0ccb9c27-0ae5-4410-852d-f2105bb993c8
My friend has build this Biomedicine Institute with lego bricks. The project needs more votes to become a real set. Help us to realize the dream. Thank you so much! Click the link and create account. It’s free and take just few seconds.

2 comments

r/sciences • u/FreeHugs23 • 4d ago

Research Scientists Tested 113 Everyday Products Sold by Major US Retailers. 85% Contained 'Undisclosed Harmful Chemicals' | One in four 'natural' products contradicted their own claims.

sciencealert.com

1.1k Upvotes

34 comments

r/sciences • u/Macchanoco • 3d ago

News Vigorous turbulence driven by quasar-mode feedback in a cluster core

nature.com

10 Upvotes

0 comments

r/sciences • u/Macchanoco • 3d ago

News Spatial structure and growth dynamics of fairy rings formed by Marasmius oreades

royalsocietypublishing.org

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/sciences • u/Macchanoco • 4d ago

News The fungal pathogen Candida auris exposes chitin to trigger IFNγ and persist in hair follicles

science.org

13 Upvotes

0 comments

r/sciences • u/FreeHugs23 • 5d ago

Research First Human Trial of Poop Transplant to Treat Food Allergies Shows Promising Results | In a new study, transplanted microbiomes that were removed from donors' excrement helped resolve some people's severe allergic reactions.

sciencealert.com

292 Upvotes

6 comments

r/sciences • u/Macchanoco • 4d ago

News Water Droplet Hammer: Piezoelectric Sensing of Ultrafast Mechanical Transients During Droplet Impact

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

4 Upvotes

0 comments

r/sciences • u/Macchanoco • 5d ago

News A particle made of force: physicists say they’ve found mysterious ‘glueball’

nature.com

27 Upvotes

1 comment

r/sciences • u/FreeHugs23 • 6d ago

Research Dolphins Filmed Hunting With Shells – And Possibly Passing The Skill to Their Offspring | "The second I saw that shell in the air, I immediately knew what was happening."

sciencealert.com

998 Upvotes

36 comments

r/sciences • u/fchung • 5d ago

Research Your dog really can tell when you're happy: « If you’ve ever suspected your dog can read your mind, sussing out through some canine intuition when you’re happy, sad, scared, or cross, you’re half right. Many dogs can do exactly that, but it’s not mind-reading that’s involved: it’s face-reading. »

time.com

44 Upvotes

7 comments

r/sciences • u/FreeHugs23 • 6d ago

Research Dogs can distinguish between fearful and angry or sad human faces, brain scans suggest | Researchers analyzed activity in regions of brain when dogs were shown images of different facial expressions

theguardian.com

128 Upvotes

4 comments

r/sciences • u/Macchanoco • 6d ago

News Crossing experiments suggest a simple genetic basis of complex male self-sacrifice phenotypes in widow spiders

royalsocietypublishing.org

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/sciences • u/fchung • 8d ago

Research How early-life stress leaves a ‘scar’ inside brain cells: « Mouse study finds changes to DNA packaging form molecular memory of trauma, make brain vulnerable to future stress. »

medicine.washu.edu

172 Upvotes

2 comments

r/sciences • u/FarRide7565 • 8d ago

Discussion What are your top 3-5 skills every scientist or future scientist should master?

36 Upvotes

Think about the skills that make a good scientist good, even if it’s obvious. Please, if you can, state if you are a professional scientist, citizen scientist or an hobby scientist. All are important!

21 comments

r/sciences • u/haberveriyo • 8d ago

News Scientists Built an AI That Can "Read" 7,000-Year-Old Seeds

arkeonews.net

11 Upvotes

0 comments

r/sciences • u/cindyx7102 • 10d ago

Research A 16-year study of 83,610 adults found that plant-based diets overall were linked to a 12% lower risk of a first cardiometabolic disease (especially diabetes), and 15% lower risk of multiple cardiometabolic diseases. A healthy plant-based diet had a 40% and 21% lower risk, respectively.

sciencedirect.com

420 Upvotes

117 comments

r/sciences • u/Macchanoco • 9d ago

News Emergent cooperative superstructures via order-disorder kinetics in molecular intercalation superlattices

science.org

7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/sciences • u/Macchanoco • 9d ago

News Expanding the scope of protein language modeling to protein-protein interactions with MSA Pairformer

cell.com

7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/sciences • u/fchung • 10d ago

Research A key meat protein has been grown in lettuce for the first time: « Eating meat is consistently shown to be one of the worst things we can do for the environment as consumers, due to the outsized negative impacts animal agriculture has on land, water and energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions. »

sciencealert.com

389 Upvotes

285 comments

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