Researchers find differences in human vs mouse cancer immunotherapy target: Previously unknown PD-1 characteristics, including a “motif” — a specific sequence of amino acids — are vastly different in rodents and humans.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069208
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Dating apps have become the go-to for starting a romance but new research reveals they may harm body image and lead to anxiety. Over 85% of studies reviewed found significant negative impacts of dating app use on body image, and almost half reported negative effects on mental health and wellbeing.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/dating-app-popularity-for-finding-a-summer-romance-comes-with-body-image-risks
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Multilingualism improves crucial cognitive functions in autistic children | Results from survey find multilingualism is associated with better inhibition, shifting and perspective taking skills in children both with and without autism
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069436
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Coworkers can undermine you at work by spreading rumors, withholding information, claiming credit for your work, or engaging in sabotage. This leads to distress, problems sleeping, and other negative outcomes. Study found that revenge escalated the negative outcomes but forgiveness neutralized them.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202501/how-to-rise-above-the-person-who-tries-to-undermine-you
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Researchers have discovered a distinctive engraving that may represent the oldest three-dimensional (3D) map known to exis
https://www.anatolianarchaeology.net/researchers-have-discovered-a-distinctive-engraving-that-may-represent-the-oldest-three-dimensional-3d-map-known-to-exist/
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Testosterone spikes linked to stronger political opinions in men. Both hormone levels and opinions were stronger at 9:00 AM than at 12:00 PM or 3:00 PM. Younger men also had higher testosterone levels than older participants.
https://www.psypost.org/testosterone-spikes-linked-to-stronger-political-opinions-in-men/
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Study finds 25% of youth experienced homelessness in Denver in 2021, significantly higher than known counts
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069376
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Ketamine restores movement control in Parkinson’s patients - Ketamine may counter levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson’s by restoring motor cortex control.
https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/ketamine-restores-movement-control-in-parkinsons-patients-394655
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Daily records of over 53 years in a 10 million-year-old giant clam offer a glimpse of climate variability in the late Miocene
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112711
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Detecting clinical medication errors with AI enabled wearable cameras | npj Digital Medicine
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-024-01295-2#ref-CR3
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The carbon in our bodies probably left the galaxy and came back on cosmic ‘conveyer belt’ | Scientists find atoms take a circuitous journey, circling their galaxy of origin on giant currents - known as the circumgalactic medium - which extend into intergalactic space
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069434
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Using Census data, researchers find interplay between urban development patterns and socioeconomic outcomes: People who grew up in high-sprawl neighborhoods have less earning potential than those who grew in denser neighborhoods.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069469
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A study of young, healthy women found that they tend to display stronger depression-like patterns of cognitive processing when actively taking oral contraceptives. This effect was particularly pronounced among women with generally higher levels of depressive symptoms.
https://www.psypost.org/birth-control-pills-linked-to-changes-in-depressive-mood-processing/
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Poverty may increase the risk of dementia through reduced attainment
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667032124000404
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Honor culture linked to military recruitment and identity formation
https://www.psypost.org/honor-culture-linked-to-military-recruitment-and-identity-formation/
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This study highlights how competing for funding creates high economic costs, discourages risky research, and impacts scientists’ wellbeing. It recommends testing fairer funding methods.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407644121
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Study examines how different imaging criteria can be used to assess brain tumor responses in patients with melanoma: Modified imaging approach (mRECIST) and volumetric measurements (3D size analysis) were more accurate in predicting survival compared to other methods
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069374
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Animals with higher body temperatures are more likely to evolve into herbivores. This relationship holds true across the major land vertebrate groups and is linked to the unique digestive challenges posed by a plant-based diet
https://news.arizona.edu/news/animals-higher-body-temperatures-are-more-likely-evolve-herbivores
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Physicists Measure Quantum Geometry of Electrons For First Time
https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-measure-quantum-geometry-of-electrons-for-first-time?utm_source=reddit_post
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Brazil's cash transfer program reduced TB incidence by 41% (aRR: 0.59; 95% CI: 0.58–0.60) and mortality by 31% (aRR: 0.69; 95% CI: 0.65–0.73), with strongest effects among Indigenous groups (incidence aRR: 0.37; 95% CI: 0.32–0.42) and those in extreme poverty (incidence aRR: 0.49; 95% CI: 0.49–0.50)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03381-0
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The Mediterranean diet's brain-boosting benefits may work by changing the balance of gut bacteria. Rats who "adopted the diet" developed distinctly different gut bacteria patterns, which correlated with improved memory and cognitive performance
https://news.tulane.edu/pr/study-mediterranean-diet-changes-gut-bacteria-boosting-memory-and-cognition
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Researchers have found that mindfulness meditation practitioners exhibit distinct patterns of brain activity compared to non-meditators, even during rest.
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-discover-a-fascinating-fact-about-the-brains-of-meditators/
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A global study reveals unique bacterial microbiomes in glacier-fed streams - diverse, region-specific, and now threatened by climate-induced glacier shrinkage.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08313-z
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Animal pollination enhances a third of global food production. Pollinators influence the quality of crops through their movement patterns on the plantations and through the plant variety they visit.
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=7665
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Scientists Built a Proton Battery That Could Dethrone Lithium-Ion
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/scientists-built-proton-battery-could-130000054.html
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Rising sea levels driven by the climate crisis will overwhelm many of the world’s biggest oil ports, study shows. Thirteen of the ports with the highest supertanker traffic will be seriously damaged by just 1 metre of sea level rise, the analysis found.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/04/climate-driven-sea-level-rise-set-to-flood-major-oil-ports
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Study suggests RNA present on surfaces of leaves may shape microbial communities: Finding suggests that the RNA present on the leaf surface may play a role in shaping the microbial communities that inhabit them, potentially influencing plant health and interactions within their environment
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069470
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Alcohol use disorder may exacerbate Alzheimer’s disease through shared genetic pathways | These findings offer a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease and highlight alcohol use as a possible risk factor for its progression.
https://www.psypost.org/alcohol-use-disorder-may-exacerbate-alzheimers-disease-through-shared-genetic-pathways/
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Since a new law passed in April 2021, many patients can access their test results before their doctors do, but they often find them difficult to understand, increasing their overall worry. Scientists recommend hospitals include standard reports.
https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/people-find-medical-test-results-hard-understand-increasing-overall-worry
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A ganglioside-based immune checkpoint enables senescent cells to evade immunosurveillance during aging
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-024-00776-z
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