New study unveils breakthrough in understanding cosmic particle accelerators | Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves – found throughout the universe – are able to accelerate particles to extreme speeds.
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/news/new-study-unveils-breakthrough-in-understanding-cosmic-particle-accelerators/
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Researchers find betrayal doesn’t necessarily make someone less trustworthy if we benefit. New work is helping to explain why people might nevertheless trust certain cheaters and other betrayers.
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/betrayal-doesnt-necessarily-make-someone-less-trustworthy-if-it-benefits-us
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Teens face body image crisis as social media fuels dissatisfaction globally. Male youth showed considerable levels of dissatisfaction, with over 50% reporting concerns about their body size, emphasizing that body image issues are not confined to females
https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/study-negative-body-image-among-teens-global-issue-0
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Researchers identified the gene MdXTH2 by integrating metabolomic and transcriptomic data, and further analyzed its function and molecular mechanism in the formation of apple fruit firmness, providing a strategy for studying fruit quality regulation
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2024.12.034
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Offering rewards helps people to stop smoking, with success rates continuing long after incentives have stopped | For every 100 people who received financial incentives, 10 people were likely to successfully quit smoking at six months or longer, compared to seven in 100 people who did not.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069970
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New findings reveal that adolescent girls, particularly those in heterosexual relationships, experience fewer orgasms and less oral stimulation compared to their male counterparts. Notably, girls partnered with girls did not report the same disadvantages.
https://www.psypost.org/same-gender-relationships-provide-greater-sexual-equity-for-teen-girls-study-suggests/
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Healthful plant-based diets are negatively associated with the rate of biological aging: A national study based on US adults
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0271531724001404
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New research reveals an alarming fact about copycat mass shooters. Research found nearly 80% of copycat attacks occurred more than a year after the original incident, with an average delay of approximately eight years
https://www.psypost.org/new-research-reveals-an-alarming-fact-about-copycat-mass-shooters/#google_vignette
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For adults, a diet high in saturated fats and added sugar has been linked to impulsivity and poor self-control. Researchers report that adolescent rats fed a high-fat diet showed poor control during motor tasks and decision-making as adults. This could provide insights into human development.
https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2025/january/high-fat-diet-during-adolescence-increases-impulsive-behaviors-in-adult-rodents.html
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2024 was the hottest year on record, with extreme floods, storms, and droughts worldwide. Global warming’s role in these events is undeniable
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-025-4540-4
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Scientists engineer substrates hostile to bacteria but friendly to cells | Nanostructured anodic alumina surfaces can be used to culture cells and tissue
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069795
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New York University researchers found that public policies preventing suicide in the U.S. go beyond limiting firearms or expanding health care access. Economic and social policies not directly tied to mental health also play a key role, according to their study
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2025/january/public-policies-prevent-suicide.html
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Study finds alcohol and relationship context skew perceptions of sexual consent. Men were more likely than women to perceive all encounters as consensual, especially those involving intoxicated women, even in cases where consent was ambiguous or explicitly denied.
https://www.psypost.org/study-finds-alcohol-and-relationship-context-skew-perceptions-of-sexual-consent/
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Scientists demonstrate in mice how the brain cleanses itself during sleep: during non-REM sleep, the brainstem releases norepinephrine every 50 seconds, causing blood vessels to tighten and create a pulsing pattern. This oscillating blood volume drives the flow of brain fluid that removes toxins
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-a-study-on-mice-scientists-show-how-the-brain-washes-itself-during-sleep-180985810/
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A series of more than 100 small earthquakes in Surrey in 2018 and 2019 might have been triggered by oil extraction from a nearby well, suggests a new study.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jan/oil-extraction-might-have-triggered-small-earthquakes-surrey
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Research reveals why more men than women are diagnosed with deadly heart disease - Women may be missing a diagnosis of a potentially deadly heart condition due to guidelines that don't account for natural differences in sex and body size, according to a new study.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jan/research-reveals-why-more-men-women-are-diagnosed-deadly-heart-disease
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New research explains the probable locations and mechanisms of accumulations of critical metals at the margins of old cores of continents.
https://www.mq.edu.au/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/news/news/critical-metals-hotspots
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A new study explores pairing ocean thermal energy (OTEC) with carbon capture to store CO2 in marine sediments. This approach could cut global warming by 35% over 70 years.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-86042-7
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Solar Storm Alert: Massive Hole in Sun’s Corona Targets Earth
https://itsbryanblake.com/solar-storm-alert-massive-hole-in-suns-corona-targets-earth/
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Study suggests best ways to to reconcile after romantic conflict. Active Repair - efforts to enjoy positive time together, express affection, apologize, and forgive. Letting Go - deciding to drop conflict and agreeing to disagree. Listening, humor and warmth also ease the road to reconciliation.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/why-bad-looks-good/202501/the-best-way-to-reconcile-after-a-romantic-rift
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Researchers found that the process of ‘brain maturation’, whereby the volume and thickness of the cortex decreases during adolescence, is a factor in whether teenagers develop restrictive or emotional/uncontrolled eating behaviours in young adulthood
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/high-levels-of-disordered-eating-among-young-people-linked-to-brain-differences
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COVID-19 cases, deaths in nursing homes dropped after rollout of vaccines during the pandemic. Hospitalizations fell from 31 per 100 residents to 24 per 100 residents, and deaths fell from 11 per 100 residents to 7 per 100 residents from March 2020 to April 2022
https://www.mcknights.com/news/covid-19-cases-deaths-in-nursing-homes-dropped-after-rollout-of-vaccines-study-finds/
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A new lithium-ion battery with a single crystal electrode can endure 20,000 charge cycles, retaining 80% capacity—equivalent to powering an EV for nearly 5 million miles.
https://myelectricsparks.com/longest-lasting-ev-battery-5-million-miles-20000-cycles/
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Harnessing microwave flow reaction to convert biomass into useful sugars that, in turn, can be used in food, pharmaceuticals, and chemical synthesis.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/321
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Treatment for parasites affecting 1.5 billion people shows safety and superior efficacy in phase II-III trial | Fixed-dose combination of albendazole and ivermectin, seeks to offer a better tool against soil-transmitted helminths
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069969
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Men more than three times as likely to die from a brain injury, new US study shows. The reasons observed were multifactorial and could reflect differences in injury severity following a fall or motor vehicle crash, to the interaction of sex and age – with TBI outcomes in men worsening with age.
https://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/men-more-than-three-times-as-likely-to-die-from-a-brain-injury-new-u-s-study-shows/
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New study reveals an increase in workplace alienation, which leads to lower effort, strained workplace relationships, and diminished commitment.
https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apps.12600
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A year-long field experiment shows that public WHOIS data leads to significantly higher spam volumes.
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3511269
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Google searches for racial slurs are higher in areas where people are worried about disease
https://www.psypost.org/google-searches-for-racial-slurs-are-higher-in-areas-where-people-are-worried-about-disease/
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People who stutter have lower earnings, experience underemployment and express lower job satisfaction than those who don’t stutter, a new study finds.
https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00202
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