Summary: A new study reveals that hormonal contraceptives may shape both emotional responses and memory processing in women. Compared with naturally cycling women, users of hormonal birth control had stronger…
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Sex-selective abortion bans harm maternal and infant health, according to study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sex-selective abortion bans (SSABs)—which prohibit the seeking of abortions based on the fetus’ sex—increase the likelihood of low birth weight and preterm births among infants born…
Scientists create realistic brain-wide connection maps through digital modeling
Comparison of 65 reconstructed (blue) and 65 of the 1695 synthesized axons (red) of MOp5 pyramidal cells. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62030-3 EPFL researchers have developed a powerful method…
3D-printed smart materials boost tactile sensor performance in wearable devices
The proposed metamaterial-based tactile sensing technology is expected to revolutionize the design of wearable devices and health monitoring. Credit: Dr. Soonjae Pyo / SeoulTech Tactile sensors are widely used in…
Integrated terrestrial/satellite 6G hyper-space communication successful in real-time flight tests
6G Hyper-space Communication. Credit: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI) For the first time, Korean researchers have successfully demonstrated a 6G hyper-space communication technology that integrates terrestrial and satellite networks. As…
Astronomers discover one of the most massive binary stars in the galaxy
NGC 3603 is a starburst region located 22,000 light years away from the Sun, it’s the closest region of this kind known in our Galaxy Credit: ESO A research team…
Webb captures dusty wisps round a planet-forming disk
Webb’s view of planet-forming disc IRAS 04302+2247. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Villenave et al. For this new Picture of the Month feature, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope…
Is there life on Saturn’s moon? Where there’s water, there’s a chance
Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Credit: NASA At first glance, Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems rather unremarkable: it is much smaller than the Earth’s moon and is far away and completely covered in…
CDC scales back foodborne illness tracking
by I. Edwards Federal health officials have cut back a long-running program that tracks foodborne illnesses in the United States. The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, will…
Probability theorem gets quantum makeover after 250 years
What would Thomas Bayes think? In 1763, he proposed a new approach to calculate probabilities. An international team has now updated his ideas to deliver a quantum Bayes’ rule. Credit:…
