Breast cancer risk in younger women may be influenced by hormone therapy

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that two common types of hormone therapy may alter breast cancer risk in women before age…

Companies are racing to develop the first useful quantum computer—ultracold neutral atoms could be the key

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The race to build the first useful quantum computer is on and may revolutionize the world with brand new capabilities, from medicine to freight logistics. Tech…

Analytical model evaluates performance of grant-free communication in densely populated IoT environment

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Imagine a world where every smart device, from traffic sensors to wearable health monitors, can seamlessly communicate. This vision is at the heart of Massive Machine…

Ancient boomerang found in Polish cave stuns scientists

A study of a Palaeolithic boomerang found in Poland’s Obłazowa Cave has been dated to 42,000 years ago, making the discovery the oldest example in Europe and potentially the world.…

Left-Handed Creativity Myth Debunked – Neuroscience News

Summary: The long-standing belief that left-handed people are more creative has been challenged by a new meta-analysis of over a century of research. After reviewing nearly 1,000 studies, researchers found…

Widespread non-compliance found in loot box advertising disclosure rules in the UK and South Korea

Tiny RNA Mark Helps Explain Brain Wiring and Mental Disorders

Summary: New research reveals how a tiny chemical mark on RNA helps wire the brain during development. Scientists discovered that m6A methylation regulates the production of proteins essential for axon…

Brain Tracks Emotional Transitions Through Music

Summary: New research reveals how the brain navigates emotional transitions, using music as a tool to map changing neural patterns. Scientists found that emotional responses in the brain depend heavily…

People Prefer Human Empathy, Even When AI Says the Same Thing

Summary: A new study shows that people rate empathic responses as more supportive and emotionally satisfying when they believe they come from a human—even if the same response is AI-generated.…

Hubble captures an active galactic center

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth The light that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope collected to create this image reached the telescope after a journey of…