Credit: AI-generated image Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are fascinating and mysterious states of matter that have intrigued scientists for decades. First proposed by Nobel laureate Philip Anderson in the 1970s,…
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Will the Endangered Species Act survive Trump?
Now that Donald Trump has reassumed the presidency of the United States, scientists and legal scholars are bracing for his potential dismantling of a host of the country’s most pivotal…
Specialized sponge can suck up stormwater pollution
The sponge, coated with nanoparticles that have an affinity for pollutants, can collect metals like zinc and copper, as well as phosphate, and in previous iterations has successfully pulled lead…
Gray matter study uncovers two neuroanatomically different OCD subtypes
A) Silhouette values for each number of subtypes. B) Gray matter morphological abnormalities of the identified subtypes. Credit: Translational Psychiatry (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41398-025-03226-5 Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental…
Generally, things really do seem better in the morning, large study suggests
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Generally, things really do seem better in the morning, with clear differences in self-reported mental health and well-being across the day, suggest the findings of a…
Hand axes found in Iraqi desert could date from 1.5 million-years-ago
In late 2024, archaeologists from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) conducted a fieldwork study of the Iraqi Western Desert to assess the potential of preserving archaeological sites with Lower and…
Experimental drug shows promise in reversing memory loss for early Alzheimer’s patients
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A paradigm-shifting study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows an experimental drug, GL-II-73, has the potential to restore memory and cognitive function…
SpaceX to launch water-hunting moon probe ‘Lunar Trailblazer’ on Feb. 26
LITTLETON, Colorado — A university-led lunar orbiter designed to pinpoint the location of ice or liquid water trapped in rocks on the moon’s surface is nearly ready for takeoff. The…
En route to Jupiter, Europa Clipper captures images of stars
An artist’s concept of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Three months after its launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency’s Europa Clipper has another 1.6 billion…
