2024 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Tomonari Matsuo discusses his paper “Herbaceous species and dry forest species have more acquisitive leaf traits than woody species and wet forest species“, which has been…
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Organoid model integrates microglia to study inflammation in brain
Pink skies. Microglia (magenta) integrated into a retinal organoid. The cell nuclei of neurons are stained in blue. Credit: Schmied et al. / Journal of Neuroinflammation Organoids have revolutionized science…
Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
Having the freedom to choose your own health care provider is something many Americans take for granted. But the Supreme Court is weighing whether people who rely on Medicaid for…
Ultralight dark matter could explain early black hole formation
This is an artist’s illustration of a supermassive black hole that is inside the dust-shrouded core of a vigorously star-forming “starburst” galaxy. It will eventually become an extremely bright quasar…
Study finds nearly five-fold increase in hospitalizations for common cause of stroke
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood…
Scientists unveil new way to electrically control spin for ultra-compact devices using altermagnetic quantum materials
Electrical current flowing in an altermagnetic bilayer CrS can become spin-polarized using an external electric field, thus paving a way towards all-electrical spintronic devices for future computing technology. Credit: SUTD…
The Amazon rainforest emerges as the new global oil frontier
This article, published originally by InfoAmazonia, is part of the project Every Last Drop, produced with the support of the Global Commons Alliance, sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. The Amazon…
More caves discovered in Nottingham’s hidden subterranean world
Nottingham, nestled in England’s East Midlands, is famously known as the legendary home of Robin Hood. But beyond its folklore, the city also boasts the UK’s largest network of caves,…
