Everything you need to know about insulin

Insulin can be a critical part of managing diabetes, but patients may not know all the ins and outs of using the medication effectively. Luckily, the American Diabetes Association (ADA)…

Exploring the fundamental reasoning abilities of LLMs

Comparative experiments that utilize a consistent task across different contexts, each emphasizing either deductive (i.e., methods (a) and (b)) or inductive reasoning (i.e., methods (c) and (d)). Credit: Cheng et…

Watching Salsa’s reentry live from the sky

The team needs a fixed time and a location to prepare the airborne observation experiment. A controlled reentry would make that a breeze, but Cluster was not designed with this…

Gaia spots possible moons around hundreds of asteroids

Previously, Gaia had explored asteroids known to have moons — so-called ‘binary asteroids’ — and confirmed that the telltale signs of these tiny moons show up in the telescope’s ultra-accurate astrometric…

Astronomers record new precision data to help unlock the mysteries of magnetar birth

A team of international astronomers using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), part of the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), have gathered the most precise and…

Buying smokes? Everyone under 30 now must show ID

A new, tougher rule on the sale of tobacco products will require retailers to check the IDs of any buyers under the age of 30, the U.S. Food and Drug…

Tau May Protect Brain Cells from Oxidative Damage

Summary: Researchers have discovered that the Tau protein, often linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, also has a protective role in the brain. Tau helps combat oxidative stress by aiding…

Dietary vitamin E may be protective against atopic dermatitis

Dietary intake of vitamin E may potentially lower the risk for atopic dermatitis, according to a study published online Aug. 9 in Skin Research & Technology. Siqing Wang, from the…

Roman military camp found on Swiss mountain

Archaeologists from the University of Basel, in collaboration with the Archaeological Service of Graubünden, have discovered a roman military camp in the Colm la Runga corridor. The researchers were investigating…

Verra axing of Shell’s rice-farming carbon credits in China fuels integrity fears

The carbon market standard found “serious” quality issues with the projects, prompting questions about their initial approval The axing of Shell’s carbon offsetting schemes linked to Chinese rice farming, announced…