No-burp syndrome: 20,000 people on Reddit’s “I can’t belch” subreddit spread the word of a Botox cure

In a video posted to Reddit this summer, Lucie Rosenthal’s face starts focused and uncertain, looking intently into the camera, before it happens. She releases a succinct, croak-like belch. Then, it’s…

SLAC celebrates 50 years of Nobel-winning discovery in particle physics

Webstory:  https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2024-11-20-slac-celebrates-50-years-nobel-winning-discovery-particle-physics   On Nov. 11, 1974, two research teams rocked the particle physics world when they announced they had independently discovered a new subatomic particle – the J/psi. The…

Major genetic defect linked to female infertility identified

Manhattan plots for female infertility. Credit: The American Journal of Human Genetics (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.10.018 Up to 15% of all couples suffer from infertility at some point in their lives.…

Plasma dynamic synthesis method produces carbide and carbonitride for industrial applications

Robotic inspection for steel bridge integrity

Social connections change our microbiomes, study of isolated villages suggests

The researchers mapped the social networks and collected microbiome data of residents of 18 remote villages in Honduras. Credit: Human Nature Lab at Yale Friends tend to share common interests,…

Chandra and Hubble tune into ‘flame-throwing’ Guitar Nebula

Outline of the guitar shape in the X-ray and optical image. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ./M. de Vries et al.; Optical: (Hubble) NASA/ESA/STScI and (Palomar) Hale Telescope/Palomar/CalTech; Illustrated outline: NASA/CXC/K. DiVona;…

Using matter waves, scientists unveil novel collective behaviors in quantum optics

Representation of an array of matter-wave emitters held in an optical lattice tube (atomic excitations in red, emitted matter waves in blue, and effective vacuum coupling in green), along with…

Extensive Jewish quarter uncovered at Phanagoria

Archaeologists excavating at Phanagoria have uncovered an extensive Jewish quarter following the 2023 discovery of an ancient synagogue. Phanagoria was an Ancient Greek city, founded on the Taman peninsula around…

Archaeologists find traces of Roman aquaduct that supplied water to Durnovaria

Archaeologists from Bournemouth University have uncovered traces of the Dorchester aqueduct, one of the longest Roman watercourses in Britain that supplied water to Durnovaria (Roman Dorchester). Most major population centres…