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  • High-dose curcumin fails to produce lasting gut microbiome changes in IBD patients

    High-dose curcumin fails to produce lasting gut microbiome changes in IBD patients

    Even at pharmacological doses that flood the colon but barely enter the bloodstream, curcumin’s effects on the gut microbiome proved temporary, highlighting the remarkable resilience of the human microbial ecosystem.

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  • Chemists create complex DNA structures without hydrogen bonds

    No “sticky ends”? No problem. A new study by NYU chemists finds that DNA tiles can assemble into 3D structures without the sticky cohesion of hydrogen bonding. This finding, published in Nature Communications, turns a fundamental paradigm in the…

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  • Good samaritan or bad: Research supports a more nuanced view of international monetary fund reforms

    Good samaritan or bad: Research supports a more nuanced view of international monetary fund reforms

    In many countries, austerity is a hard sell. Loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can provide economic stabilization and financial support for developing countries—with conditions. Recipients typically need to restructure their…

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  • Engineering confidence to navigate uncertainty | MIT News

    Engineering confidence to navigate uncertainty | MIT News

    Flying on Mars — or any other world — is an extraordinary challenge. An autonomous spacecraft, operating millions of miles from pilots or engineers who could intervene on Earth, must be able to navigate unfamiliar and…

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  • Rare Fossil of Baby Dome-Headed Dinosaur Unearthed in Canada

    Rare Fossil of Baby Dome-Headed Dinosaur Unearthed in Canada

    For many years, the fossil record of pachycephalosaurs (dome-headed dinosaurs) has been dominated by fossilized skulls. The postcranial material of young pachycephalosaurs, by contrast, has remained almost entirely unknown. Paleontologists…

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  • Pentagon demands robotic cargo ships for coastal combat missions

    Pentagon demands robotic cargo ships for coastal combat missions

    The Pentagon is searching for a new way to move supplies through dangerous coastal waters.

    In a fresh solicitation, the Defense Innovation Unit is asking industry to build small, autonomous cargo vessels that can slip into contested areas…

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  • Are these killer whales cannibals? They probably don't think so themselves

    Are these killer whales cannibals? They probably don't think so themselves

    In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia’s Pacific coast: a severed killer whale fin marked with the teeth of another killer whale. In 2024, it happened again. The two finds were two kilometers…

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  • Single dose of non-prescribed Adderall raises blood pressure and heart rate in healthy young adults, finds study

    Single dose of non-prescribed Adderall raises blood pressure and heart rate in healthy young adults, finds study

    A Mayo Clinic study found that a single 25 mg dose of a combination of amphetamine-dextroamphetamine salts (Adderall) can have measurable cardiovascular effects in healthy young adults. The study aimed to better understand how the stimulant…

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  • Tardigrades Reveal Risks and Rewards of Martian Regolith

    Tardigrades Reveal Risks and Rewards of Martian Regolith

    How can Martian regolith (often mistakenly called “soil”) be used to benefit human exploration? This is what a recent study published in the International Journal of Astrobiology hopes to address as a team…

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