Neuroscientist Soha Farboud of the Donders Institute at Radboud University has succeeded in adjusting activity in specific brain areas using a new technique. With ultrasonic brain stimulation, she was able to influence whether people chose to…
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Ultrasound gives the brain a nudge in the right direction
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Physicists develop new method to measure universe's expansion rate
We have known for several decades that the universe is expanding. Scientists use multiple techniques to measure the present-day expansion rate of the universe, known as the Hubble constant. These methods are internally consistent and based on the…
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Valved holding chambers vary significantly in the treatment of young children with respiratory distress
Under current budget pressures in social and health care services, even small but effective improvements matter in everyday practice. A new study shows that valved holding chambers (VHCs) used to deliver inhaled medication to children with acute…
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Astronomers Witness Unprecedented Cosmic Explosion Linked to a “Missing” Black Hole
A newly detected X-ray transient may reveal the first direct evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole consuming a white dwarf. A newly observed cosmic outburst is giving astronomers a rare glimpse into some of the most extreme processes in the…
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AI-powered platform accelerates discovery of new mRNA delivery materials
Integrating AI with advanced robotics to create self-driving labs (SDL) is a promising approach to tackling molecular discovery. A new SDL system, called LUMI-lab, combines large-scale molecular pretraining, active learning, and robotics, and has…
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Archaeologists uncover ancient fishing gear in Siberia
Archaeologists in Krasnoyarsk have uncovered fishing equipment dating back as far as 10,500 years, shedding new light on the technological sophistication of early inhabitants of Yenisei Siberia.
Specialists from the Museum of Archaeology and…
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Plant-based diets may aid symptoms of psoriasis
Consuming a greater proportion of nutrients from plant sources may aid management of psoriasis symptoms, according to a study published online Feb. 19 in the European Journal of Nutrition.
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CarGurus data breach affects 12.5 million accounts
Automotive marketplace CarGurus was the target of a data breach in which the names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers were stolen.
Have I Been Pwned, a data-breach notification site provided by…
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4812-4819: Back Into the Hollows
Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate student at York University, Toronto
Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 20, 2026
This has been a pretty routine week for Curiosity. As was mentioned last week, we’re now in the final phase of the…
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Dysregulation of the immune system differentiates depression and psychosis in young adulthood
In the early phases of depression and psychosis, patients often show altered inflammatory markers in the blood and structural changes in the gray matter of the brain. This was demonstrated in the international study entitled “Multivariate…
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