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Ants struggle to protect host plants under rising temperatures – Sciworthy Scientists found that ants under heat stress were less active, which left their host acacia plants vulnerable to herbivores and other environmental threats.

Researchers from George Washington University examined how exposure to direct sunlight and experimentally increased temperatures affect the behavior of tree-dwelling tropical ants.
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A humane genomics curriculum to help curb racism – Sciworthy Scientists developed a new genetics curriculum that emphasizes how environmental factors and social interactions contribute to differences among humans.

Researchers showed that how we teach genetics to biology students in the US can impact their beliefs and knowledge about race.
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Turning carbon dioxide into fuel with nanostructures – Sciworthy Scientists designed an electrocatalyst infused with bismuth metal that helps recycle carbon dioxide into formate.

Researchers at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals demonstrated that a specialized zinc-based electrocatalyst could efficiently convert carbon dioxide into the liquid fuel formate.
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Building a ready-made cancer data library – Sciworthy Researchers built a cancer database combining 4 types of molecular data across 32 cancer types to enable consistent use of machine learning in cancer research.

Scientists in Japan and the USA created a database, called MLOmics, that compiles genetic and molecular data from more than 8,000 cancer patients and is specifically designed for machine learning applications.
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How do cells merge? – Sciworthy Researchers imaged previously unseen structures that help cell membranes merge without spilling their contents.

Scientists have long proposed that cell membranes undergo a short-lived intermediate state when they merge, but none had previously been able to directly visualize it inside intact cells. Until now...
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A halo of dark matter surrounding our Galaxy – Sciworthy Researchers studied the motions of stars in the outer regions of the Milky Way Galaxy and found that the gravitational field of a long, tilted cloud of dark matter is pulling on them.

Researchers at University College London modeled stars in the outer regions of the Milky Way and found that a long, tilted dark-matter cloud surrounds the galaxy.
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New drug prevents long-term muscle weakness after sepsis – Sciworthy Researchers showed that treating mice with a mitochondria-protecting drug during early sepsis can preserve their muscle strength over time.

Researchers from the University of Kentucky tested a new drug on mice that protected their mitochondria and helped them grow stronger after sepsis.
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Scientists probe plant-based soil cleanup – Sciworthy Researchers tested plant-based soil remediation and found that adding beneficial microbes to copper-contaminated soil improved growth.

Sunflowers + biochar + beneficial microbes = bioremediation of copper-contaminated soils! 🎉
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Could we find DNA on Mars? – Sciworthy Scientists identified microbes from rock samples exposed to radiation levels equivalent to 136 million years on the Martian surface.

Researchers from Spain demonstrated that identifiable DNA fragments could persist in Martian lake sediments for over 100 million years. New article by @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social!
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A complete DNA map to better detect cancer-causing changes – Sciworthy Researchers used a complete map of the human genome to better detect large DNA changes associated with cancer.

Scientists in Canada and the USA demonstrated that comparing patients' DNA sequences with the complete human genome can help them detect structural variants in cancer more accurately than the standard reference genome.
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What lies between the stars? – Sciworthy Astronomers found that regions of space with more heavy elements are cooler and form fewer stars than regions with less heavy elements.

Astronomers from Germany simulated the complex collection of material between stars, known as the multiphase interstellar medium 💫
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Explaining breast cancer predictions from machine learning – Sciworthy Researchers applied statistical analyses to identify how machine learning models make breast cancer predictions.

Machine learning can search for patterns in large genetic datasets to identify cancer, but its methods are difficult for clinicians to discern. Researchers recently used statistics to clarify how these models make breast cancer predictions.
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How the brain recognizes blocked objects – Sciworthy Researchers conducted a series of experiments with mice to determine how their brains fill in missing visual information.

Researchers at Berkeley studied how neurons in mice’s brains fill in missing visual information, a process called "sensory inference."
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Has Earth received any radio signals from aliens? – Sciworthy Scientists with the SETI@home project analyzed 14 years of radio wave data collected by the Arecibo Telescope and identified 92 signals that warrant further investigation.

Scientists affiliated with the SETI@home project identified 92 incoming radio signals that could potentially be from alien technology. The 4th in our series of articles for IAUS 404: Advancing the Search for Technosignatures!
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“Radical mundanity” could explain why we haven’t met aliens – Sciworthy An astronomer recently argued that if aliens are similar to humans, they may face logistical limitations that prevent them from contacting Earth.

Where are all the aliens? One researcher argued that alien civilizations could be too technologically limited to make contact with humans. The 3rd in our series of articles for IAUS 404: Advancing the Search for Technosignatures!
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Are aliens receiving radio signals from Earth? – Sciworthy Scientists calculated the maximum distance at which extraterrestrials could detect radio signals from Earth.

Astronomers calculated that extraterrestrials with modern human-level technology could detect radio signals from Earth from up to 100 trillion miles away. The second in our series of articles for IAUS 404: Advancing the Search for Technosignatures!
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These gases could signify intelligent life beyond Earth – Sciworthy Astronomers proposed new industrial gases that could provide measurable signs of advanced technology on distant exoplanets.

Scientists led by Sara Seager at MIT proposed the industrial gases nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) as ideal technosignatures to search for intelligent life on distant planets.
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JWST reveals properties of dusty star-forming galaxies – Sciworthy Astronomers used new JWST data to unravel the structures of 22 dusty star-forming galaxies that previous telescopes couldn’t see.

Scientists used high-resolution data from JWST to discern the internal properties of distant star-forming galaxies.
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The European ant that clones another species – Sciworthy European ant queens can lay eggs of a different species to mate with them and create a separate set of workers.

Researchers from France demonstrated that one species of ants, Messor ibericus, can naturally produce offspring of another species, challenging scientists’ assumptions about reproductive biology.
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New packaging can warn you when meat has spoiled – Sciworthy Scientists designed color-changing carbon dot biosensors that can detect spoiled meat in sealed packages in real-time.

Researchers from China developed color-shifting carbon nanodots that detect spoiled food. When incorporated into food packaging, these sensors enable contactless real-time assessment of meat freshness using only UV light and a smartphone.
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Hidden bacteria dominate Earth’s deep soils – Sciworthy Scientists showed that an understudied bacterium is widespread in deep soils worldwide and adapted to life with very little energy.

Researchers from China and the US found a phylum of bacteria, CSP1-3, with genes for a streamlined metabolism and low-energy survival that are adapted to life in deep, nutrient-poor soils.
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Finding cancer cells in a cocktail of complex tissues – Sciworthy Scientists used technology similar to ChatGPT to develop a tool that can differentiate between the DNA of cancer cells and healthy cells in a patient’s tissue samples.

Researchers from Germany developed a new AI tool, MethylBERT, that can identify cancer DNA in data from any sequencing platform.
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Jellyfish from NOAA Ocean Exploration & Research is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Scientists have shown that adding easily digestible carbon to soils increases microbes’ appetite for other, more difficult-to-degrade stuff. But does the same hold for microbes in the deep sea?
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Editing genes to fight prion disease – Sciworthy Scientists used a newly developed gene-editing technique to create RNA strands that block the production of misfolded proteins.

Researchers from Harvard used CRISPR to fix faulty RNA, correcting protein mistakes that cause fatal diseases.
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Unzipping bamboo to make better plastics – Sciworthy Scientists developed a recyclable plastic from bamboo that is stronger and more biodegradable than conventional petroleum-based products.

Scientists from China have developed a new bamboo-based bioplastic using a scalable and sustainable manufacturing process.
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Dental floss delivers vaccines through the gums – Sciworthy Scientists triggered a strong immune response in mice by using vaccine-coated dental floss to access their leaky gums.

What if you could get a flu vaccine without any needles? Researchers recently discovered a solution to this question in the form of dental floss.
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Gases power diverse microbial life in caves – Sciworthy Researchers found that cave-dwelling microbes use atmospheric trace gases like methane and carbon monoxide as sources of energy and carbon.

Researchers from Australia have shown that atmospheric trace gases are crucial energy sources for cave-dwelling microbes, supporting a diverse microbial population.
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Scientists at Columbia University designed a new method to fight cancerous tumors using a combination of bacteria and viruses.
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