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Gut Immune Cells Migrate to Brain to Fight Repeat Infections

A mouse study published in Nature Neuroscience reveals that gut immune cells travel to the brain's meninges to store memory of past infections.

SCIENCE2 min readNature

NIH Plans Vaccine Harm Research Center, Science Reports

Science reports that a new National Institutes of Health research center focused on vaccine harms is taking shape.

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Machine Learning Identifies Two Heart Failure Subtypes

A multimodal machine learning model separated heart failure patients into two biological subgroups with differing risks of adverse outcomes.

Integrated Quantum Frequency Processor Built on Silicon Chip

Researchers have fabricated a monolithic silicon quantum frequency processor integrating state generation, phase modulation, and pulse shaping on a single chip.

SCIENCE2 min readNature Energy

Unified Distillation and Electrolysis System Uses Seawater

A unified system couples alkaline water electrolysis and vacuum distillation to co-produce hydrogen and fresh water at a 250 kW scale.

SCIENCE2 min readNature Energy

Hydrogen Pipeline Costs Vary Widely Across Regions

Research published in Nature Energy shows hydrogen pipeline transport costs can vary by a factor of three due to geography and politics.

Webb Finds Brown Dwarfs Twice the Mass of Jupiter

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope identified record-low-mass brown dwarfs and signs of planet-forming discs in star cluster IC 348.

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Cryo-EM Study Uncovers Steric Control in GPR84 Signaling Bias

Researchers use cryo-EM and simulations to reveal how ligand steric clashes control biased signaling in GPR84.

Electrolysis Cuts Dilute CO2 Formic Acid Costs to $0.47 per Kg

Interfacial engineering allows direct electrolysis of dilute carbon dioxide streams containing 5% to 15% CO2 at lower costs than pure gas.

Neurexin-T178-PTPR Complex Discovered in Brain Synapses

Researchers mapped native synaptic protein networks in the mouse brain, identifying a tripartite core-module that links Neurexins, LAR-PTPRs, and tetraspanin T178B.

Mexican Genome Study Identifies 3 Million New Variants

Whole genome sequencing of oriGen volunteers revealed over 47 million variants, novel pharmacogenomic markers, and historical admixture signals in Mexico.

Microscopy Tracks Nitrate Reduction at Single-Particle Scale

Researchers used operando electrochemiluminescence to image intermediate reaction steps and particle kinetics during electrocatalytic nitrate reduction.

Human Takeover Data Improves Self-Driving Cars in New Study

A continual learning method allows autonomous vehicles to incrementally learn from human interventions without requiring complete retraining from scratch.

Divergent Bat Betacoronavirus Identified in Brazil

Researchers sequenced a novel betacoronavirus in a Brazilian bat featuring a functional furin cleavage site similar to SARS-CoV-2.

NIH Awards $21M for Sex-Specific Hormone Modeling

The Computational Modeling of Hormone Homeostasis Initiative funds AI, multiscale models, and digital twins to assess sex-specific drug responses.

SCIENCE2 min readNIH

Pharma Vault Data Boosts AI Protein Predictions in New Study

A drugmaker consortium fine-tuned an open-source protein model on 20,167 private structures, sharply improving predictions over public baselines.

SCIENCE2 min readNature

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Excitons Drive Persistent Spin Dynamics in CrSBr

Ohio State researchers found photoexcited excitons in CrSBr act as a spin torque source, driving nonlinear magnon dynamics that persist after light pulses.

NASA Awards $7M for Space Crops and Astronaut Health Studies

NASA selected 12 research teams to study off-planet food production and astronaut health under a $7 million space biology program.

SCIENCE2 min readNASA

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Chemotherapy-Induced Senescence Boosts Immune Response in AML

Researchers found that cytarabine triggers senescence in a subset of leukemia samples, boosting antigen presentation through reduced PRC2 activity.