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Stellar views of some of the most spectacular sights in the universe

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 25/09/2024 - 21:00
These dazzling images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are from the upcoming book Cosmos: Explore the wonders of the universe, which has a foreword by astrophysicist Becky Smethurst
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Samantha Morton stars in dystopian docudrama 2073

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 25/09/2024 - 21:00
What if tech bros ruled the world, asks Asif Kapadia's 2073. This docudrama is captivating and disturbing, but lacks enough heft to stand out
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AIs get worse at answering simple questions as they get bigger

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 25/09/2024 - 19:00
Using more training data and computational power is meant to make AIs more reliable, but tests suggest large language models actually get less reliable as they grow
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Clinical, mechanistic, and therapeutic landscape of cutaneous fibrosis | Science Translational Medicine

Scientific and clinical advances have expanded our ability to understand, prevent, and treat diverse forms of skin fibrosis.
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Inhibition of heme-thiolate monooxygenase CYP1B1 prevents hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis by accumulating trehalose | Science Translational Medicine

Inhibition of CYP1B1 in HSCs and trehalose/lactotrehalose dosing show preclinical antifibrotic effects in male animals.
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Reduction of prolonged excitatory neuron swelling after spinal cord injury improves locomotor recovery in mice | Science Translational Medicine

Reducing excitatory neuron swelling improved locomotor functional recovery after spinal cord injury in mice.
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Spermidine metabolism regulates leukemia stem and progenitor cell function through KAT7 expression in patient-derived mouse models | Science Translational Medicine

Spermidine is essential for the function of leukemia stem and progenitor cells through the regulation of KAT7 expression.
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B cells drive neuropathic pain–related behaviors in mice through IgG–Fc gamma receptor signaling | Science Translational Medicine

Nerve injury promotes IgG secretion from B cells, activating Fc gamma receptors in the dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord, leading to pain in mice.
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Neutrophil extracellular traps protect the kidney from ascending infection and are required for a positive leukocyte dipstick test | Science Translational Medicine

Neutrophil extracellular traps are present in the urinary tract, help prevent ascending infection, and underlie positive urine dipsticks.
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Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 25/09/2024 - 01:00
Smart TVs from Samsung and LG take screenshots of what you are watching even when you are using them to display images from a connected laptop or video game console
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The astrophysicist who may be about to discover how the universe began

New Scientist - Space - Mon, 23/09/2024 - 19:00
Astronomer Jo Dunkley is planning to use the Simons Observatory to snare evidence for inflation, the theory that the universe expanded at incredible speed after its birth
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An AI can beat CAPTCHA tests 100 per cent of the time

New Scientist - Technology - Mon, 23/09/2024 - 09:00
CAPTCHA tests are supposed to distinguish humans from bots, but an AI system mastered the problem after training on thousands of images of road scenes
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Astronauts may need medical evacuation from one-third of moon missions

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 20/09/2024 - 19:18
Medically evacuating an astronaut from space is difficult and expensive, and a new model predicts that one in three long-duration moon missions may require it
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Bacteria on the space station are evolving for life in space

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 20/09/2024 - 09:00
Genetic analysis shows that microbes growing inside the International Space Station have adaptations for radiation and low gravity, and may pose a threat to astronauts
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We’ve just doubled the number of gravitational waves we can find

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 19/09/2024 - 22:00
Nearly imperceptible quantum flickers used to limit how precisely we could detect the way space-time ripples, but squeezing the laser light used in detectors overcomes this and doubles the number of gravitational waves we can see
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Astronomy Photographer of the Year showcases world's best space images

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 19/09/2024 - 18:29
See the world's best space images from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 award
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Strange binary star system has three Earth-sized exoplanets

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 19/09/2024 - 11:00
Exoplanets in binary star systems usually orbit both stars, but astronomers have now spotted three planets orbiting one or the other star in a pair
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Terminator is back, in a striking but flawed anime version

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 18/09/2024 - 21:00
We're trying to avert Judgment Day yet again – this time in an anime series for Netflix. But striking visuals can't make up for shortcomings in narrative and character development
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Current laws cannot protect civilians in space if something goes wrong

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 18/09/2024 - 21:00
As the space industry evolves, we need a new set of international regulations to decide who is responsible for safety, the number of satellites in space, and more
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Tiny nuclear-powered battery could work for decades in space or at sea

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 18/09/2024 - 20:05
A new design for a nuclear battery that generates electricity from the radioactive decay of americium is unprecedentedly efficient
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