#scientific-research

#scientific-research

"Coffee has well-known health-promoting properties. What we've shown is that some of those effects may be linked to how coffee compounds interact with this receptor, which is involved in protecting the body from stress-induced damage."

Antarctica is one of the most successful models of peaceful governance and international cooperation. If we don't actively work to build peace, what naturally arises is tension and conflict.

"If you would ask a regular person, do you think fish can climb falls, most of them will tell you: you are crazy. Well, it exists, it is out there."

Coles' brain was preserved with a slurry of 'cryoprotective' chemicals, and despite expectations of damage, the tissue structure survived with relative vigor.

Researchers have found that humans and animals have remarkably similar tastes. The team, from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, wanted to know whether the features that make certain animal calls irresistible to females of the species would also be music to our human ears.

For a long time, scientists believed that it would be impossible for a cat in free fall to turn over. That's why French physiologist Etienne-Jules Marey's 1894 high-speed photographs of a falling cat landing on its feet proved so shocking to Marey's peers. But Gbur has emphasized that cats are living creatures, not idealized rigid bodies, so the motion is more complicated than one might think.

The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm.

A new report from OpenAI and a group of outside scientists shows how GPT-5, the company's latest AI large language model (LLM), can help with research from black holes to cancerfighting cells to math puzzles. Each chapter in the paper offers case studies: a mathematician or a physicist stuck in a quandary, a doctor trying to confirm a lab result. They all ask GPT-5 for help. Sometimes the LLM gets things wrong.

The shutdown of the US government, about to enter its third week, is starting to take a toll on US science. Since the shutdown began, the administration of US President Donald Trump has cancelled funding for clean-energy research projects and laid off public-health workers. The activities of some federally funded museums and laboratories have been suspended, along with the processing of grant applications by agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Spreadsheets are broadly accessible but can cause headaches for the unwary, as errors may arise from accidental overwrites or incorrect calculations.

In a letter to Lord Patrick Vallance, Dame Chinyelu Onwurah expressed disappointment that the Global Talent Fund overlooks institutions in Northern England, excluding them from significant funding.

On the morning of 6 August 1945, in Hiroshima, Japan, a flash of light enveloped the sky so brightly that a 13-year-old boy, Oiwa Kohei, thought the Sun had fallen to Earth and landed in his mother's flower beds.

The Spanish government has pitched to bring the Thirty Meter Telescope to La Palma, pledging €400 million to support the project as the US halts funding.

"Isambard-AI places Bristol at the centre of the AI revolution, spearheading AI innovation and scientific discovery in important areas such as drug discovery and climate research."

"The NIH policy has been welcomed by open-access (OA) advocates, and reflects a global shift towards making publicly funded research freely available."

The communities of bacteria, archaea, viruses, and fungi in our digestive tracts have a huge impact on our overall health, influencing digestion and nutrient absorption.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics, hundreds of researchers gathered on Heligoland, the site where Heisenberg developed his groundbreaking theory in 1925.

Writing at Nature, Humberto Basilio examined the study with an eye towards seeing where it fits with the ongoing discussion over taurine's health benefits.

The proposed 2026 budget suggests nearly 40% cuts to the National Institutes of Health and over 50% to the National Science Foundation, deeply affecting US scientific research.

The phenomenon of milky seas, vast glowing patches in the ocean, has captivated sailors for centuries, yet little scientific understanding existed until recently.

Both Einstein and Randall were almost the same age when they developed their theories – 36 and 37, respectively.

President Donald Trump's science adviser and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy believes the recent, seismic cuts to federal research funding offer "a moment of clarity" for the scientific community to rethink its priorities, including the government's role in supporting research.

Cuts to international aid ordered by Donald Trump have caused many African HIV researchers to fear for the future of long-term research programmes.

The US National Science Foundation has paused its policy that sought to impose a 15% cap on research overhead payments, addressing concerns from universities.