The Antarctic water puzzle - how flooding contributes to ice melt

Environment - May 12
Environment

Hidden beneath the Antarctic ice lies a system of lakes and watercourses. An research team, including researchers, has for the first time directly observed the subglacial streams of West Antarctica. Their study shows how individual flood events influence the melting of the ice.

Environment - May 12

Climate plans cities often inconsistent

A new study reveals that nearly 70% of climate adaptation plans in European cities contain significant inconsistencies, severely limiting their effectiveness in addressing rising climate risks. "As Europe warms twice as fast as other continents, this 'adaptation gap' poses growing threats to the 75% of Europeans who live in cities", says UT researcher and lead author Diana Reckien.

’Ocean’ of water found deep underground on Mars

Astronomy & Space

An ANU expert has found new clues that point to a secret reservoir of water deep beneath the surface of Mars.

Life Sciences - May 12

Understanding which proteins work together

Life Sciences

Teamwork is crucial for proteins. Little is known, however, about which protein teams are actually active in which tissues. A new large-scale study by systems biologists at ETH Zurich is now redrawing the map.

Scientists take stand against back pain unveiling functional bioprinted spinal discs

University of Manchester scientists have successfully pioneered a way to create functioning human spinal discs, aiming to revolutionise our understanding of back pain and disc degeneration in a leap for medical science.

Health - May 9

How disrupted cell processes promote cancer

Researchers at the University of Bern, together with scientists from Stanford University and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), have discovered a new cellular mechanism that controls the stability of messenger RNA (mRNA) in cells. When this mechanism is disrupted, tumors can grow more quickly. The findings open new possibilities for cancer therapy.

Universe decays faster than thought, but still takes a long time

The universe is decaying much faster than thought. This is shown by calculations of three scientists at Radboud University on the so-called Hawking radiation. They calculate that the last stellar remnants take about 10^78 years (a 1 with 78 zeros) to perish. That is much shorter than the previously postulated 10^1100 years (a 1 with 1100 zeros). The researchers publish their findings, with a wink and dead-seriously, in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.

Life Sciences - May 12

Research group inves­ti­gates gene muta­tions respon­si­ble for rare dis­eases

Life Sciences

Voltage-gated calcium channels are associated with numerous diseases. A new research group led by Nadine Ortner from the Institute of Pharmacy at the University of Innsbruck is now focusing on gene mutations that impair the function of a specific channel subtype known as CaV1.

Life Sciences - May 12

A step towards understanding machine intelligence the human way

Life Sciences

Researchers have discovered key 'units' in large AI models that seem to be important for language, mirroring the brain's language system. When these specific units were turned off, the models got much worse at language tasks.

New insights into the energy balance of nerve cells in the brain

Life Sciences

A research team at the Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology at Leipzig University has shown for the first time how the energy content of individual nerve cells in the brain changes during so-called depolarization waves, waves of activity that occur in various brain diseases. The results provide an important basis for understanding the energy metabolism in the event of an acute lack of blood flow, such as occurs in strokes.

Early galaxies contribute to the ’afterglow’ of the universe

Astronomy & Space

Data from the University of Bonn call into question the standard model of cosmology. The "afterglow" of the universe is an important piece of evidence for the Big Bang.

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