DNA evidence is offering rare insight into the hidden social lives of beluga whales beneath the Arctic ice. Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other whale species. That is why researchers have increasingly turned to genetics as a way to study […]
Month: January 2026
Mysterious Beluga Family Trees Uncovered Beneath the Arctic Ice
DNA evidence is offering rare insight into the hidden social lives of beluga whales beneath the Arctic ice. Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other whale species. That is why researchers have increasingly turned to genetics as a way to study […]
Mysterious Beluga Family Trees Uncovered Beneath the Arctic Ice
DNA evidence is offering rare insight into the hidden social lives of beluga whales beneath the Arctic ice. Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other whale species. That is why researchers have increasingly turned to genetics as a way to study […]
Mini Human Brains Reveal How the Brain Wires Itself
Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why they sometimes go awry. A team of researchers in Japan has recreated key human neural circuits in a laboratory setting by using […]
Radio Signals Reveal a Star’s Final Years Before a Violent Supernova
Astronomers have, for the first time, detected radio waves from an unusual type of exploding star. This achievement offers a rare glimpse into the final years of a massive star’s life before it ends in a dramatic supernova. The study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, focuses on a Type Ibn supernova. These events occur […]
Radio Signals Reveal a Star’s Final Years Before a Violent Supernova
Astronomers have, for the first time, detected radio waves from an unusual type of exploding star. This achievement offers a rare glimpse into the final years of a massive star’s life before it ends in a dramatic supernova. The study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, focuses on a Type Ibn supernova. These events occur […]
Radio Signals Reveal a Star’s Final Years Before a Violent Supernova
Astronomers have, for the first time, detected radio waves from an unusual type of exploding star. This achievement offers a rare glimpse into the final years of a massive star’s life before it ends in a dramatic supernova. The study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, focuses on a Type Ibn supernova. These events occur […]
AI Slashes Defect Simulations From Hours to Milliseconds
Scientists have developed an AI system that can rapidly predict complex defect patterns in liquid crystals, cutting simulation times from hours to milliseconds. The approach could transform how advanced materials are designed and tested. Many complex structures in the physical world take shape when symmetry breaks. As a system moves from a balanced, symmetrical state […]
The Immune Chain Reaction That Raises Colon Cancer Risk in IBD
A hidden immune cascade linking the gut and bone marrow may explain how IBD turns inflammation into colon cancer. Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine have identified a complex immune process in the gut that may help explain why people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) face a much higher risk of colorectal cancer. The preclinical study […]
The Immune Chain Reaction That Raises Colon Cancer Risk in IBD
A hidden immune cascade linking the gut and bone marrow may explain how IBD turns inflammation into colon cancer. Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine have identified a complex immune process in the gut that may help explain why people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) face a much higher risk of colorectal cancer. The preclinical study […]