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Sexual Enjoyment Following Childbirth Is Not Altered by Different Delivery Methods, Research Suggests

Sexual enjoyment in the years following childbirth is unaffected by the way in which the baby is delivered, according to new research.

Landmark Study Shows Consistent Approaches to Surgical Innovation Are Urgently Needed

A consistent approach to NHS policies on surgical innovation is urgently needed, a landmark study by University of Bristol researchers has shown.

The Soil Talks Back

Learning to decipher this language might help grow better crops or increase production of plant-based drugs

GORKY Protein Turns Bitter Tomatoes Sweet

A huge new database helps reveal tomato riddles and may facilitate the breeding of delicious, disease-resistant tomatoes

Creating the Cells That Can Be Everything and More

Removing a newly discovered “lock” from DNA’s packaging can restore limitless abilities to early cells

Desperate Cancer Cells

Desperate times call for desperate measures, says an ancient proverb, but whoever coined it surely could not have imagined that it would hold so true on such small scales.

Putting Liquid Biopsies on Solid Ground: Cancer Diagnosis from a Milliliter of Blood

If larger studies confirm the results of a Weizmann Institute innovation, diagnosing cancer may one day be as easy as taking blood

The Tiny Nanotube That Can

Adding to nanotubes' abilities: superconductors and solar cells

Turning Carbon Dioxide into Valuable Products

Assistant Professor Ariel Furst and her colleagues are looking to DNA to help guide the process.

Whole-genome sequencing technique helps identify, treat mitochondrial diseases

The mitochondria are organelles within the cells of all eukaryotic organisms that produce the energy to fuel the cells.

How the Brain Focuses on What’s in Mind

When holding information in mind, neural activity is more focused when and where there are bursts of gamma frequency rhythms.

Study Reveals How Environment and State Are Integrated to Control Behavior

A simple animal model shows how stimuli and states such as smells, stressors, and satiety converge in an olfactory neuron to guide food-seeking behavior.

Study: Astronomers Risk Misinterpreting Planetary Signals in JWST Data

Refining current opacity models will be key to unearthing details of exoplanet properties — and signs of life — in data from the powerful new telescope.

Biologists Glean Insight into Repetitive Protein Sequences

A computational analysis reveals that many repetitive sequences are shared across proteins and are similar in species from bacteria to humans.

Saturn’s Rings and Tilt Could Be the Product of an Ancient, Missing Moon

A “grazing encounter” may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn’s rings, a new study suggests.

Mining in Shallow Marine Areas Endangers Sustainability Goals

According to a study completed at the University of Helsinki, mining in shallow marine areas conflicts with international conservation and sustainability goals, bringing with it great environmental risks.

Record of Antarctic Ice Sheet Response to Climate Cycles Found in Rock Samples

The effects of global climate cycles on Southern Ocean temperatures drove cycles of melting and freezing in the East Antarctic Ice Sheet every few thousand years, according to a new study

University of Maryland research shows fruit flies acquiring new DNA from bacterial infection

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have published new research showing that a species of bacteria which infects fruit flies is capable of introducing parts of its genetic material into that of the fruit fly.

Saturn’s Rings and Tilt Could Be the Product of an Ancient, Missing Moon

A “grazing encounter” may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn’s rings, a new study suggests

Scientists urge financial sanctions for Meta, other tech companies that allow illegal wildlife sales

Illegal wildlife trade was estimated at $20 billion in 2021 and threatens thousands of species worldwide, scientists say. They note social media is the main marketplace for illegal sales of exotic animals and animal parts to provide consumers with pets, medicinal uses and decorations.