UK researchers have been awarded £1 million to develop snail-inspired soft robots that mimic slime locomotion to navigate the human body and provide non-invasive, precise drug delivery for colorectal cancer. www.labroots.com/trending/tec...

A government-funded study in Canada found that cannabis is significantly less harmful to both users and society than alcohol, tobacco, and opioids, ranking lowest in overall harm among several substances analyzed. www.labroots.com/trending/can...

“Fiber-optic sensing could dramatically expand our understanding of the Moon – its interior, lava tubes, landing sites, and water resources,” said Dr. Johan Robertsson. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“What our algorithm does is generate thousands of pairs of semi-realistic photos of what a building looks like on the top and from the ground,” said Dr. Rongjun Qin. www.labroots.com/trending/tec...

“RAVEN allows us to analyze enormous datasets consistently and objectively,” said Dr. David Armstrong. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

"WISPIT 2 gives us a critical laboratory not just to observe the formation of a single planet but an entire planetary system," said Dr. Christian Ginski. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

Research indicates that the modern loss of intestinal parasites may increase autoimmune risks, though the anti-inflammatory benefits of reintroducing them depend on a high-fiber diet to prevent the worms from becoming inactive. www.labroots.com/trending/mic...

Abigail Bohl: “We identified planets at the inner and outer edges of the habitable zone, as well as those with the highest eccentricities, to test our understanding of what it takes for a planet to be and remain habitable." www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

A study of all 50 states suggests that cannabis legalization is associated with a gradual and eventually rapid decline in certain crime rates, providing legislators with potential evidence of the policy's socioeconomic benefits. www.labroots.com/trending/can...

“Spin is a fossil record of how a planet formed,” said Dr. Chih-Chun “Dino” Hsu. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“We think that the planet has such a thick haze layer that is absorbing the wavelengths of light we looked at, so we can’t actually see the features underneath,” said Dr. Suvrath Mahadevan. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“This discovery suggests that the categories astronomers currently use to describe small planets may be too simple,” said Dr. Harrison Nicholls. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

David Dahlbüdding: “We discovered a clear connection between these distant moons and the early Earth, where high concentrations of hydrogen through asteroid impacts could have created the conditions for life.” www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“The star’s light output was nice and flat but starting in 2016 it had these three dips in brightness. And then, right around 2021, it went completely bonkers,” said Anastasios (Andy) Tzanidakis. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

Dr. Colin Wilson: “But there’s another side to it: the structure and contents of a planet’s atmosphere influence how radio signals travel through space.” www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

Dr. Sara Santos: “The research is about understanding the viability of growing crops on the moon. How do we transform this regolith into soil? What kinds of natural mechanisms can cause this conversion?” www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

Dr. Vishal Gajjar: “If a signal gets broadened by its own star’s environment, it can slip below our detection thresholds, even if it’s there, potentially helping explain some of the radio silence we’ve seen in technosignature searches.” www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

Research published in Current Biology reveals that plasmids can increase antibiotic tolerance by directing bacteria to form conjugation pili, which create dense, physically resilient cell clusters that are difficult for treatments to penetrate. www.labroots.com/trending/mic...

“These findings indicate the clinical potential of cannabinoids as a promising therapeutic alternative for managing TMD..." www.labroots.com/trending/can...

“Life might actually survive being ejected from one planet and moving to another,” said Dr. K.T. Ramesh. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“Not all of these satellites are known to have oceans, but we know that some do,” said Dr. Max Rudolph. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“It seems that there’s something very damaging in MGS-1 that can dissolve in water — maybe salts or some other compound,” said Dr. Corien Bakermans. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“By combining different feedstocks, like metal and ceramics, in the printing process, we found that the final material is really sensitive to the environment,” said Sizhe Xu. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“If you don’t know exactly how much emissions you have, then it’s really difficult to make effective policies or technologies or methods to reduce the emissions,” said Dr. Z. Jason Ren. www.labroots.com/trending/ear...

“The findings suggest that small design changes, such as adding a friendly avatar, can reduce mental fatigue and lead to more balanced decisions,” said Dr. Chandler Yu. www.labroots.com/trending/tec...

“The findings suggest that small design changes, such as adding a friendly avatar, can reduce mental fatigue and lead to more balanced decisions,” said Dr. Chandler Yu. www.labroots.com/trending/tec...

Dr. Carrie Cuttler: “Beef jerky was one of the No. 1 things intoxicated people gravitated toward, which I don’t understand. Honestly, I would have thought chocolate, chips, Rice Krispies treats—things like that.” www.labroots.com/trending/can...

“In lunar and Martian outposts, organic wastes will be key to generating healthy, productive soils,” said Harrison Coker. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

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“Our results show that even during Mars’ most recent volcanic period, magma systems beneath the surface remained active and complex,” said Dr. Bartosz Pieterek. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“Understanding the climate responses to natural forcings is essential for us to interpret anthropogenic climate change,” said Dr. Yaowei Li. www.labroots.com/trending/ear...

Dr. Olivier Mousis: “Our findings suggest that Jupiter’s moons did not form as chemically pristine worlds.” www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“This is the first time we've been able to see Uranus's upper atmosphere in three dimensions,” said Paola Tiranti. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

Most microbes aboard the International Space Station can extract valuable metals like palladium from meteorite material in microgravity, showing potential for sustainable space resource mining. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

Astronomers have found an Earth-sized exoplanet, HD 137010 b, orbiting a nearby Sun-like star but likely far too cold to be habitable. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

Dr. Ryan Cloutier: “We’ve seen this pattern: rocky inside, gaseous outside, across hundreds of planetary systems. But now, the discovery of a rocky planet in the outer part of a system forces us to rethink the timing and conditions under which rocky planets can form.”

“Since the Apollo era, we’ve known about the prevalence of lobate scarps throughout the lunar highlands, but this is the first time scientists have documented the widespread prevalence of similar features throughout the lunar mare,” said Dr. Cole Nypaver. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

Ultra-processed foods appear to significantly raise the risk of having a heart attack or stroke. www.labroots.com/trending/car...

Greater access to legal cannabis is associated with a significant drop in daily opioid use, suggesting that cannabis availability may reduce reliance on opioids for pain or other use. www.labroots.com/trending/can...

Dr. Craig Walton: “This makes searching for life on other planets a lot more specific. We should look for solar systems with stars that resemble our own Sun.” www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“Our results flip the script on how we have typically thought amino acids formed in asteroids,” said Dr. Allison Baczynski. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

"The available data allow us to confirm and measure only the portion of the cavity close to the skylight,” said Dr. Lorenzo Bruzzone. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“This is the first time such an extensive electromagnetic reach by Enceladus has been observed, proving that this small moon acts as a giant planetary-scale Alfvén wave generator,” said Dr. Thomas Chust. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“In the first study of its kind, we introduce the concept of having cannabis as harm reduction for alcohol," said Dr. Jessica Kruger. www.labroots.com/trending/can...

"These results add a vital new piece to the incomplete puzzle of how Mars has been losing its water over billions of years and shows that short but intense episodes can play a relevant role in the climate evolution of the Red Planet," said Dr. Shohei Aoki. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

"We know there's this constant heat that's being input into the solar wind, and we want to understand what mechanisms are actually leading to that heating," said Dr. Kristopher Klein. www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

“When the effect of perchlorate on just the bacteria is studied in isolation, it is a stressful factor,” said Swati Dubey. “But in the bricks, with the right ingredients in the mixture, perchlorate is helping.” www.labroots.com/trending/spa...

Cells can adapt to aging by remodeling their endoplasmic reticulum through ER-phagy, selectively degrading parts of this organelle as they age—a process that could potentially be targeted to influence age-related decline. www.labroots.com/trending/cel...