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Researchers have developed a new lithium-ion battery anode using a vertically integrated silicon–carbon nanotube (VISiCNT) design. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

A new published found that while AI vision models can predict brain activity, the brain cannot equally predict what’s happening inside the AI, revealing a key mismatch. nature.com/articles/s4225…

A large-scale study found that yeast don’t mate randomly, they show preferences that can boost offspring fitness. cell.com/cell-reports/f…

Researchers propose that the universe’s rapid early expansion (inflation) could arise naturally from a consistent theory of quantum gravity known as quadratic gravity. journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1…

Researchers have created the first lifespan brain atlas, mapping functional connectivity from newborns to people over 100 using resting-state fMRI data from 3,556 individuals. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Researchers have developed a new protocol to efficiently reconstruct the quantum states of large-scale quantum computers using matrix-product operators (MPOs). journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1…

A study of 609-million-year-old fossils from China’s Weng’an Biota suggests that two embryo-like forms, Megasphaera and Megaclonophycus, were likely not early animal embryos as previously thought. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/2…

Make new friends, but keep the old. A new photo captures the Moon's near side on the right (the side we see from Earth, identifiable by its dark splotches) and its far side on the left. The Artemis II crew are the first to see the far side with human eyes.

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Researchers have identified a previously unknown recessive neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the noncoding gene RNU2-2. The study estimates the condition may account for about 10% of known recessive NDD cases. nature.com/articles/s4158…

We're going farther than ever before 🚀 Today, the Artemis II crew will break the record for how far humans have traveled from Earth as they fly around the far side of the Moon. Coverage begins at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 UTC). Watch Artemis II make history: nasa.gov/ways-to-watch/

Music may play a bigger role in how we connect than we realize. A Yale study finds that listening to simple chord progressions during personal interactions increases brain activity linked to social connection, suggesting music may help us better understand and bond with one another. See what the research reveals about music and connection: bit.ly/4rCAvob

Physicists used to think that they would need a colossal quantum machine with billions of qubits to run Shor’s algorithm, which can factor huge numbers quickly. Two new announcements have dropped the estimate to just tens or hundreds of thousands of qubits. quantamagazine.org/new-advances-b…

MIT researchers have developed a lightweight polymer film that is nearly impenetrable to gas molecules, and could be used as a protective coating to slow the aging of packaged food and medicines. news.mit.edu/2025/new-light…

Nature research paper: Nanoscale transfer-printed full-colour ultrahigh-resolution quantum dot LEDs go.nature.com/4c53T0F

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A review of 15 studies found that improving gut health through diet, probiotics, or fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can boost memory and cognitive function, especially in early-stage decline. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A newly sequenced 110,000-year-old Neanderthal genome from Denisova Cave reveals that Neanderthals split into genetically distinct regional groups much earlier, and faster, than modern humans typically did. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Researchers have introduced a universal self-testing protocol that can verify any quantum state or measurement without inspecting a device’s inner workings. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Researchers have uncovered how graphene oxide selectively kills bacteria while remaining harmless to human cells. They found that oxygen groups on graphene oxide bind specifically to POPG. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…