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Botulinum toxin–based nerve blocking in mice unlocks an embryonic-like skin repair program, enabling scarless regeneration with restoration of diverse skin cell types. doi.org/hbs927 medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-b…

New quantum control protocols can stretch, blur, or even invert the arrow of time in qubit systems, enabling energy extraction from measurements and novel routes to quantum state preparation. doi.org/hbs982 phys.org/news/2026-03-b…

Using earthquake-sensing fiber optics, scientists show intensive tilling and tractor compaction break soil’s capillary networks, reducing water infiltration and increasing erosion risk. doi.org/hbs6rv phys.org/news/2026-03-e…

Imbalanced gut microbes can amplify nitrate-driven E. coli metabolism, boosting indoxyl sulfate and worsening CKD in mice; blocking gut iNOS disrupted this harmful kidney–gut feedback loop. doi.org/hbs9c3 medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-i…

Airborne electromagnetic mapping beneath the Great Salt Lake reveals thick, deep freshwater-saturated sediments, suggesting a vast hidden reservoir with implications for water and dust management doi.org/hbs92f phys.org/news/2026-03-d…

Why some people control HIV after stopping therapy: specific immune cells and gene “locks” help keep the virus dormant. A common diabetes drug, metformin, may help mimic this effect. doi.org/hbtbs6 medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-p…

Newly identified 15,000-year-old clay beads from Natufian sites in the Levant show children and adults shaping unbaked clay as symbolic ornaments long before pottery or farming. doi.org/hbs24c phys.org/news/2026-03-c…

Perseverance has mapped a buried river delta 35 m beneath Mars’ Jezero Crater, extending evidence for ancient surface water and widening the window for past Martian habitability. doi.org/hbs59p phys.org/news/2026-03-d…

Smart hydrogel wound dressing releases antibiotics only in response to bacterial enzymes, accelerating healing, limiting drug exposure, and helping curb antibiotic resistance. doi.org/hbtbs5 medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-s…

Entanglement-enhanced quantum sensing protocol uses collective spin states in optical cavities to approach Heisenberg-limited precision, even under realistic environmental noise. doi.org/hbs9c5 phys.org/news/2026-03-e…

New AI tool SAIL lets robots learn from human demonstrations yet execute tasks up to 3–4x faster, maintaining precision and safety, bringing imitation learning closer to real-world deployment. doi.org/hbs6r2 techxplore.com/news/2026-03-s…

Feeling empty after finishing a long, immersive game now has a name: post-game depression. A new Post-Game Depression Scale offers the first tool to quantify this gamer distress. doi.org/hbs6rh medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-v…

Smarter showering, flushing and leak reporting could close England’s 5-billion-liter daily water gap—but only if utilities apply behavioral science, not just meters and messaging. phys.org/news/2026-03-s…

Python feeding biology points to pTOS, a gut-derived metabolite that curbs appetite and drives weight loss in obese mice, offering a potential new pathway for obesity therapies. doi.org/hbs78h medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-p…

A new pseudo-transverse thermoelectric generator uses dual-conductivity thin films to harvest body heat in a fully flat, flexible form, enabling battery-free power for wearable electronics. doi.org/hbs3wx techxplore.com/news/2026-03-w…

Battle damage on Pompeii’s northern walls matches a rapid‑fire polybolos catapult, indicating advanced repeating artillery was deployed during Sulla’s siege nearly a century before Vesuvius. doi.org/hbs6xd phys.org/news/2026-03-p…

New kidney stone trial shows that even with smart bottles, coaching, and incentives, sustaining very high fluid intake is difficult, pointing to a need for more individualized prevention strategies. doi.org/hbs73j medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-l…

ESA has re-established contact with the Proba‑3 coronagraph spacecraft, restoring a mission that enables extended artificial solar eclipses to study the Sun’s elusive outer corona. phys.org/news/2026-03-m…

SoulMate, an on-device LLM accelerator, learns a user’s speech style, preferences, and emotions in real time, enabling ultra-low-power, hyper-personalized AI with built-in data privacy. doi.org/hbs2b2 techxplore.com/news/2026-03-s…

X-ray micro-CT of a Korean fossil has identified Doolysaurus huhmini, a juvenile thescelosaurid and Korea’s first new dinosaur species in 15 years, preserved with skull and gastroliths. phys.org/news/2026-03-f…