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El Niño’s climate cycle shares 2.5–3-year and 11–13-year rhythms with Earth’s orbital asymmetries, but those patterns do not establish an orbital trigger. @FrontEarthSci https://t.co/w87OQlELxQ

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A human basal ganglia atlas maps gene regulation cell by cell, revealing distinct 3D DNA organization in neurons versus non-neuronal cells in this hub for learning, emotion and movement. @salkinstitute @cellpressnews @CellCellPress https://t.co/4zbKwq0rA4

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Euclid’s first major data release contains around 900 million galaxies, including some seen when the universe was just 5% of its current age. @unileidennews https://t.co/0eUjwSQooD

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First leukemia-driving mutations were estimated to arise before age 20 in two-thirds of 47 women who later developed acute myeloid leukemia—more than 50 years before diagnosis. @Cambridge_Uni @nature https://t.co/syuV9gQtiq

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Reconfigurable switches could hide chip-package wiring from X-ray reverse engineering by changing connections with a key, but the design has only been demonstrated at the schematic level. https://t.co/ZcNhIIBCdK

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A bacterium beneath sea pigs’ skin devotes over a quarter of its tiny genome to genes for surface-associated proteins, including giants whose functions remain unclear. https://t.co/pnjfD4vaR3

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Less regular sleep and wake times were linked to worse depression and anxiety across months of tracking—but the relationship could run both ways. @ucsf @SciReports https://t.co/6QGw53sbx7

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Twelve space dust grains point to an ancient heavy-oxygen water reservoir in the Kuiper belt, with mineral traces suggesting reactions between water and rock at low temperatures. @ScienceAdvances https://t.co/EZCQWparLt

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Five lifespan-extending treatments raised the same antioxidant in male mice: ergothioneine increased in both the brain and blood plasma, despite the treatments taking different routes. https://t.co/RzelgXB7ts

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A model explains how one energetic particle can destroy high-voltage electronics—a step that may help guide designs that better withstand radiation. @ncstate https://t.co/EphRcykvOq

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Microplastics were found in wild mammals’ blood more than 40 miles from human infrastructure in Brazil’s Pantanal, despite GPS records showing no direct exposure to human-modified landscapes. @nature https://t.co/NKJCeDstsG

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Different sites of cortical thinning in mild cognitive impairment may map to one shared memory network, despite varying from person to person. https://t.co/b1XlV95Nss

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Purple bacteria made CoQ10 from CO₂ at levels approaching those of some genetically engineered strains—but the lab tests used prepared feeds, not actual industrial waste. @EnvSciTech https://t.co/awiW0rSL9O

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The blood thinner dabigatran helped protect cartilage in mice and macaques with osteoarthritis, but it has not been tested in people with the disease. @sciencetm https://t.co/zXWwET5VHW

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Two flexible robots can find each other and connect on their own, using claws on trunk-like bodies—but the systems still need human pilots for now. @ColoradoStateU @NatMachIntell https://t.co/GYLVgliB2S

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A molecular brace was about 1,000 times more potent in prostate cancer cells than two separate inhibitors combined, trapping two cancer-driving proteins together in preclinical tests. @umich @nature https://t.co/SoFsSt2dh4

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Asteroid Dimorphos is now under inspection from just 15–18 miles away after a deliberate impact in 2022, with some debris that could still linger nearby. https://t.co/jQnOjYbxEt

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Network-patterned metamaterials withstand impacts better than ordered designs, with credit-card-sized samples showing how tiny beams of varying sizes can make materials more resilient. @MIT @nature https://t.co/NwxIgIWwXs

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A deep-sea mollusk houses hundreds to thousands of bacteria in tiny “dragon balls,” each wrapped in more than 20 membrane layers that may help manage scarce oxygen. @hkust @NatureComms https://t.co/J92lb3nOPM

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Nearly 3 in 4 couples with unexplained infertility had a baby within two years in a trial, with similar outcomes for starting IVF immediately or starting IUI and progressing to IVF if needed. @nejm https://t.co/hOInq2BDLH