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Lateral force microscopy reveals subsurface atomic vacancies in MoS₂, overturning a long-held assumption By Marie, science journalist for 1ban.news For decades, lateral force microscopy (LFM), a scanning probe technique that measures frictional forces at the nanoscale, was thought to be sensitive only to the very topmost atomic layer. Subsurface features, it was assumed, were invisible […]

AI neural network ranks structural descriptors for supercooled water, identifies top performers By Marie Water in its supercooled state, liquid below the freezing point, is one of the most studied and least understood substances in physics. At low temperatures, it is thought to exist in two distinct liquid forms: a low-density liquid (LDL) with an […]

CRISPR screen on aneuploid chromosomes reveals 90 breast cancer driver genes, most previously unknown For decades, cancer geneticists have known that aneuploidy, the gain or loss of entire chromosome arms, is nearly universal in cancer. But whether the specific genes on those arms are driving the disease, or simply coming along for the ride, has […]

Meningitis vaccine fails to prevent gonorrhea in rigorous randomized trial A well-designed hope has been put to rest. The meningococcal B vaccine 4CMenB (Bexsero), which observational studies had suggested could offer 30–40% protection against gonorrhea, has shown zero efficacy in the first large-scale randomized controlled trial designed specifically to test that question. The results, published […]

Springer Nature restores Max Planck’s mysteriously retracted papers, citing ‘human error’ More than a decade after two 1940s papers by Max Planck, the founder of quantum theory and 1918 Nobel laureate in physics, were quietly removed from the scientific record by Springer Nature, the publisher has reversed course. On July 6, the papers were reinstated […]

The oral GLP-1 race has a new front-runner. Eli Lilly’s orforglipron — a once-daily, non-peptide, small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist — has outperformed oral semaglutide in a head-to-head Phase III trial, achieving significantly greater reductions in both blood sugar and body weight. The ACHIEVE-3 trial (NCT06045221), published in The Lancet and presented at a major diabetes […]

The human eye can see in a dimly lit room and, moments later, look directly at a bright sky — a photodetection range of more than 160 decibels. Conventional cameras and machine vision systems require complex circuitry, algorithms, and power to approach even a fraction of that range. A team at the University of Electronic […]

Histamine is best known as the chemical that makes your eyes water and your nose run during allergy season. But a new study from the University of Oxford suggests it plays an unexpected and fundamental role in human memory — and that a drug which raises histamine levels in the brain can improve how well […]

What happens inside your brain when you go from knowing the rules of chess to playing at a master level? The question extends far beyond the 64 squares, it gets at the fundamental neuroscience of expertise itself. A team at KU Leuven led by Andrea I. Costantino and Hans Op de Beeck has taken a […]

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