r/science • u/nohup_me • 5h ago

Medicine Researchers created a chewing gum made from lablab beans —that naturally contain an antiviral trap protein (FRIL)—to neutralize two herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2) and two influenza A strains (H1N1 and H3N2)

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r/science • u/mvea • 13h ago

Psychology Americans have a dim view of their country’s future. The US media is biased towards bad news. People are pessimistic about the nation’s future after reading bad news, finds new study.

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r/science • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 7h ago

Health Scientists find age-related links between beverage choices and mental health risks. A large study has found that different types of beverages are linked to the likelihood of developing depression and anxiety disorders.

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r/science • u/mvea • 6h ago

Neuroscience Pandemic-era children show altered brain responses to facial expressions, with a reduced neural response to happy faces. One possible explanation is that happy expressions may have decreased during the pandemic, due to both mask-wearing and the emotional toll experienced by caregivers.

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r/science • u/mvea • 11h ago

Neuroscience Brain abnormalities seen in military members with blast exposure: Study challenges the idea that “invisible” injuries are harmless. Service members with more blast exposure had more severe symptoms—including memory problems, emotional difficulties and signs of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 12h ago

Health More than 4 in 5 Australian parents concerned about junk food marketing. Banning unhealthy food advertising on TV before 9pm and removing child-appealing marketing elements like cartoons from unhealthy food packaging are popular policies, supported by more than half of respondents

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r/science • u/Heavy-Bill-3996 • 3h ago

Health Sweetener saccharin shows surprise power against antibiotic resistance

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r/science • u/mvea • 1d ago

Psychology Democrats are more likely to trust their personal doctors and follow their doctors’ advice than Republicans, new research finds. The study found that Republicans and Democrats shared a trust in their doctors until 2020, when Democrats began to show more trust in their doctors than Republicans.

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r/science • u/calliope_kekule • 18h ago

Health A new study found COVID-19 infection significantly reduced sperm count, motility, and increased DNA fragmentation, potentially affecting male fertility.

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r/science • u/mvea • 23h ago

Social Science U.S. democracy appears to have weakened during the 21st century. This democratic backsliding damages favorable U.S. image among the global public, finds an international study of 12 countries.

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 12h ago

Biology Scientists have discovered how an Australian jumping spider's semi-hydraulics allows it to speed jump long distances with precision while experiencing g-forces higher than those of fighter pilots | Their insights might help robotics research.

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r/science • u/Potential_Being_7226 • 10h ago

Genetics Gene Linked to Autism Alters Face Perception in Dogs | Shank3 mutation reduces interest in human and canine faces in beagles.

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r/science • u/bluish1997 • 11h ago

Biology Bacteriophage Qβ virus like particle vaccines elicit protective antibodies against heroin and fentanyl

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 21h ago

Medicine A 180-year-old drug may be the fastest depression treatment ever discovered on mice | A new study shows that nitrous oxide may provide fast relief for those struggling with depression when traditional treatments fail.

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r/science • u/rustoo • 12h ago

Health Study: Dietary modifications may help individuals manage pain associated with endometriosis. The most popular involved reduction or elimination of specific items (eg, alcohol, gluten, dairy, caffeine) rather than specific diets, such as the low-FODMAP diet.

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r/science • u/uniofwarwick • 1d ago

Astronomy Astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system ~150 light years away. These two stars are on a collision course to explode as a type 1a supernova, appearing 10 times brighter than the moon in the night sky

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r/science • u/nohup_me • 1d ago

Psychology A study of more than 600,000 first-time mothers in Denmark found that those who started a hormonal contraceptive in the year after giving birth were almost 1.5-times more likely to develop depression compared to mothers not using a hormonal contraceptive

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 1d ago

Biology Iconic "rotting flesh" scented corpse flower in grave danger of dying out | 1,200 corpse flowers currently living in 111 gardens and other institutions around the world.

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r/science • u/mvea • 1d ago

Health Exercise as an anti-ageing intervention to avoid detrimental impact of mental fatigue - Retired people who habitually exercise are more able to fight the impacts of mental fatigue, and outperformed sedentary adults in physical and cognitive tests, new research suggests.

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r/science • u/Curiosity-0123 • 1d ago

Paleontology Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage

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r/science • u/Potential_Being_7226 • 1d ago

Social Science Gendered expectations extend to science communication: In scientific societies, women are shouldering the bulk of this work — often voluntarily — due to societal expectations and a sense of duty.

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r/science • u/theoriezz • 21h ago

Cancer Combination immunotherapy shrank a variety of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 1d ago

Environment Exposure to wildfire smoke linked with worsening mental health conditions. A 10 μg/m3 increase in wildfire-specific PM2.5 was linked to a higher number of visits, including for depression, anxiety, and other mood-affective disorders, for up to seven days post-exposure.

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r/science • u/RhiannaSmithSci • 1d ago

Biology Female hormones, estrogen and progesterone, regulate T cells to produce a natural opioid, offering insights for non-opioid pain treatments for chronic pain.

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r/science • u/fchung • 1d ago

Physics AEgIS transforms smartphone sensors into an antimatter camera of unprecedented resolution: « The AEgIS collaboration has repurposed smartphone camera sensors to create a detector capable of imaging antiproton annihilations in real time with unprecedented resolution. »

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