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The Last Barrier to "Assembling Life in Reality" Designed by AI — Sidewinder Breaks the DNA Synthesis Bottleneck

The research team at Caltech has developed a new method called "Sidewinder," which connects short DNA fragments (oligos) in the correct...

The Day the Lake Was Filled with Young Fish: How Pesticide Pollution Diminishes the Value of "Long-Lived Individuals"

Exposure to the common pesticide chlorpyrifos at "low concentrations over a long period" may accelerate cellular aging in fish and...

Is a Single Gene the "Culprit" Behind Alzheimer's? The True Meaning of "90%" Indicated by APOE

A new analysis led by UCL suggests that a common variant of the APOE gene (ε3/ε4) may "contribute" to many cases of Alzheimer's...

Conspiracy Theories Can't Be Defeated with "Facts" - When "Debunking" Backfires: Conditions for Effective Communication Against Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy theories are not just misinformation; they are tied to the sense of belonging and identity of those who believe in them, making them...

The Earth and the Moon are "exchanging materials"—Invisible transportation occurring during the full moon phase

The "volatile substances" such as nitrogen found in lunar soil (regolith) cannot be fully explained by the solar wind alone. A new study...

On cold mornings, birds don't sing — The reason why the mountain dawn becomes "quiet" has been discovered

In the high-altitude wetlands of Golden Gate Highlands National Park in South Africa, the dawn chorus start times of three species of warblers...

New Material Unveils Cancer Cells' "Camouflage": The Impact of Silica-Based Nano-Zigzags

A research team, including members from the Education University of Hong Kong, has developed silica-based nanostructures called "Nanozigzags...

Why a 40°C Shower Turns into Boiling Water and Ice Water: Mathematicians Solve the Problem of Cellular Noise

A study has been reported on making "biological noise"—a phenomenon where protein levels fluctuate among cells with the same gene,...

Folding, Unfolding, and Folding Again: The Complex Task of the "Simplest Animal"

One of the simplest animals, "Trichoplax," which lacks nerves and muscles, has been reported to fold its body (epithelial sheet) like...

Nature Changes Faster Than We Imagine - Transforming in Just a Few Years: What the Pandemic Revealed About "Nature with Humans/Nature without Humans"

The "Anthropause," a period of reduced human activity due to lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, brought unexpected changes to urban...

"Words That Feel Good Are Hard to Forget" - Is the "Texture of Sound" More Important Than Meaning? Insights from Pseudo-Word Experiments on the Conditions for Memorable Words

A research team from the University of Vienna created numerous pseudo-words that resemble English but have no meaning, and conducted an experiment...

Do Short Videos Really "Rot Your Brain"? For Those Who "Can't Watch a Movie to the End" ─ The Truth About Short-Form Content and the Brain

Continuous viewing of short videos has come to be described as causing "brain rot," and in 2024, "brain rot" was chosen as the...

"Stopping Pests with 'Bat Sounds'? New Agricultural Tech Uses Ultrasound to Prevent Moth Egg-Laying: The Power of Ultrasound Demonstrated by Chiba University"

A research team, including members from Chiba University, conducted experiments where they exposed moths to sounds mimicking bat echolocation...

Hope or a "Challenge to God" - Creating Human Eggs from Skin: The Impact on Infertility Treatment and the "Post-Family" Era

A research team, including members from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in the United States, has successfully created fertilizable...

From Baby Diapers to Sensors? A Future Vision Where Fungi Become Infrastructure

Globally, "fungi (mushrooms)" are being highlighted as potential key players in next-generation technology. In the UK, the...

Is consciousness a cheat ability exclusive to humans? The "Ancient Mind" hypothesis that extends from slugs to humans

The ZME Science article "Consciousness Could Be an Ancient Trait Evolved Millions of Years Ago, Not a Human Superpower" introduces recent...

Wisdom of Plants: The Remarkable Mechanism to Break Through Hard Soil Using Engineering Techniques

One of the issues affecting farmland worldwide is "soil compaction," where soil is compressed by heavy machinery or drought. This makes...

"Is it true that the universe is faster than light? A Simple Explanation of Why the Theory of Relativity Remains Intact"

The universe is expanding at a pace that exceeds the speed of light, but what is being violated is not the speed of objects, but rather the...

Is Cosmic Dust the Origin of Life? Stardust is Not Just Trash - Cosmic Dust Mass-Producing the Building Blocks of Life

An international research team from Heriot-Watt University has demonstrated through experiments that mineral dust drifting in space can act as a...

Activated carbon from water treatment plants as the "final disposal site"? No chemicals or high temperatures needed — The impact of new technology that "grinds away" PFAS

Clarkson University in the United States has reported a method for breaking down PFAS, often referred to as "forever chemicals," by...

The Magic of Snow: Why is Every Snowflake Unique? Knowing What Happens Inside the Clouds Makes Snowy Days a Bit More Enjoyable

In winter, social media is flooded with photos of snowy landscapes and the joy of "No school today!" alongside the lament of...

Is it really impossible to predict earthquakes? The "whispers" just before an earthquake captured by AI ─ Kyoto University's challenge to the "world a few seconds before"

A research team from Kyoto University has successfully detected precursor signals using machine learning in "laboratory earthquakes"...

Did insect wings originate from a "genetic circuit"? Why only insects conquered the skies: The "brinker circuit" that supported wing evolution

A team at the Francis Crick Institute has unveiled a "genetic circuit" that may have supported the evolution of insect wings. In the...

Quantum Teleportation Finally Succeeds with "Separate Light" — Achievements of the German Team Advance Quantum Repeater Development

A research team, including members from the University of Stuttgart, has achieved quantum teleportation between photons emitted from two distant...