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Communication between body muscle and the brain influences fertility, study finds

A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female fertility, according to a new study.

۲ݮƵ University researchers found that a protein produced in the muscles helps manage the release of a hormone made in the pea-sized gland attached to the base of the brain.

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Published: 5 Feb 2025

When using music to alleviate pain, tempo matters

Music has the best chance of providing pain relief when it is played at our natural rhythm, a ۲ݮƵ University research team has discovered.

This suggests it may be possible to reduce a patient’s level of pain by using technology to take a piece of music someone likes and adjust the tempo to match their internal rhythm, the researchers said.

Published: 3 Feb 2025

Remote sensing tools yield insights into abandoned pre-Columbian Mexican city

A ۲ݮƵ University researcher has discovered that Guiengola, a 15th century Zapotec site in southern Oaxaca, Mexico, which had been thought to be simply a fortress where soldiers were garrisoned, was in fact a sprawling, fortified city.

Published: 29 Jan 2025

‘Last Ice Area’ in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought 

The Arctic’s “Last Ice Area” (LIA) — a vital habitat for ice-dependent species — might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, which is expected to occur sometime around mid-century, a new study by ۲ݮƵ University researchers using a high-resolution model has found.  

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Published: 27 Jan 2025

What drives mood swings in bipolar disorder? Study points to a second brain clock

A brain rhythm working in tandem with the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle may explain why bipolar patients alternate between mania and depression, according to new research.

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Published: 27 Jan 2025

Dead galaxies, live signals: Astronomers uncover a fast radio burst’s surprising location

Astronomers studying the origins of enigmatic fast radio bursts (FRBs) have made a groundbreaking discovery that could transform our understanding of the universe’s most powerful and mysterious signals. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment Fast Radio Burst (CHIME/FRB) collaboration has pinpointed the location on the sky of a repeating FRB, known as FRB 20240209A, outside a dead galaxy, a finding unprecedented in FRB science.

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Published: 21 Jan 2025

Shape-shifting materials are made more versatile

Finding new angles on an old artform, ۲ݮƵ researchers have increased the number of stable shapes that kirigami-based engineered materials can take, opening the way to a range of new applications.

Published: 17 Jan 2025

Child undernutrition may be contributing to global measles outbreaks, researchers find

Amid a global surge in measles cases, new research suggests that undernutrition may be exacerbating outbreaks in areas suffering from food insecurity.

A study involving over 600 fully vaccinated children in South Africa found those who were undernourished had substantially lower levels of antibodies against measles.

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Published: 16 Jan 2025

Clouds have a surprising effect on surface warming, ۲ݮƵ climate researchers find

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Published: 15 Jan 2025

AI innovation unlocks non-surgical way to detect brain cancer spread

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model to detect the spread of metastatic brain cancer using MRI scans, offering insights into patients’ cancer without aggressive surgery.

Published: 14 Jan 2025

Apex predators in prehistoric Colombian oceans would have snacked on killer whales today: ۲ݮƵ study  

Predators at the top of a marine food chain 130 million years ago ruled with more power than any modern species, ۲ݮƵ research into a marine ecosystem from the Cretaceous period revealed. 

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Published: 13 Jan 2025

Integrating historic data stands to improve climate models in the Global South

An international team led by ۲ݮƵ University researchers has devised a way to improve the accuracy of climate change models for the Global South by integrating historical records kept by missionaries and other visitors.

Published: 7 Jan 2025

Researchers link mysterious cosmic signals to collapsed stars 

An international team of scientists led by ۲ݮƵ University researchers has provided the clearest evidence yet that some fast radio bursts (FRBs) — enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio waves from space — originate from neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of massive stars that have exploded in a supernova. This finding, based on an analysis of the radio signal of a single FRB, advances our understanding of one of the universe’s most perplexing phenomena. 

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Published: 2 Jan 2025

Study links alcohol consumption to more severe nut allergy reaction

Findings of a new study into severe allergic reactions offer a sobering warning to people allergic to tree nuts and, more broadly, could lead to quicker diagnoses in emergency care for people with all anaphylactic allergies.

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Published: 19 Dec 2024

New drug shows promise against Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A novel drug holds promise for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disorder that causes severe muscle degeneration.

۲ݮƵ University researchers have discovered that an experimental compound called K884 can boost the natural repair abilities of muscle stem cells. Current treatments can slow muscle damage, but don’t address the root problem.

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Published: 16 Dec 2024

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