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Dear olivier hartmanshenn,
Nobel Week has come to a close, and all prizes have been announced. If you missed any of this year’s science awards, here’s our full coverage:
- The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for key immune system discoveries
- Nobel Prize in physics goes to 3 scientists whose work advanced quantum technology
- Three scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for the development of metal-organic frameworks
- Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth
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Here is your customized Science X Newsletter for week 42:
![]() | Cholesterol-lowering drugs could reduce risk of dementia, study findsLow cholesterol can reduce the risk of dementia, a new University of Bristol-led study with more than a million participants has shown. |
![]() | Targeting enzymes to weaken cancer cells could supercharge prostate cancer treatmentAn international study has uncovered a new vulnerability in prostate cancer cells that could help improve treatment for one of the most common cancers affecting men. |
![]() | Quantum mechanics trumps the second law of thermodynamics at the atomic scaleTwo physicists at the University of Stuttgart have proven that the Carnot principle, a central law of thermodynamics, does not apply to objects on the atomic scale whose physical properties are linked (so-called correlated objects). This discovery could, for example, advance the development of tiny, energy-efficient quantum motors. The derivation has been published in the journal Science Advances. |
![]() | A new attempt to explain the accelerated expansion of the universeWhy is the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate? This is one of the most exciting yet unresolved questions in modern physics. Because it cannot be fully answered using our current physical worldview, researchers assume the existence of a mysterious "dark energy." However, its origin remains unclear to this day. |
![]() | A missing protein may hold key to rejuvenating aging blood cellsAs our hair goes gray and our muscles weaken with age, our immune system also changes. In particular, the stem cells that become blood or immune cells can develop mutations, potentially leading to cancers or other dysfunctions. |
![]() | Discovery of four stone megastructures could change our view of prehistoric societiesScientists have discovered evidence of stone megastructures on the Karst Plateau on the border of Slovenia and Italy that were most likely built before the Late Bronze Age. These enormous structures have long, low walls that lead to a pit and are believed to have been used as large-scale traps for herds of wild animals such as red deer. |
![]() | Ancient lead exposure may have shaped evolution of human brainAn international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The research reveals that our human ancestors were periodically exposed to lead for over two million years, and that the toxic metal may have influenced the evolution of hominid brains, behavior, and even the development of language. |
![]() | Swarm reveals growing weak spot in Earth's magnetic fieldUsing 11 years of magnetic field measurements from the European Space Agency's Swarm satellite constellation, scientists have discovered that the weak region in Earth's magnetic field over the South Atlantic—known as the South Atlantic Anomaly—has expanded by an area nearly half the size of continental Europe since 2014. |
![]() | A 150-million-year-old fossil with a singular adaptation may unlock origin of non-biting insectsAn international team of scientists led by the Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) has described a new species of fossilized insect from the Australian Jurassic period, estimated to be around 151 million years old. It represents the oldest known member in the Southern Hemisphere of the Chironomidae family—non-biting midges that inhabit freshwater environments. The fossil shows a unique evolutionary adaptation: a mechanism that likely allowed it to firmly anchor to surrounding rocks. Until now, this mechanism was thought to be exclusive to marine species. |
![]() | 50-year mystery of ancient 'subway deer' discovered in Canada is solvedIn 1976, during the excavation of a subway extension in Toronto, a city worker discovered unusual looking antlers with "thick, horizontal beams." |
![]() | Geologists discover the first evidence of 4.5-billion-year-old 'proto Earth'Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered extremely rare remnants of "proto Earth," which formed about 4.5 billion years ago, before a colossal collision irreversibly altered the primitive planet's composition and produced Earth as we know today. Their findings, reported today in the journal Nature Geosciences, will help scientists piece together the primordial starting ingredients that forged early Earth and the rest of the solar system. |
![]() | Bird-mediated plant colonization overturns long-held assumptions about how plants spread to islandsWhen the volcanic island of Surtsey rose from the North Atlantic Ocean in 1963, it offered scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how life takes hold on brand-new and barren land. For decades, ecologists believed that plants' ability to reach remote and isolated places depended mainly on special adaptations for long-distance dispersal—for example, fleshy fruits thought to attract birds, which would eat the fruit and later disperse the seeds—giving those species a decisive advantage in colonizing new areas. |
![]() | Female mountain gorillas stop reproducing long before the end of their lives, study findsNew research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Turku reveals that female mountain gorillas, like humans and a handful of other mammals, can live long past the birth of their last offspring. |
![]() | Software solution can correct image blurring by James Webb Space TelescopeA pair of Sydney Ph.D. students helped sharpen the view of humanity's most powerful space observatory—without leaving Earth. As an indelible reminder of this thrilling result, Louis Desdoigts, now a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden in the Netherlands, and his colleague Max Charles, had tattoos of the instrument their work has repaired inked on their arms. |
![]() | Time crystals could power future quantum computersA glittering hunk of crystal gets its iridescence from a highly regular atomic structure. Frank Wilczek, the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics, proposed quantum systems––like groups of particles––could construct themselves in the same way, but in time instead of space. He dubbed such systems time crystals, defining them by their lowest possible energy state, which perpetually repeats movements without external energy input. Time crystals were experimentally proved to exist in 2016. |
![]() | Study finds humans outweigh climate in depleting Arizona's water supplyA study led by University of Arizona researchers shows that decades of groundwater pumping by humans has depleted Tucson-area aquifers far more than natural climate variation. Published in the journal Water Resources Research, the study provides the first multi-millennial reconstruction for the region that places human impacts on groundwater into long-term context. |
![]() | Archaeologists uncover 5,000-year-old ceremonial site in JordanA research team led by the University of Copenhagen has uncovered a remarkable Early Bronze Age ritual landscape at Murayghat in Jordan. The discovery can shed new light on how ancient communities responded to social and environmental change. |
![]() | Sensor identifies sodium nitrite in drinks using laser-modified corkA team of researchers from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, has developed a sensor that can identify sodium nitrite (NaNO2) in various beverages, including mineral water, orange juice, and wine. This inorganic salt is used as a preservative and fixative to give products such as ham, bacon, and sausages their pink or red color. Depending on the amount, it can cause serious health problems by leading to the formation of nitrosamines, which are carcinogenic compounds. |
![]() | Combination of pre- and probiotics offers superior anti-inflammatory benefits compared with omega-3 or prebiotic aloneA new study, led by researchers at the University of Nottingham, has found that combining certain types of dietary supplements is more effective than single prebiotics or omega-3 in supporting immune and metabolic health, which could lower the risk of conditions linked to chronic inflammation. |
![]() | Bats' brains reveal a global neural compass that doesn't depend on the moon and starsSome 40 kilometers east of the Tanzanian coast in East Africa lies Latham Island, a rocky, utterly isolated and uninhabited piece of land about the size of seven soccer fields. It was on this unlikely patch of ground that Weizmann Institute of Science researchers recorded—for the first time ever—the neural activity of mammals in the wil |




















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