KAUST’s NanoRanger provides quick, precise diagnosis of Mendelian genetic disorders, identifying critical genetic breakpoints efficiently. Despite rapid advances in genetic testing in recent decades, more than half of people worldwide with suspected Mendelian genetic disorders do not have an accurate molecular diagnosis. Others endure more than six years of tests before a diagnosis is given. Now, KAUST researchers and scientists across Saudi Arabia have developed NanoRanger, an accurate and rapid method for genetically diagnosing such diseases in a few hours.

NanoRanger Redefines Speed and Precision in Genetic Diagnostics

Researchers have successfully measured the quantum structure of radium monofluoride (RaF) using ion-trapping and specialized laser techniques, allowing for the detailed characterization of its rotational energy levels and establishing a laser-cooling scheme. These findings are crucial for future experiments focused on laser-cooling and trapping RaF molecules, which are expected to...

Physicists Just Made a Breakthrough That Could Explain Why We Exist

Scientists used the James Webb Telescope to study WASP-43b, finding high-altitude clouds and large temperature differences between its day and night sides. Their findings provide insights into the planet’s extreme climate and atmospheric dynamics. Jasmina Blecic, a Research Scientist at NYU Abu Dhabi, along with Associate Professor Ian Dobbs-Dixon...

Remarkable Webb Telescope Find: Mysterious Dust Clouds on an Alien World

The tests targeted the existence of the elusive matter, although it has never been observed. Computer simulations by astronomers, including those at the University of California, Irvine, support the existence of dark matter. Although dark matter has not been directly detected, many physicists believe it must exist to explain various phenomena in the observable universe.

Galactic Features Reveal Dark Matter’s Invisible Hand

New Jersey State

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Recent data from the USDA and FNS reveals troubling issues with SNAP benefits across the United States. Millions of Americans are currently experiencing underpayments or overpayments in their SNAP benefits, which are critical for many families.

Millions of low-income Americans across the nation are facing underpayments in their SNAP benefits

A new artificial turf can cool itself by storing rainwater and using capillary action to reduce surface temperatures, providing a safer and more sustainable alternative for urban sports fields. The natural grass in city parks and sports fields has often been replaced with more durable artificial turf, as it allows...

Beat the Heat: How Self-Cooling Artificial Turf is Transforming Cities

Researchers at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) have found significant correlations between age, sex, and BMI, and the frequency of bowel movements. Everybody poops, but not every day. New research from the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) indicates that the frequency of bowel movements is connected to long-term health.

New Research Indicates That How Often You Poop Could Predict Your Health – Are You in the “Goldilocks Zone”?

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

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A new initiative aims to provide housing for vulnerable Medicaid members, enhancing community wellness and support. MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. - In a significant move to tackle housing instability among Medicaid recipients, New Jersey's Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman, along with Community Affairs Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez, today announced the availability of $95 million in funding for developers. This initiative, part of the Healthy Homes program, is designed to create affordable housing opportunities for NJ FamilyCare members who are either homeless, at risk of homelessness, or currently living in institutional settings.

$95 Million for Healthy Homes: Housing for Medicaid Members

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have created an AI model that enhances cancer detection capabilities through sugar analysis. This AI model outperforms the existing semi-manual techniques in speed and accuracy in identifying abnormalities. Mass spectrometry can be used to measure glycans, which are sugar molecule structures in our cells....

New AI Model Can Detect Cancer Clues at Lightning Speed

A Rutgers Health physician-scientist publishes guidance for primary care doctors diagnosing and treating early Lyme disease, a bacterial infection. Annually, around 476,000 U.S. cases of Lyme disease are reported, with effective early treatment requiring prompt antibiotic intervention. Misdiagnosis is common due to variable symptoms and the sometimes absent bull’s-eye rash. Enhanced clinical guidelines from leading universities now focus on improving detection and management of the disease in its initial stages.

Could You Have Lyme Disease and Not Know It?

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A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Neolithic societies at Coro Trasito favored deer for making projectile tips, indicating a nuanced approach to species selection in their toolmaking practices. New research led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and CSIC reveals that the earliest Neolithic groups to settle in the Pyrenean site of Coro Trasito used species selection strategies to manufacture their bone tools and chose deer for the projectile tips. The researchers obtained these findings using an innovative combination of methods that had never been applied in a Neolithic site before.

7,000-Year-Old Deer Bones Reveal Secrets of Ancient Neolithic Tool Manufacturing

A study has revealed that galaxies possess a regulatory mechanism similar to a heart and lungs, which controls their growth by limiting gas absorption. This mechanism, involving a supermassive black hole and its jet emissions, prevents galaxies from expanding too rapidly, ensuring their longevity and preventing premature aging into “zombie” galaxies.

Black Holes: Not Destroyers but Protectors

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Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

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Death Disclosure Laws and Property Disclosures in North Carolina. In North Carolina, there is no legal obligation for homeowners or real estate agents to disclose if a death has occurred in a home, whether by natural causes, murder, or suicide. However, if a potential buyer directly inquires about any deaths on the property, the seller is required to provide that information.

If someone dies at your house do you have to tell a potential buyer? What North Carolina law says

Scientists discover metallic minerals split water to generate ‘dark oxygen’. An international study reveals that deep-sea minerals produce oxygen in total darkness, suggesting an alternative oxygen source that could predate photosynthetic life. This discovery has major implications for deep-sea mining, highlighting the need for sustainable practices to protect these newly discovered oxygen sources.

Shocking “Dark Oxygen” Discovery on Deep-Ocean Floor 13,000 Feet Below the Surface

Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, expressing his support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation that the DEA ease restrictions on marijuana.

Gov. Andy Beshear pens letter to DEA in support of easing federal restrictions on marijuana

Virginia Tech researchers identified genetic anomalies in mosquitoes that can help create all-male populations to reduce mosquito-borne diseases like Zika and dengue. Their findings highlight the potential of genetic strategies over traditional insecticides, which are declining in effectiveness. Groundbreaking Genetic Research on Mosquitoes. Scientists at Virginia Tech have discovered a...

Rewriting Mosquito DNA to End Disease Spread

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Electronics That Defy Venus’ Heat: How Gallium Nitride Could Revolutionize Space Exploration

Researchers are turning to gallium nitride for high-temperature applications such as Venus exploration, due to its ability to withstand temperatures above 500 degrees Celsius. A recent...

Electronics That Defy Venus’ Heat: How Gallium Nitride Could Revolutionize Space Exploration

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