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Glowing plants reveal immune responses around infection sites via two colors
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Glowing plants reveal immune responses around infection sites via two colors

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) have developed a new way to make glowing biological reporters more accurate, allowing scientists to track gene activity in living plants over days, weeks and potentially even months and years. The approach could help researchers study how plants respond to disease, pests and environmental stress, while opening the door to similar applications in animal and human disease models.

📅 2026-10-23 23:20:01    •    Phys.org
Study maps the human side of flood risk
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Study maps the human side of flood risk

When heavy rain hits a city, knowing where water will accumulate is only part of the picture. Who lives in the affected buildings? How might flooding disrupt their lives? And where could additional support make the greatest difference?

📅 2026-10-23 22:20:02    •    Phys.org
Christina Applegate misdiagnosis: Why can MS be difficult to diagnose?
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Christina Applegate misdiagnosis: Why can MS be difficult to diagnose?

Actor Christina Applegate was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) over five years ago — but this week, she announced that a recent reevaluation found that she doesn't have the condition after all. In the wake of that revelation, she's been left without a diagnosis, and she said on a podcast that she felt she was "back at square one, where I don't know what's going on with me."Applegate's case is not totally unique, although MS diagnosis has improved over the years. Studies offer different estimates of how frequently MS is misdiagnosed, with rates ranging from 5% to over 40%, depending on the patient population and clinical setting. There is also some degree of underdiagnosis — cases in wh...

📅 2026-10-23 21:25:48    •    Live Science
Counting magnetic flux quanta offers new way to measure photon numbers
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Counting magnetic flux quanta offers new way to measure photon numbers

Researchers at AIST have directly observed magnetic flux quanta generated in a superconductor by photon absorption and demonstrated a new principle of photon detection that identifies the number of photons based on the number of these flux quanta.

📅 2026-10-23 21:20:02    •    Phys.org
Scientists demonstrate AI-designed enzyme for drug synthesis
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Scientists demonstrate AI-designed enzyme for drug synthesis

The new RFD4-Proteina unified generative model for protein design—created by the Institute for Protein Design (IPD) in collaboration with NVIDIA—uses advanced AI to generate entirely new protein sequences and structures, achieving computational design success rates five to 10 times higher than previous models and generating candidates five to 10 times faster.

📅 2026-10-23 21:00:13    •    Phys.org
Chemically modified sugars enable direct nanostructure formation
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Chemically modified sugars enable direct nanostructure formation

Researchers at AIST have demonstrated the synthesis of nanoporous carbonaceous materials and carbonaceous materials with layered nanostructures through a simple process involving the chemical modification of common sugars such as sucrose and fructose.

📅 2026-10-23 20:40:08    •    Phys.org
Designing better adsorbents to remove PFAS from water
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Designing better adsorbents to remove PFAS from water

A review by Tohoku University researchers identifies key molecular features that could guide the development of more effective materials for removing PFAS from water. The study is published in the journal ACS Materials Au.

📅 2026-10-23 20:20:14    •    Phys.org
Plain silicon grating reveals a hidden 'twist' in light from electron beams
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Plain silicon grating reveals a hidden 'twist' in light from electron beams

In 1953, two physicists showed that an electron beam skimming past a grating emits light whose color depends only on the electron's speed and the grating's spacing. Known as Smith-Purcell radiation, this phenomenon has become a useful tool for building compact, tunable light sources and tracking particle beams without touching them.

📅 2026-10-23 20:20:08    •    Phys.org
Elections are more predictable than they look
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Elections are more predictable than they look

As politics in America become more polarized and each voting cycle seems more fraught than the last, a common narrative in the media is that each election is unique and increasingly unpredictable. But new research shows that congressional elections follow strong statistical patterns, even when individual races produce surprises.

📅 2026-10-23 20:00:05    •    Phys.org