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Scientists discover hidden “footprints of death” that may help viruses spread

Scientists discover hidden “footprints of death” that may help viruses spread Scientists have uncovered a surprising new twist in what happens when cells die. As dying cells break apart, they leave behind tiny “footprints of death” packed with newly discovered particles that he... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/scientists-discover-hidden-footprints-of-death-that-may-help-viruses-spread Originally published on World News Guru

Scientists just discovered how queen bees are really made

Scientists just discovered how queen bees are really made For decades, scientists thought royal jelly was the secret ingredient that turned an ordinary honeybee larva into a queen. New research reveals the process is far more remarkable: young worker bees cr... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/scientists-just-discovered-how-queen-bees-are-really-made Originally published on World News Guru

Study challenges a common belief about vitamin D and sunlight

Study challenges a common belief about vitamin D and sunlight A study of nearly 300 people across northern Britain found that vitamin D levels often stay low all year in groups most at risk. Surprisingly, summer sunshine did not significantly boost vitamin D lev... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/study-challenges-a-common-belief-about-vitamin-d-and-sunlight Originally published on World News Guru

Osteopenia is silently weakening bones in millions of people

Osteopenia is silently weakening bones in millions of people Osteopenia is a common but often overlooked condition that causes bones to become less dense and more fragile. Because it develops silently, many people only discover they have it after a fracture or ... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/osteopenia-is-silently-weakening-bones-in-millions-of-people Originally published on World News Guru

New superconducting X-ray detector is up to 1,000 times more sensitive

New superconducting X-ray detector is up to 1,000 times more sensitive A groundbreaking superconducting X-ray spectrometer has begun operation at BESSY II, giving Europe its first TES-based system and boosting photon detection efficiency by up to 1,000 times. The advance... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/new-superconducting-xray-detector-is-up-to-1000-times-more-sensitive Originally published on World News Guru

Why South Africa’s leopards shrank to half their normal size

Why South Africa’s leopards shrank to half their normal size A hidden population of South African leopards has revealed a remarkable evolutionary story. Researchers analyzing entire leopard genomes discovered that the Cape Floristic Region’s leopards are not on... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/why-south-africas-leopards-shrank-to-half-their-normal-size Originally published on World News Guru

Early humans were bringing fire into caves 1.8 million years ago

Early humans were bringing fire into caves 1.8 million years ago A new study suggests early humans were using fire in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave as far back as 1.79 million years ago. Researchers found burned bones deep inside the cave, where natural wildfires ... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/early-humans-were-bringing-fire-into-caves-18-million-years-ago Originally published on World News Guru

The universe may be hiding conscious minds stranger than we can imagine

The universe may be hiding conscious minds stranger than we can imagine What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that consciousness could arise in many different forms of life, even in beings built from... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/the-universe-may-be-hiding-conscious-minds-stranger-than-we-can-imagine Originally published on World News Guru

Scientists discover ancient brain cells that help block distractions

Scientists discover ancient brain cells that help block distractions Scientists have discovered a tiny group of neurons in an ancient brain region that acts like a built-in focus filter, helping the brain ignore distractions and zero in on what matters most. When resea... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/scientists-discover-ancient-brain-cells-that-help-block-distractions Originally published on World News Guru

Your family could be one phone call from a bank scam

Your family could be one phone call from a bank scam Someone you love could be standing at a bank counter right now, ready to wire money to a stranger. The voice in their ear may sound calm, official and urgent. Yet it could belong to a professional sca... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/your-family-could-be-one-phone-call-from-a-bank-scam Originally published on World News Guru

New brain study reveals speech learning works differently than we thought

New brain study reveals speech learning works differently than we thought A new study suggests that learning and remembering speech relies more on how the brain processes sounds and sensations than on the areas that control mouth and face movements. The discovery could resh... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/new-brain-study-reveals-speech-learning-works-differently-than-we-thought Originally published on World News Guru

Meteorite reveals a lost moon-sized world from the dawn of the solar system

Meteorite reveals a lost moon-sized world from the dawn of the solar system A rare meteorite has revealed evidence of a massive lost world that once orbited the young Sun before being destroyed in a catastrophic collision. The discovery suggests some early planets formed from... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/meteorite-reveals-a-lost-moonsized-world-from-the-dawn-of-the-solar-system Originally published on World News Guru

Scientists finally solved how H5N1 bird flu hid in dairy cows

Scientists finally solved how H5N1 bird flu hid in dairy cows Researchers uncovered why H5N1 bird flu attacks cows’ udders instead of their lungs: the virus’s preferred receptors are concentrated in mammary tissue. The breakthrough could help scientists predict ... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/scientists-finally-solved-how-h5n1-bird-flu-hid-in-dairy-cows Originally published on World News Guru

Hidden bird species discovered in Japan after DNA reveals a stunning secret

Hidden bird species discovered in Japan after DNA reveals a stunning secret A bird long thought to be a single rare species in Japan has turned out to be two. Scientists discovered that the elusive Ijima’s Leaf Warbler and a newly identified Tokara Leaf Warbler look almost id... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/hidden-bird-species-discovered-in-japan-after-dna-reveals-a-stunning-secret Originally published on World News Guru

One of the world’s most popular weedkillers may be fueling deadly superbugs

One of the world’s most popular weedkillers may be fueling deadly superbugs Researchers found that highly drug-resistant bacteria from hospitals are also resistant to glyphosate, a commonly used weedkiller. The discovery suggests that agricultural herbicides may be helping an... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/one-of-the-worlds-most-popular-weedkillers-may-be-fueling-deadly-superbugs Originally published on World News Guru

A tiny diamond defect could reveal a mysterious new kind of magnetism

A tiny diamond defect could reveal a mysterious new kind of magnetism A newly proposed quantum sensing technique could make it much easier to identify one of physics’ newest and most intriguing classes of magnets: altermagnets. These unusual materials, discovered only a... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/a-tiny-diamond-defect-could-reveal-a-mysterious-new-kind-of-magnetism Originally published on World News Guru

A rare interstellar visitor triggered a SETI search for alien technology

A rare interstellar visitor triggered a SETI search for alien technology SETI scientists searched the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS for radio signals that could indicate extraterrestrial technology but found nothing beyond human-made interference. Even so, the rapid-respons... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/a-rare-interstellar-visitor-triggered-a-seti-search-for-alien-technology Originally published on World News Guru

This four-winged dinosaur may have terrorized Earth's earliest birds

This four-winged dinosaur may have terrorized Earth's earliest birds A newly discovered feathered dinosaur called Jian changmaensis may be the missing predator responsible for mysterious piles of crushed prehistoric bird bones in China. The four-winged glider, a close ... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/this-fourwinged-dinosaur-may-have-terrorized-earths-earliest-birds Originally published on World News Guru

The tea in your kombucha changes more than just the taste

The tea in your kombucha changes more than just the taste Scientists discovered that kombucha’s flavor, chemistry, and antioxidant activity vary dramatically depending on the tea used to make it. Green and oolong tea kombuchas emerged as the most biologicall... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/the-tea-in-your-kombucha-changes-more-than-just-the-taste Originally published on World News Guru

NASA’s Cold Atom Lab is creating one of the weirdest forms of matter in space

NASA’s Cold Atom Lab is creating one of the weirdest forms of matter in space NASA’s upgraded Cold Atom Lab is turning the International Space Station into a frontier for quantum research, creating ultra-cold matter that behaves in astonishing ways. The experiments could unlock... Read more: https://worldnewsguru.us/science-news/nasas-cold-atom-lab-is-creating-one-of-the-weirdest-forms-of-matter-in-space Originally published on World News Guru