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💬 Behind the Science Interview with Aniello Palma (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Discover the story behind the first cyclo-polyproline macrocycle capable of induced-fit host–guest recognition
https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.202600034
#Chemistry #ChemistryViews #SupramolecularChemistry #Peptides #Macrocycles #HostGuestChemistry #MolecularDesign #DrugDelivery #MedicinalChemistry #ScienceCommunication #ResearchHighlights
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💬 Behind the Science Interview with Aniello Palma (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Discover the story behind the first cyclo-polyproline macrocycle capable of induced-fit host–guest recognition
https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.202600034
#Chemistry #ChemistryViews #SupramolecularChemistry #Peptides #Macrocycles #HostGuestChemistry #MolecularDesign #DrugDelivery #MedicinalChemistry #ScienceCommunication #ResearchHighlights
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The Longevity Trend Women Are Suddenly Trying
In 2025, more women are adopting the Mediterranean diet as a long-term eating pattern, as new research highlights health relevance.U.S. News and World Report ranked the Mediterranean diet the best overall diet for the eighth consecutive year, based on ratings fr…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanDiet #eighthconsecutive #Mediterranean #researchhighlights
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2696613/the-longevity-trend-women-are-suddenly-trying/ -
The Longevity Trend Women Are Suddenly Trying
In 2025, more women are adopting the Mediterranean diet as a long-term eating pattern, as new research highlights health relevance.U.S. News and World Report ranked the Mediterranean diet the best overall diet for the eighth consecutive year, based on ratings fr…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanDiet #eighthconsecutive #Mediterranean #researchhighlights
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2696613/the-longevity-trend-women-are-suddenly-trying/ -
The Longevity Trend Women Are Suddenly Trying https://www.diningandcooking.com/2696613/the-longevity-trend-women-are-suddenly-trying/ #EighthConsecutive #Mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #ResearchHighlights
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The Longevity Trend Women Are Suddenly Trying https://www.diningandcooking.com/2696613/the-longevity-trend-women-are-suddenly-trying/ #EighthConsecutive #Mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #ResearchHighlights
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[en] Signal #messenger: "two practical attacks that break the integrity properties of #Signal in its advertised #threat model" - Patched
Paper #ETHZ
"... protocol for resolving identities based on usernames and on phone numbers introduced a #vulnerability that allows a malicious server to inject arbitrary messages into one-to-one conversations under specific circumstances"
"The second #attack is even more severe. It arises from Signal's Sealed Sender (SSS) feature, designed to allow sender identities to be hidden ... a combination of two errors in the #SSS implementation in #Android allows a #malicious server to #inject arbitrary messages into both one-to-one and group conversations."
https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/484
#security #cryptology #encryption #e2e #chat #messaging
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[en] Signal #messenger: "two practical attacks that break the integrity properties of #Signal in its advertised #threat model" - Patched
Paper #ETHZ
"... protocol for resolving identities based on usernames and on phone numbers introduced a #vulnerability that allows a malicious server to inject arbitrary messages into one-to-one conversations under specific circumstances"
"The second #attack is even more severe. It arises from Signal's Sealed Sender (SSS) feature, designed to allow sender identities to be hidden ... a combination of two errors in the #SSS implementation in #Android allows a #malicious server to #inject arbitrary messages into both one-to-one and group conversations."
https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/484
#security #cryptology #encryption #e2e #chat #messaging
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[en] Disinformation research: politically driven collapse in communication
Following the 2024 U.S. election academic communication about #disinformation research collapsed.
"In recent years, #academic #research has become a target of political #hostility."
"... #political pressure from the U.S. #government has produced a measurable #chilling effect on academic institutions working on disinformation-related studies, visible in their public posting activity."
#politicalpressure #chillingeffect #politicalhostility
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[en] How small could optical computers get?
"... #research ... addresses one of the key challenges to #engineering computers that run on #light instead of #electricity: making those devices small enough to be practical. Just as algorithms on digital computers require time and memory to run, light-based systems also require resources to operate ..."
"... researchers found inspiration in a deep-learning technique called 'neural pruning' ..."
"... an optical #computing system performing the same task could be 1% to 10% the size of its conventional counterpart. ... a free-space #optical setup could, in principle, perform computations ... in a device roughly 1 [cm] thick."
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/11/researchers-reveal-how-small-optical-computers-could-get
#opticalcomputer #lightbasedsystem #deeplearning #neuralpruning
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[fr] Comment la #science prépare-t-elle l’#avenir ?
"Imaginer et préparer le #futur afin d’orienter la #recherche et les politiques publiques, tel est le but de la #prospective. Un exercice périlleux, soulignent les #scientifiques. Ingrédients requis : le dialogue entre les disciplines et des modèles robustes répondant aux multiples #incertitude|s."
"Souvent menées sur des temps longs, ces recherches sont en général peu compatibles avec la prise de #décision rapide. Le fait de se libérer des contraintes liées au court terme peut néanmoins présenter un réel avantage."
https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/comment-la-science-prepare-t-elle-lavenir
#politiquepublique #climat #changementclimatique #giec #transdisciplinaire
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[en] Tackle storage demands of anonymous cryptocurrencies
"This work tackles the ever-growing #storage demands of #anonymous cryptocurrencies. It introduces a new scheme that randomly partitions the fresh outputs of transactions into fixed-size bins. Subsequent transactions reference these outputs when they transfer the tokens further."
"The basic idea is that once a bin has been referenced as many times as its size, it can safely be pruned from the ledger. This preserves both #privacy and #security, but reduces the data that needs to be stored on the #distributed #ledger."
https://cryptobern.github.io/toxic_decoys/
#cryptocurrency #toxicdecoy #transparentledger #bitcoin #ethereum #monero #zcash #cryptobern #unibe #unibern #universitybern #research #study #ResearchHighlights
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⚡What’s new in climate governance research?
Read our 6th edition of the #ResearchHighlights: a curated overview of policy-relevant academic insights on how the EU is governing its transition to climate neutrality & sustainability
Full edition 👉 https://www.greendealnet.eu/Biannual-Research-Highlights-6
Key takeaways 👇
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[en] MIT study: Negative Neural and Behavioral Consequences of LLM-Assisted Essay Writing
"Over four months, #LLM users consistently underperformed at #neural, #linguistic, and #behavioral levels."
"These results raise concerns about the long-term #educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into #AI's role in learning."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
#artificialintelligence #llmassisted #humanintelligence #gpt #chatgpt #mit
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[en] Social media use with mental health conditions
"Our study doesn’t establish a causal link, but ... show that #young people with mental health conditions use social media differently than ... without a condition."
"This could be because mental health conditions shape the way adolescents interact with online platforms, or perhaps social media use contributes to their symptoms."
"Social media platforms assign a concrete number to friendships, making social comparisons more conspicuous. ... may increase existing feelings of rejection ..."
"Some of the differences in how young people with #anxiety and #depression use social media reflect what we already know about their offline experiences."
#mentalhealth #youth #socialmedia #oxford
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[en] Children's screen time: when is it problematic?
"For those who don’t [have skills to regulate their own use of #technology] ... #problematic #internet use is almost universally a #symptom of an underlying #mental health condition or #neurodivergence, typically #depression, social #anxiety, #autism, or #ADHD ..."
"We see the better analogy as #binge-eating #disorder, which is the most prevalent eating disorder."
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/how-young-is-too-young-no-such-thing-apparently/
#internetuse #mentalhealth #child #children #screentime #bingeeating #harvard
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[en] Misconception: strength of an #egg when dropped
Funny or not:
No, an egg is NOT strongest when dropped vertically.
"A horizontal egg, being more compliant, bends and absorbs energy over a greater distance — similar to how bending your knees during a fall softens the blow."
https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-engineering-students-crack-egg-dilemma-sideways-stronger-0508
#misconception #funny #mit #engineering #research #mechanicalengineering
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[en] #Yale #research|ers have figured out a better way to control the path of light on small #chip|s, a breakthrough that could lead to better and cheaper sensors, smart phones ... devices.
"#Photonic integrated #circuit|s (#PIC|s) use light, or photons, to provide ... advantages over conventional electronics ..."
"... move everything on chip ... it could significantly reduce the cost of optical communications devices and other technologies ..."
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[fr] #Visualiser l’énergie dans le cerveau
"La première #cartographie des mitochondries du #cerveau vient d’être dévoilée ... un petit #bouleversement."
"Première #surprise : la matière grise, la partie centrale des #neurone|s, concentre deux fois plus de #mitochondrie|s que la matière blanche, qui constitue toute la #connectique ..."
"Deuxième surprise ... : à l’intérieur de la matière grise, des disparités marquées apparaissent .."
https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/carte-energie-cerveau-mitochondries-decouverte
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[en] #US military #aid to #Ukraine: real value much lower?
A #study says, the real value of #USA #military #assistance to #UA is only one third, $18.3 bn instead of $60 bn.
Paper written by "Economists for Ukraine" who claim to be a non-partisan #economic think-tank.
#ResearchHighlights #economistsforukraine #unitedstates #ukrainewar #war #thinktank @ukraine
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[en] #Farming with precision agriculture techniques
"... automated crop-#monitoring system ... providing continuous and frequent data about plant growth and needs, allowing for informed crop management."
"... images ... tracked increased #leaf coverage area throughout their #growth cycle ... recursive model maintained a "robust performance," providing accurate information throughout the #crop #growthcycle."
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[en] Most social media posts about medical tests are misleading
A #study analysed #Instagram and #TikTok posts about 5 popular #medical tests which can all do more harm than good to healthy people.
They were: full-body #MRI scan, "#eggtimer" (#antimullarianhormone #AMH), #multicancer early detection, #gut #microbiome, #testosterone
#ResearchHighlights #research #socialmedia #fakenews #misinformation #disinformation #health
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[en] #Imaging the ground with #telecommunication|s cables
"... used the #MIT #fiber optic cable network to successfully image the ground underneath campus using a method known as distributed acoustic sensing (#DAS)."
"Information like this is critical for regions that are susceptible to destructive #earthquake|s and other #seismic hazards ..."
https://news.mit.edu/2025/how-telecommunications-cables-can-image-ground-beneath-us-0204
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[en] Historical look at #technological #disruption
"... the #research also uncovered a recent shift ... trends driven, at least partly, by AI"
"... surprise appeared in the data. From 2019 onward, Deming said, it looks like things were changing quite a lot."
"Everybody should be thinking about #AI, no matter what they do for a living"
#ResearchHighlights #harvard #artificialintelligence #labour #labourmarket #labor #labormarket #jobloss @research @science
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[en] From Walls to Windows: Creating Transparency to Understand Filter Bubbles in Social Media
"... studying filter bubbles in social media ... has proven challenging, despite extensive #research in this area. In this work, we introduce SOAP (System for Observing and Analyzing Posts), a novel system designed to collect and analyze very large online platforms (VLOPs) data to study filter bubbles at scale."
https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/120987
#filterbubble #soap #vlop #llm #socialmedia
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Understanding FOMO
"... stems from missing opportunities to bond with valued social groups, not with strangers or irrelevant social groups."
"#FOMO is not about the missed event per se"
But: "amplified by the prospect of your social group being there"."Addressing FOMO is crucial in the context of the ongoing #mental health crisis and the so-called loneliness epidemic"
Cornell.edu Chronicle
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/10/what-fuels-our-fear-missing-out
#loneliness #lonelinessepidemic #mentalhealth
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[en] Eyjafjallajökull #eruption: rare observations of #volcanic clouds
"By comparing characteristics of the #ash cloud ... through the video, the researchers were able to calculate the amount of ash spewed ... #volcano."
"Demonstrating our lab experiments are realistic is really important, both for making sure we understand how ash #plume|s work ... #forecast ... effectively."
#ResearchHighlights #videoanalysis #volcanology #hazardousash #cambridge #research
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[en] #Medical #drug discovery: Use of #algorithmic framework #SPARROW to identify the best molecules " ... considers the costs of synthesizing a batch of molecules at once".
"... experiment might require expensive materials or ... have a high risk of failure. On the value side ... know the properties of this #molecule ... Identifying which compounds to synthesize ... "
https://news.mit.edu/2024/smarter-way-streamline-drug-discovery-0617
#ResearchHighlights #medicine #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #ai #mit #research #science
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[en] AI in #court: worse than humans
Harvard news: "AI algorithm fail to improve the accuracy of judicial calls, on its own the technology fares worse than humans."
Ref. previous research: "What they haven’t really looked at is how the use of AI affects the human decision."
"[The #algorithm] was over-predicting that the arrestees would misbehave ..."
#ResearchHighlights #law #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #llm #gpt #ai #harvard #academia #research #science
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[en] Superconductivity Scandal: Stunning Science Fraud Report by Nature News Team
Once "up-and-coming star of the physics world" claiming "to have discovered the first room-temperature superconductor", researcher Dias "is now infamous for the scandal that surrounds his work."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00716-2
#ResearchHighlights #nature #superconductivity #deception #retraction #misconduct #datafraud #fabrication #luh #csh #uor #universityofrochester #unlv #academia #science #research #physics
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[en] Paper "OpenVPN is Open to VPN Fingerprinting"
"... certain governments are attempting to restrict VPN access by identifying connections using ... DPI technology."
"To investigate the potential for VPN blocking, we develop mechanisms for accurately fingerprinting connections using OpenVPN ..."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03998
#ResearchHighlights #openvpn #vpn #vpnblocking #fingerprinting #privacy #surveillance #surveillancethreats #dpi #deeppacketinspection #security #cybersecurity #infosec
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🔍 Explore 5 select #ResearchHighlights on governing the EU's climate transition through our synthesis of innovative academic publications. These insights provide essential resources for policymakers involved in the governance of the European Green Deal. 🌱
Check out the 5 key takeaways below or access the extended version
here 👉 https://www.greendealnet.eu/Biannual-Research-Highlights-2 -
#ResearchHighlights: With already over a 💯downloads of our first research paper by
Istituto Affari Internazionali, the authors have now captured the main findings in a new blog article!Haven't been able to get your hands on the full paper just yet?
👉 Get inspired here and find the link to paper:
https://regroup-horizon.eu/blog-global-crises/#regroup #pandemicpolitics #crisisgovernance #covid19pandemic #horizoneurope #horizoneu
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#ResearchHighlights: With already over a 💯downloads of our first research paper by
Istituto Affari Internazionali, the authors have now captured the main findings in a new blog article!Haven't been able to get your hands on the full paper just yet?
👉 Get inspired here and find the link to paper:
https://regroup-horizon.eu/blog-global-crises/#regroup #pandemicpolitics #crisisgovernance #covid19pandemic #horizoneurope #horizoneu