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Mar 03 2026SCIENCE

Exploring How Religion Shapes Social Thought

Researchers have turned their attention to how people’s religious beliefs influence the way they act and relate to others. This study looks at the most cited papers in this area, aiming to map out what ideas dominate and how they connect. By using a method called bibliometrics, the authors counted r

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Feb 27 2026ENVIRONMENT

Soil Microbes Find Common Ground After Adding Organic Matter

Researchers examined how adding organic material changes the tiny life in two different soils. The study focused on microbes that help break down nutrients and keep the climate stable. Scientists wanted to know if these tiny organisms would react in the same way when the soils receive the same organ

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Feb 25 2026SCIENCE

Buckwheat’s Sweet and Sunny Secrets

Researchers followed buckwheat plants through their growing season, measuring how much of the healthy compounds rutin and quercitrin they stored in leaves and flowers. They also counted how strong the plant’s antioxidant power was and tracked a pigment called fagopyrin that can become toxic under li

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Feb 25 2026SCIENCE

Spinal Cord fMRI: How PCA Helps Clean Up the Noise

Researchers have tested a method that uses principal component analysis (PCA) to filter unwanted signals from spinal cord fMRI scans. The technique, called SpinalCompCor, picks out noise by looking at a region outside the spinal cord and cerebrospinal fluid. It then keeps only the most important com

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Feb 18 2026EDUCATION

Virtual Practice vs Real Patients: Which Helps Students More?

Medical students often learn about kids and teens with mental health problems. Two ways of training are compared: a computer‑based virtual reality tool and the old method where students talk to actual patients. The study looks at what each approach does well and where it falls short. First, the vir

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Feb 15 2026HEALTH

Allergies May Be Sore Voices

Researchers looked at many people to see how often doctors have diagnosed respiratory allergies and whether those allergies are linked to problems with the voice. They also wanted to know if men and women show different patterns in this connection. The study was cross‑sectional, meaning it collecte

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Feb 14 2026HEALTH

Unseen Link: Autoimmune Diseases and Brain Bleeds

Researchers have long known that autoimmune diseases can raise the risk of heart problems. But what about brain bleeds? Specifically, a type called subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). It's rare but can be very serious. A recent study tried to find out if autoimmune diseases might play a role in causing S

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Feb 13 2026HEALTH

Can Blood Tests Predict Pregnancy Complications?

Researchers in Sweden are looking into whether blood tests can help predict pregnancy complications, specifically preeclampsia, which is a type of high blood pressure during pregnancy. They are focusing on a specific time frame, between 24 and 29 weeks of pregnancy. The goal is to find out if certai

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Feb 11 2026HEALTH

Heart Health: The Truth About Cutting Carbs

Researchers followed 200, 000 health workers for three decades to see how different eating patterns affect heart disease. The study shows that simply cutting carbs or fats does not guarantee protection. If people ate a low‑carb diet filled with refined sugars and processed foods, their risk of heart

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Feb 08 2026SCIENCE

Simple Ways to Test How Stem Cells Calm the Immune System

Researchers want to know why stem‑cell treatments help some people with inflammation but not all. The focus is on mesenchymal stromal cells, or MSCs, which can lower immune reactions. Many clinical trials have shown that the treatments are safe, but it is still unclear how well they work because sci

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