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President Donald Trump signed an order Monday to reduce the size of two huge national monuments in Utah, a move likely to reignite conflict with conservationists and public lands advocates. “Fairness has been restored,” Trump said at a signing ceremony in the Oval Office, watched by Utah’s congressional delegation and Republican Gov. Spencer Cox. The move mirrors monument cuts made by President Trump during his first term in office and later reversed by former President Joe Biden. But the order signed Monday would cut even more land from protected monuments in the Utah desert. In 2017, President Trump reduced the…

A recent small study analyzes how the hallucinogen LSD reshapes brain activity. The study shows that the substance promotes widespread neural synchronization while blurring the boundaries between sensory perception and abstract thinking. Through computer modeling and brain scans, researchers found that LSD can alter the balance of excitation and inhibition in certain brain circuits, potentially disengaging the mind from deep-seated patterns. The research results were published in PLOS Computational Biology. Psychedelics are making a comeback in psychiatric research. Clinical trials suggest these substances may help treat conditions such as depression, anxiety, and addiction. Mental health disorders often involve rigid and…

A new study by researchers at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, FMOL Health | Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and Metamol Institute, demonstrates that metabolic and bariatric surgery can be safely and effectively delivered to adolescents and young adults with severe obesity, showing promise for weight loss and improvements in obesity-related health outcomes. Published in bariatric surgery”Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Outcomes in South Louisiana Adolescents and Young Adults” examined the outcomes of 76 patients ages 10 to 25 who underwent bariatric surgery between January 2020 and March 2025 through the Louisiana-based Metamor Institute Bariatric Surgery Program. Researchers…

Like other teens, many teens on the autism spectrum are looking to improve their social skills. They want new friends, fun with people with similar interests, and even romantic relationships. Adolescence is a moment of opportunity for these children. They want to build friendships. ” Dr. Daniel Abrams, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University However, it is difficult for autistic teens to spread their social wings. A new study led by Stanford Medicine was published on July 13th. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencessheds light on key factors in how the brains of…

A study examining the personality traits of three major language models and their relationship to cooperativeness found that agreeableness was a key factor promoting cooperation. Other personality traits had limited effects. The paper is scientific report. Large-scale language models (LLMs) are artificial intelligence systems trained on very large collections of text to predict and generate language. These models can summarize, translate, answer questions, write code, and generate various types of text. Their outputs depend on training data, system instructions, user prompts, and the context of the conversation. In recent years, more companies and individuals have started using LLM as a…

Xanthan gum can be found almost everywhere. This food additive has thickening, stabilizing and gelling properties and is one of the most widely used additives in the food industry to adjust the consistency of ice cream, yogurt, cakes, sauces and gluten-free pasta. It is also used to prepare drinks for people with dysphagia or difficulty swallowing. However, a study conducted at Brazil’s Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) has raised an important red flag by demonstrating that in experimental models, chronic intake of xanthan gum causes inflammation in the colon, induces changes in the gut microbiome, and leads to loss…

Chemists at the University of Houston are using breakthrough imaging techniques to reveal how copper imbalances in the body contribute to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and ALS. Although the root causes of these incurable diseases remain largely unknown and existing drugs only manage symptoms, researchers have long linked copper imbalances within neurons to severe neurological disorders. Tai Yen Chen, an associate professor of chemistry at the University of California, hopes to pinpoint malfunctioning cellular pathways, providing the foundational knowledge needed to develop future treatments and guide therapeutic strategies. Over the past decade, Chen’s lab has secured…

Prolactinomas are the most common functional pituitary neuroendocrine tumors, accounting for nearly half of all hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas. These can cause a wide range of symptoms, including menstrual abnormalities, infertility, galactorrhea, sexual dysfunction, headaches, and vision problems. Although women of reproductive age are most often affected, the disease can also occur in men, children, and adolescents, and tumors may become larger and more invasive if diagnosed late. Over the past decade, advances in surgery, imaging, and drug therapy have changed clinical practice and created a need for updated treatment guidance. To address this challenge, a multidisciplinary panel consisting of Professor…

Scientists at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have discovered a much easier way to generate unusual optical structures known as optical skyrmions by reviving a classic optical experiment that dates back more than 200 years. Optical skyrmions are small, stable spiral patterns formed in the nature of light. Its structure is often likened to a hedgehog’s spine. Because they have the potential to encode and store information, researchers believe they are promising building blocks for future data storage, communication, and computing technologies. Rather than relying on the expensive, highly engineered metamaterials traditionally required to produce optical skyrmions, the NTU…

A new study has found that widely used techniques to assess the health of freshwater streams are not effective at detecting a variety of water quality issues, including issues related to acidity, oxygen levels, and the presence of pathogens. This research began as a class project, with many of us learning about a health assessment methodology called the Stream Visual Assessment Protocol (SVAP) as ecology students. The goal of this project was to assess the health of regional urban streams using both SVAP and laboratory-based water quality testing. We also found that there was a large discrepancy between SVAP…