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Radiation-induced damage: Lessons from history
Eighty years have already elapsed since the launching of two nuclear bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, followed by the catastrophic accidents occurred in 1986 and 2011, respectively, at the nuclear plants of Chernobyl (Ukraine) and Fukushima (Japan).
On Dark Energy
The concept of dark energy is often proposed to account for the accelerated expansion of the universe observed in cosmological studies. However, this phenomenon may not stem from energy itself but rather from the complex interplay of geometrical and observational effects.
Helicobacter pylori and Alzheimer's: An intriguing paradox is taking place!
An interesting article recently published in Science Advances returns a "two-faced Janus" image of Helicobacter pylori (Jin et al., 2025).
Collaboration Over Competition Unveils Gene Clusters in Coral Animals
What began as parallel discoveries in coral genomes evolved into a coordinated collaboration that revealed a conserved gene cluster for terpenoid biosynthesis, expanding our understanding of how animals encode complex chemistry.