A River of News

Science headlines, Saturday, October 17, 2026

67 items. Times are UTC.

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    What a worm's brain can teach us about sex differences in the nervous system Phys.org

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    How one of Earth's worst volcanic disasters affected societies in prehistoric Japan Phys.org

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    Simulations explore nuclear mitigation of asteroid threats Phys.org

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    Noise-cancelling headphones prevent vomiting after surgery New Scientist (limited free articles) by Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Quantum magic state cleanup cuts errors 40-fold in first successful hardware test Phys.org story

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    What an ancient volcanic eruption teaches us about resilience today Phys.org

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    Hand-cranked device tells blood type and red cell levels in 1 minute Phys.org

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    Salt crystals could hold clues to life beneath Enceladus's ice Phys.org
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    Australian scavengers don't just eat everything and slink away. They approach a carcass like a buffet Phys.org

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    A Reporter Who Saw Covid Coming Has Died The New York Times (limited free articles) by Jeré Longman
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    The ambiguous costs of climate change Phys.org story

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    Lone, starless cloud may be a 'dark' galaxy Phys.org
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    Red-sensitive pigments in mantis shrimp eyes act as reversible light switches Phys.org

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    Electrical sliding switches graphene between magnetic states Phys.org
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    Global survey links financial hardship to lower trust in science Phys.org

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    Popular song lyrics express less emotion over time, analysis of 38K+ songs finds Phys.org
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    During El Niño, a perfect storm of weather systems could spell disaster for the Great Barrier Reef Phys.org story
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    Plants move to get away from their decaying brethren Scientific American (limited free articles)

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    For a Mere $2 Million, You Could Own Three Books That Unlocked the Universe The New York Times (limited free articles) by William J. Broad, Andres Kudacki

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    Optical imaging links altered metabolism and oxygen use in Alzheimer's disease Phys.org

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    Avian flu and costs among reasons for loss of captive birds at Castle Espie BBC

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    How animal identifiability affects children's food choices Phys.org
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    Brazil sees record fall in Amazon deforestation as key election looms BBC story

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    Why hasn't the UK had any named storms yet? BBC
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    Evacuation orders as fast-moving California wildfire burns homes BBC story
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    Political violence: How justifications influence voter approval Phys.org

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    Nonflammable sulfamoyl–carbonate hybrid electrolyte for high-voltage lithium batteries via preemptive passivation Nature Communications by Hun Kim
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    Metabolic reprogramming of macrophage-specific transketolase orchestrates angiogenesis in diabetic wounds Nature Communications by Yuan Xiong
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    Optical-handedness-driven enantioselective synthesis and programmable chirality encoding of covalent organic frameworks Nature Communications by Taewoong Kim
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    Spatially resolving isomeric trisaccharides on surfaces with Orbitrap-SIMS Nature Communications by Margaret Moloney
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    A microglial basis for fragile X syndrome via impairment of FMRP-regulated lysosomal function Molecular Psychiatry by Heng Li
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    An interpretable hierarchical deep learning framework for lung and colon cancer detection Scientific Reports by Md. Alamin Talukder
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    Physics-constrained generative digital twin for early leakage detection in nitrogen accumulators in governor control systems at hydroelectric power plants Scientific Reports by Taha Selim Ustun
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    SpecLLM: LLM-based VNIR spectral interpretation Scientific Reports by Michał Romaszewski
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    ZAPP: a zero-aware photovoltaic power prediction framework Scientific Reports by Ahmet Gürhanlı
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    Identification of kinematic motifs in crouch gait of children with cerebral palsy Scientific Reports by Shyam Krishnan K
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    Transformer-based architectures for anomaly detection in solar-wind integrated energy infrastructures Scientific Reports by Ritika Asati
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    DashGuard: spatio-temporal deep learning for dashcam-based road accident anticipation Scientific Reports by Lohith Kumar Pullur Somasekar
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    Numerical simulation and structural optimization of electrostatic precipitators for particle purification in space capsules Scientific Reports by Lingzi Meng
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    Multi-timescale voltage optimization and control for distribution networks based on regional priority evaluation and deep reinforcement learning Scientific Reports by Shanglin Zhao
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    Baseline radiographic and microbiologic predictors of treatment outcomes in a shortened all-oral regimen for MDR/RR-TB Nature Communications by Edmund Q. L. Shen
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    Rationally micropatterned antifogging hydrogels counteracting extreme condensation Nature Communications by Hyunchul Park
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    Molecular basis of PADI6 species-specific oligomerization in maternal regulatory complexes Nature Communications by Jinhong Li
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    Size-dependent catalysis of Ru nanoparticles for selective reductive amination of PET plastic Nature Communications by Zuyi Zhang
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    Brassinosteroids improve nitrogen utilization by antagonizing BIN2-mediated SnRK1 activation Nature Communications by Lianmei Yao
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    Carbon accounting method for industrial sectors at prefectural level: the case of Shanxi Province Scientific Reports by Zongyu Li
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    A robust and reliable method for malware classification using hybrid features and gradient boosting Scientific Reports by Asia Maqsood
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    A phase 2 trial evaluating polysomnography outcomes and safety of lemborexant in Korean adults with insomnia disorder Scientific Reports by Yong Won Cho
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    Cement-free composite brick from waste foundry sand and mixed post-consumer thermoplastic waste for sustainable construction Scientific Reports by Praveen Kumar Pandey
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    An enhanced TOGI-based control framework for seamless bidirectional energy management in grid-connected solar PV–EV charging systems Scientific Reports by Lingamaiah Malle
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    A two-stage optimization method for wide-range single-electron quantum magnetic sensing Scientific Reports by Shiqian Guo
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    Directional magnetic field detection with zero-bias surface acoustic wave sensors Scientific Reports by Marc Alexander Nowak
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    Performance-based evaluation of hyperbolic and parabolic vertical curves for highway geometric design Scientific Reports by Mahsa Shahvarani
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    Biopsy-free score for screening myelodysplastic syndrome and related diseases in cytopenic patients Scientific Reports by Sirilak Sutthinont
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    Antimicrobial resistance profiles and antibiotic resistance gene detection in environmental isolates from urban streams in Ilorin, Nigeria: a One Health cross-sectional assessment Scientific Reports by Olatunji Matthew Kolawole
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    Food insecurity and its associated factors among lactating mothers in Ankesha Guagusa Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study Scientific Reports by Menkir Wondale
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    Exports of technologically related environmental goods are associated with higher environmental performance in OECD countries Scientific Reports by Yılmaz Toktaş
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    ADAM17 is a broad HIV-1 restriction factor targeted by Nef to restore Env maturation Nature Communications by Qiuchen Li
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    F2D-RetinaNet: a feature-to-decision dual-path network with fractional operators for retinal disease detection and grading Scientific Reports by Mukesh Delu
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    A quantitative geophysical–geotechnical framework for slope stability analysis using electrical resistivity tomography Scientific Reports by Widodo
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    Adaptive storage optimization for deep learning workloads in converged HPC-cloud environments: a reinforcement learning approach Scientific Reports by Hovhannes Baghdasaryan
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    Age modifies the association between body composition and S1P levels in the study of health in pomerania Scientific Reports by Saima Bibi
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    Chemical profiling and multitarget computational screening reveal bioactive phytochemical scaffolds from Echiochilon pauciflorum stocks ex wight Scientific Reports by Nirali Nandaniya
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    Decomposing multi-scale dynamic regulation from single-cell multiomics with scMagnify Nature Communications by Xufeng Chen
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    Permeability heterogeneity controls fluid migration and microseismicity evolution in The Geysers geothermal field, California Nature Communications by Lei Li
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    Brown adipose tissue ankyrin-B cell-autonomously modulates lipid content and its deletion protects male mice against diet-induced obesity Nature Communications by Ashley M. Aguillard
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    Breaking water-structure constraints by Hofmeister effects in interfacial polymerization for polyamide membranes Nature Communications by Qingchen Tang