Space & Planetary
Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Dec-2025 09:11 ET (23-Dec-2025 14:11 GMT/UTC)
Scientists map the human genome in 4D
Northwestern UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
In a landmark effort to understand how the physical structure of our DNA influences human biology, Northwestern investigators and the 4D Nucleome Project have unveiled the most detailed maps to date of the genome’s three‑dimensional organization across time and space, according to a new study published in Nature.
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- Nature
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- National Institutes of Health Common Fund (The 4D Nucleome Project)
To flexibly organize thought, the brain makes use of space
Picower Institute at MITPeer-Reviewed Publication
In a new study, MIT researchers tested their theory of Spatial Computing, which holds that the brain recruits and controls ad hoc groups of neurons for cognitive tasks by applying brain waves to patches of the cortex.
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- Current Biology
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- Office of Naval Research, Freedom Together Foundation
Retrieval of interior structure of asteroids with the low-frequency telescope DART
Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co., LtdThe UJI's Hort4Health project promotes sustainable learning and mental health among the university community
Universitat Jaume IFollowing the path towards innovation in education and health, the Department of Education and Specific Didactics of the Universitat Jaume I is developing Hort4Health. Under the direction of Mireia Adelantado Renau, lecturer in the Department of Didactics of Experimental Sciences, this leading project seeks to analyse and investigate in an interdisciplinary way the impact of integrating an eco-educational garden in the classrooms where students learn about health, sustainability and emotional well-being, thus offering a solid scientific basis on the benefits of these practices.
The Hort4Health project emerges in response to the growing need to promote healthy habits among young people, especially in an era where technology and sedentary lifestyles predominate and generate worrying figures. Through practical activities in the garden, students not only study about agriculture and ecology, but also experience the benefits of physical activity and contact with nature for their mental and physical health. Researcher Mireia Adelantado points out that in this way "scientific results will be obtained on the current healthy habits of the university community, completing the scarce previous literature on this subject in this population". This initiative has already involved more than a hundred pupils from the Early Childhood and Primary School Teacher degrees, who have participated in sessions designed to improve their emotional wellbeing, their connection with the environment and their understanding of the importance of an active and healthy life. Early results indicate a significant positive impact on the physical health of the participants and underline the potential of the garden as an innovative space for learning and wellbeing.
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- Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
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- Universitat Jaume I
How climate policies that incentivize and penalize can drive the clean energy transition
University of California - San DiegoPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- Nature Climate Change
Stardust study resets how life’s atoms spread through space
Chalmers University of TechnologyPeer-Reviewed Publication
Starlight and stardust are not enough to drive the powerful winds of giant stars, transporting the building blocks of life through our galaxy. That’s the conclusion of a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, of red giant star R Doradus. The result overturns a long-held idea about how the atoms needed for life are spread.
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- Astronomy and Astrophysics
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- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation