Built from thickets of glucose, galactose, mannose and more, the glycome plays key roles in cell communication, immunity and the blood-brain barrier.
✍️ Esther Landhuis
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/role-of-glycome-biology
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Sweet! The cell’s sugary coating comes into view
Built from thickets of glucose, galactose, mannose and more, the glycome plays key roles in cell communication, immunity and the blood-brain barrier
For particle physicists working with neutrinos, almost nothing is everything
Several massive multimillion dollar experiments should soon reveal more about the nature of these ghostly particles.
✍️ Nicola Jones
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2026/physicists-make-progress-weighty-problem-neutrino-mass
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For particle physicists working with neutrinos, almost nothing is everything
Several massive multimillion dollar experiments should soon reveal more about the nature of these ghostly particles
Mining the deep ocean
Renewable technologies need a multitude of critical minerals. The seabed could supply these riches. But at what cost?
The 'sweet spot' of overconfidence — project a bit to be perceived as competent, but don't be 'too seduced,' a cognitive neuroscientist explains in a Q&A
Q&A with cognitive neuroscientist Steve Fleming: What the science of self-awareness can tell us about confident decision-making
#Podcast 🎧🎙️ Sloppy by today’s standards, and maybe even back when it was published in 1955, Henry Beecher’s paper paved the way for sounder drug trials and pushed scientists to better understand how we process pain.
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2023/how-placebo-effect-went-mainstream
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How the placebo effect went mainstream
PODCAST: Sloppy by today’s standards, and maybe even back when it was published in 1955, Henry Beecher’s paper paved the way for sounder drug trials and pushed scientists to better understand how we process pain (Season 3, Episode 3)
🔥 Aus Abfall wird Kraftstoff – genau das packt das neue Projekt „EnerFuel" an der Hochschule Hof an!
Biogene Reststoffe und Kunststoffabfälle landen oft in der Müllverbrennung – dabei steckt da enormes Potenzial drin. Unser Forschungsteam entwickelt Verfahren, um daraus hochwertige alternative Brenn- und Kraftstoffe zu gewinnen. 💡
👉 https://www.campuls.de/energie-aus-dem-was-bleibt-hochschule-hof-startet-naechstes-zukunftsprojekt
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#Opinion ✍️ Zero-deforestation supply-chain commitments aren’t protecting tropical forests as much as hoped. But they might, if the same standards were applied to domestic and export markets.
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2023/why-deforestation-despite-protection-pledges
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Why one deforestation solution has yet to stop massive tree loss
OPINION: Zero-deforestation supply-chain commitments aren’t protecting tropical forests as much as hoped. But they might, if the same standards were applied to domestic and export markets.
Unlike violent crimes, there are no comprehensive national statistics on the serious misconduct of companies. Some see a need for change. ✍️ Elise Hansen
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/corporate-crime-poorly-tracked-usa
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Corporate crime persists in the shadows
Unlike violent crimes, there are no comprehensive national statistics on the serious misconduct of companies. Some see a need for change.
The curious case of low-protein diets
In the lab, animals live longer on less of the stuff. How could this be, and what does it mean for human aging?
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