Researchers develop the first assembled genome of a soft tick

Researchers with Baylor College of Medicine and Texas A&M AgriLife Research collaborated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, SCINet project and Ag100Pest Initiative to assemble the first genome for a soft tick, Ornithodoros turicata. Their findings were published in G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-genome-soft.html

Air India Plane Aborts Takeoff At Delhi Airport Due To Technical Snag

The flight was to be operated with an A321 aircraft.

source https://www.ndtvprofit.com/nation/air-india-plane-aborts-takeoff-at-delhi-airport-due-to-technical-snag

"True Love For God Lies In Serving Fellow Living Beings...": Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to examine a plea for a direction to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams to ensure the milk used for the worship of Lord Venkatesh should be taken only from...

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New discovery reveals how two proteins collaborate to detect UV-induced DNA damage

Ultraviolet (UV) rays from sunlight can cause DNA damage that leads to skin aging and cancer. Fortunately, our bodies have a highly efficient repair system capable of swiftly identifying and repairing damaged DNA sites among approximately 3 billion base pairs. Recent research by a team at UNIST has shed new light on how this process operates at the molecular level.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-discovery-reveals-proteins-collaborate-uv.html

Why the UK's butterflies are booming in 2025

Biodiversity is in rapid decline, across the UK and globally. Butterflies are excellent for helping us understand these changes. Where butterfly communities are rich and diverse, so too is the ecosystem. But the opposite is also true: if butterfly numbers are low and there are few species, it is a bad sign for the overall variety and abundance of life in the area.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-uk-butterflies-booming.html

Astronomers capture the birth of planets around a baby sun outside our solar system

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-astronomers-capture-birth-planets-baby.html

Hubble Uncovers Multi-Age Stars in Ancient Cluster, Reshaping Galaxy Origins

A stunning new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals that ancient star cluster NGC 1786-located 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud-hosts stars of varying ages....

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sPHENIX at RHIC Delivers First Results, Sets Stage for Quark–Gluon Plasma Studies

Brookhaven's sPHENIX detector at RHIC has released its first results from gold-ion collisions, confirming accurate detection of particle counts and energy levels. These measurements validate the...

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NASA's Crew-11 Astronauts Begin Quarantine for Late July ISS Launch

NASA's Crew-11 astronauts have entered the final stage before launch: a two-week quarantine designed to prevent illness before their mission to the ISS. Led by commander Zena Cardman, the...

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Study reveals hidden regulatory roles of 'junk' DNA

A new international study suggests that ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, which were long dismissed as genetic "junk," may actually play powerful roles in regulating gene expression. Focusing on a family of sequences called MER11, researchers from Japan, China, Canada, and the US have shown that these elements have evolved to influence how genes turn on and off, particularly in early human development.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-reveals-hidden-regulatory-roles-junk.html

NSDL Pre-IPO Shares Locked From July 18; No Off-Market Transactions Allowed Until Six Months Post Listing

The only exception is the equity shares that will be transferred under the IPO itself.

source https://www.ndtvprofit.com/markets/nsdl-pre-ipo-shares-locked-from-july-18-no-off-market-transactions-allowed-until-six-months-post-listing

Colonization devastated biodiversity, habitats and human life in the Pacific Northwest

Burrard Inlet, known traditionally as səl̓ilwəɬ (Tsleil-Wat) in the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language, has been the heart of the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) since time immemorial.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-colonization-devastated-biodiversity-habitats-human.html

Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language family's origins

Where did Europe's distinct Uralic family of languages—which includes Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian—come from? New research puts their origins a lot farther east than many thought.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-ancient-dna-mystery-hungarian-finnish.html

New study reveals how corals teach their offspring to beat the heat

Plunge into the shallows off the Florida Keys, Hawaiʻi or the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and you are likely to meet a startling sight.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-reveals-corals-offspring.html

Mangrove as metaphor: Adaptable plant offers inspiration for sustainable food systems model

Humans rely on metaphors to guide a shared understanding of our complex world, and in a novel twist, a faculty member in the University of Rhode Island's Department of Fisheries, Animals and Veterinary Sciences is borrowing a technique from his colleagues in the College of Arts and Sciences to better describe and convey needed change in food sustainability.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-mangrove-metaphor-sustainable-food.html

China Builds Mind-Controller That Turns Bees Into Military Cyborgs

Once the bee has been turned into a cyborg, it can be used for covert military operations.

source https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/china-builds-worlds-lightest-mind-controller-that-turns-bees-into-military-cyborgs-8869758

Nifty In Technical Charts: Waiting Time

The beauty of technical analysis is that it has a tool set to address any time frame that you wish to look at.

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Massive laptop price drops on Amazon Prime Day Sale 2025! Up to 40% off on Apple, HP, Lenovo and more

Just 30 minutes into the Amazon Prime Day Sale, and some of the best-performing laptops are already on massive discount! Grab models with fast processors, high refresh rate displays, long battery life and lightweight designs.

source https://www.livemint.com/technology/gadgets/massive-laptop-price-drops-on-amazon-prime-day-sale-2025-up-to-40-off-on-apple-hp-lenovo-and-more-11752226503352.html

Polymer coating extends half life of MXene-based air quality sensor by 200% and enables regeneration

Cleaning products, candles, cribs, and cosmetics are just a few of the common household items that emit formaldehyde, a colorless, odorless chemical that, when present in the air at levels higher than 0.1 parts per million, has been found to be a risk to human health.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-polymer-coating-life-mxene-based.html

Automatized vocabulary knowledge in predicting speech fluency

When learning a second language (L2), many are likely familiar with the challenge of memorizing vocabulary, only to struggle with recalling and using it fluently in speech.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-automatized-vocabulary-knowledge-speech-fluency.html

Keeping the photon in the dark: A new method for full control of quantum dots

Excitons—bound pairs of electrons and an electron hole—are quasiparticles that can arise in solids. While so-called "bright" excitons emit light and are therefore accessible, dark excitons are optically inactive. As a result, they have a significantly longer lifetime—which makes them ideal for storing and controlling quantum states and using them for advanced methods to generate entanglement.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-photon-dark-method-full-quantum.html

OnePlus Nord 5 vs Poco F7 5G: Spec-by-spec comparison of mid-range flagships?

India's mid-range smartphone market sees the launch of OnePlus Nord 5 and Poco F7 5G. Both devices boast premium designs, AI features, and competitive pricing, targeting users seeking flagship performance. Check the detailed comparison inside.

source https://www.livemint.com/technology/gadgets/oneplus-nord-5-vs-poco-f7-5g-spec-by-spec-comparison-of-mid-range-flagships-11751996844586.html

Thousands told to stay home as Spain forest fire rages

Hundreds of Spanish firefighters on Tuesday battled a forest fire stoked by fierce winds that had burned more than 3,000 hectares, with authorities ordering 18,000 residents to stay at home.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-thousands-told-stay-home-spain.html

Why are we so obsessed with bringing back the wooly mammoth?

In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble them—has moved closer from science fiction to science fact. Colossal Biosciences—an American for-profit de-extinction startup headed by geneticists George Church and Beth Shapiro—announced two major achievements almost back-to-back.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-obsessed-wooly-mammoth.html

Turbulent research landscape imperils US brain gain, and ultimately American prosperity

Despite representing only 4% of the world's population, the United States accounts for over half of science Nobel Prizes awarded since 2000, hosts seven of The Times Higher Education Top 10 science universities, and incubates firms such as Alphabet (Google), Meta and Pfizer that turn federally funded discoveries into billion-dollar markets.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-turbulent-landscape-imperils-brain-gain.html

2nd Test: Gill, Akash Set Up Famous Win For India vs England At Edgbaston

Shubman Gill scored a total of 430 runs in the game while Akash Deep picked 10 wickets.

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Chinese Man Caught Cross-Dressing To Cheat In Exam For Female Student

While the identity of the man has not been revealed, the woman, surnamed Li, contacted him online to take the Advanced Accounting exam on her behalf.

source https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/chinese-man-caught-cross-dressing-to-cheat-in-exam-for-female-student-8830600

India's Rs 1 Lakh-Crore Bet On Private Sector R&D - DST Secretary Shares Ambitious Roadmap

The government has introduced a research and innovation fund to encourage private players to invest in high-risk sectors which they have been hesitant to enter, according to Secretary of Department...

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Avoid bad breath, don't pick partners when drunk: Ancient dating tips to find modern love

To love and be loved is something most people want in their lives.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-bad-dont-partners-drunk-ancient.html

Rare blue proteins from cold-adapted microbes could serve as prototypes for molecular on-off switches

Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and the permanently ice-cold groundwater in Finland. As cold and beautiful as these are, for the structural biologist Kirill Kovalev, they are more importantly home to unusual molecules that could control brain cells' activity.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-rare-blue-proteins-cold-microbes.html

International student activism histories show how education can foster democracy

On March 25, 2025, a Turkish Ph.D. student at Tufts University, Rümeysa Öztürk, was walking in a Boston suburb when she was detained by plain-clothed federal agents. A video of the encounter went viral, sparking fear and outrage in the United States and beyond.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-international-student-histories-foster-democracy.html

US military spending reductions could substantially lower energy consumption

A new analysis suggests that reductions in U.S. military spending could result in significant decreases in energy consumption by the Department of Defense, leading to reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Ryan Thombs of Penn State University, U.S., and colleagues present these findings in PLOS Climate.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-military-reductions-substantially-energy-consumption.html

A spacecraft carrying human remains and cannabis crashes into the ocean

We've sent some pretty interesting payloads to space since the first satellite (Sputnik 1) launched on October 4, 1957. As access to space has increased, thanks largely to the commercial space industry, so too have the types of payloads we are sending. Consider the Nyx capsule created by German aerospace startup The Exploration Company, which launched on June 23 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a Falcon-9 rocket as part of a rideshare mission (Transporter-14).

source https://phys.org/news/2025-07-spacecraft-human-cannabis-ocean.html

The bold place bets on VIX: Research finds investors turn to 'fear index' trading despite potential for high returns

Since Wall Street's "fear index" spiked in April, even casual investors have watched it nervously for signs of whether to buy, hold, or run for their lives.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-06-bold-vix-investors-index-potential.html