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Aldosterone Drives CKD Progression Beyond Blood Pressure
A large CKD cohort study found that high aldosterone levels independently accelerate kidney disease and raise cardiovascular risk, challenging the assumption that the hormone's harm is merely a byproduct of elevated blood pressure.NASA X-59 Reaches Mach 1.4, Taming the Sonic Boom
NASA's X-59 validated its precision flight profile at Mach 1.4 and 55,000 feet across two June 2025 test flights — the exact conditions required to generate acoustic data that could rewrite a 50-year FAA ban on overland commercial supersonic flight.Dark Stars: Webb May Have Found Stars With Black Holes
James Webb Space Telescope has spotted enigmatic 'little red dots' that scientists propose could be dark stars — hypothetical objects fueled by dark matter annihilation rather than nuclear fusion, potentially harboring black holes at their cores.Tuberculosis Can Spread Before Symptoms Appear, Study Warns
A new study warns that tuberculosis may spread before infected people show any symptoms, exposing a critical gap in public-health surveillance systems that rely on cough and other visible signs to identify infectious patients.Quantum Computing in Healthcare: Cleveland Clinic & IBM
Cleveland Clinic and IBM convened a forum to assess what their landmark Discovery Accelerator partnership has produced — offering one of the clearest looks yet at how quantum computing and AI are beginning to reshape medical research, from protein folding simulation to drug discovery.PFAS in Salmon Feed: Hidden Forever Chemicals in Farmed Fish
A new analysis of commercial salmon feed ingredients detected PFAS precursor compounds at concentrations up to twice as high as the legacy forever chemicals regulators typically monitor, raising questions about how much of the true chemical burden in farmed Atlantic salmon is going unmeasured.Load More