WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The American Astronomical Society issued the following news release: The collaboration of scientists and engineers supporting the Astropy Project will receive the 2025 Lancelot M. Berkeley-New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy. Bestowed annually since 2011 by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and supported by a grant from The New York Community Trust, the Berkeley prize includes a monetary award and an invitation to give the closing plena more PR

MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 19 [Category: Science] (TNSres) -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news: A study has uncovered a critical brain-gut connection that links psychological states to changes in the gut microbiome, with profound implications for immune function and stress-related health conditions. The research reveals how stress-sensitive brain circuits influence the composition of gut bacteria through Brunner's glands in the small intestine. It sheds light on the intricate mechan more PR

MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 17 [Category: Science] (TNSres) -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news: The cosmological principle is the foundation of modern cosmology and has been confirmed many times by observations and computer models. It states that the universe looks the same from every location and in all directions on a large scale. The latter criterion is called isotropy. However, observations with radio telescopes have in the past discovered a curious deviation from the cosmologic more PR