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Mud Volcanoes Don't Erupt Like We Thought - A New Discovery
1Scientists studied the Lokbatan mud volcano in Azerbaijan and found that it doesn't erupt suddenly like we thought. 2Small eruptions happen often, making the …
Read moreNew Way to Test Eye Health Using Quantum Optics
1Scientists from University at Buffalo used quantum optics to make Boehm's brushes easier to see. 2Boehm's brushes are faint, two-lobed patterns that appear in …
Read moreChemical Contaminants Found in Pre-cooked Seafood Meals
1The study analyzed 18 commercial products from Catalonia, Spain. 229 chemical compounds were detected in the samples, including phthalates and organophosphates. 3Phthalates were the …
Read moreScientists Create Programmable Light Simulator for Quantum Matter
1Researchers from the University of Ottawa and Federico II University created a programmable light simulator that can mimic how particles move through complex materials. …
Read moreFin Whales' Filter-Feeding Problem: Krill Buildup Slows Them Down
1Fin whales can filter-feed at a rate of up to 144 kg of krill per mouthful. 2The baleen plates in fin whales' mouths are …
Read moreNew Way to Recycle Mixed Plastic Waste in One Step
1A Japanese research team has developed a new way to break down polyurethane (PU) in mixed plastic waste without damaging other materials. 2The method …
Read moreWhy One-Size-Fits-All Approach to AI Adoption Fails
1Researchers from Texas A&M University found that people respond differently to artificial intelligence. A study of 2,144 U.S. adults showed mixed feelings about AI …
Read moreRelativity Changes How Atoms Bond in Heavy Elements
1Brown University chemists found that relativity affects the way atoms bond in heavy elements like bismuth. 2The study used photoelectron spectroscopy to analyze molecules …
Read moreHow to Keep Your Pet Hydrated During Hot Summers
1Dr. Sarah Manning is a clinical assistant professor at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. 2Cats should drink about …
Read moreAI Uncovers Hidden Fault Movements in California's San Andreas Fault
1Scientists used artificial intelligence to detect hidden movements of the San Andreas Fault. 2The researchers found dozens of short-duration slow slip events beneath the …
Read moreParents Threaten School Administrators More Than Teachers
177% of administrators reported verbal or threatening aggression from parents after COVID restrictions lifted 2Administrators were nearly 3.5 times more likely than teachers to …
Read moreMorning Glories Adapt Slowly to Climate Change
1A University of Michigan study found a 96% decrease in adaptation rate of morning glories over nine years. 2The researchers grew morning glory seeds …
Read more8 Faithful Movie Adaptations of Famous Books
1The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) is a faithful adaptation of the gospel, retaining nearly half of the original verses from Matthew's Gospel. …
Read moreThe Matua Community: Music and Rituals Bring People Together
1A community of 50 million people across India, Bangladesh, and other countries has found a way to stay connected despite national borders. Their music …
Read moreHow Tech Affects Communities and the Environment in Developing Countries
1Researchers are studying how technology impacts communities, health, and the environment in developing countries. 2The Lake Turkana wind power project in Kenya was completed …
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New AI Model Helps Us Understand How Universe Creates Heavy Elements
1The new AI model, RHINE, was created by an international team at GSI/FAIR to study neutron star mergers. 2RHINE uses machine learning to speed …
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Creatine May Help Fight Cancer by Boosting Immune System
1Researchers at UCLA found that creatine boosts the activity of dendritic cells, which are specialized immune cells that detect tumors and activate killer T …
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Intermittent Fasting May Be Easier for Weight Loss
1The study involved over 200 adults with obesity who were randomly assigned to one of three groups: intermittent fasting, continuous calorie restriction, or standard …
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Scientists Crack Code for Building Better Cancer Drugs
1Researchers at the University of Warwick discovered how bacteria create multiple versions of powerful anti-cancer medicines. 2The team found that small molecular regions called …
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Scientists Use AI to Crack Water's Biggest Mystery
1Researchers at Osaka University used AI to understand water's unusual behavior. 2They focused on supercooled water, which is liquid water that stays liquid even …
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Ancient Quasars Found in Early Universe - A Big Surprise!
131 ancient quasars were discovered by an international team of researchers using data from the Euclid space telescope. 2These quasars were already shining with …
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NASA's New Mars Rover Could Find Signs of Life on Red Planet
1The Rosalind Franklin rover will launch in 2030 and search for signs of life on Mars using MOMA and other instruments. 2MOMA is an …
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Ancient DNA Unlocks Secrets of Europe's Mysterious Megalith Builders
1The study found evidence of a population collapse and replacement in Europe around 3000 BC. 2The researchers identified several pathogens, including Yersinia pestis (plague) …
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New Weight Loss Pill Beats Oral Ozempic in Major Trial
1A recent phase 3 clinical trial involving 1,698 adults with type 2 diabetes across six countries found that orforglipron was more effective than oral …
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Scientists Crack 150-Year-Old Mystery of Gallium's Atomic Behavior
1Gallium was first discovered in 1875 by French chemist Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran. 2The metal has a low melting point and its atoms …
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Baby Rattlesnakes Not More Dangerous Than Adults
1A new study from Loma Linda University found that baby rattlesnakes are not more dangerous than adults. 2The myth that baby rattlesnakes are more …
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Scientists Unite Two Opposing Quantum Theories
1The researchers are from Heidelberg University's Institute for Theoretical Physics. 2The new theory unifies two opposing ideas in quantum physics: quasiparticles and Anderson's orthogonality …
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Tiny Silica Particles Kill Aggressive Prostate Cancer in Mice
1Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Duffield College of Engineering developed tiny silica particles that can destroy prostate tumors and awaken the body's …
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Scientists Turn Silicon Chip into DNA Writing Machine
1Harvard researchers have created a silicon chip that can write 64 different DNA sequences at once. 2The device uses a water-based approach instead of …
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Semaglutide Mistake: Thousands Call Poison Control After Weight Loss Approval
1The FDA approved semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy) in 2021 for chronic weight management. 2There was a sharp increase in poison control calls after semaglutide's …
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Longevity Diet Helps Mice Live Longer and Healthier Lives
1The longevity diet was developed by Valter Longo and his team at USC. 2The diet is mostly plant-based with fish, low in protein, and …
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Rare Goblin Shark Spotted Alive in Deep Ocean for First Time
1Goblin sharks are one of the rarest and most mysterious shark species in the world. 2They belong to a family that dates back nearly …
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Trees Keep Absorbing Carbon Even After They Stop Growing
1The study found that oak trees continue to absorb carbon dioxide even after they stop growing. 2Researchers used satellite imagery and instruments to measure …
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New Hope for Cancer Treatment with mRNA Vaccines
1Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine have discovered a new way that mRNA vaccines work against cancer. 2The study found that another type …
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How Our Eyes Develop Sharp Vision Before Birth
1Scientists at Johns Hopkins University discovered how humans develop sharp central vision before birth. 2A vitamin A derived molecule called retinoic acid plays a …
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New Spider Species Found in India's Himalayas
1The Happy Face spider was thought to exist only in Hawaii for over 100 years. 2A new spider species called Theridion himalayana or the …
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Physicists Create a Tiny Universe Where Time Emerges Without a Clock
1Professor Giovanni Barontini created a laboratory 'mini universe' with 24,000 ultracold atoms at the University of Birmingham. 2The experiment showed that time can emerge …
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Alien Planet May Support Life Despite Extreme Temperatures
1LHS 3844b is an exoplanet located about 48.5 light years from our solar system. 2The planet has a special property called tidal locking, which …
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New Test May Be Better at Predicting Heart Attacks and Strokes
1Researchers from Northwestern Medicine found that a new test called apolipoprotein B (apoB) is better than current tests for predicting who needs more aggressive …
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Engineers Crack Airflow Mystery in Underground Lab
1The Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) is a massive underground science laboratory in South Dakota, USA. 2Engineers at SURF noticed unusual airflow patterns during …
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Scientists Crack 30-Year Rye Pollen Mystery to Help Cancer Research
1Researchers at Northwestern University solved a long-standing mystery about two molecules in rye pollen. These molecules could help slow down tumor growth and lead …
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Takeaway meals in UK have too much salt, study finds
147% of takeout foods tested contained more salt than their stated values. 2The recommended daily salt intake for an adult in the UK is …
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Neanderthal DNA Study Reveals Surprising Truth
1The study analyzed Neanderthal DNA in present-day non-African modern humans. 2Traces of Neanderthal DNA are not evenly distributed and are more frequent on the …
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Astronomers Witness Birth of a Powerful Magnetar
1Astronomers have observed the birth of a magnetar for the first time. 2Magnetars are extremely magnetic and rapidly spinning neutron stars. 3The discovery confirms …
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Streetlights Lure Pill Bugs into Giant 'Death Spirals'
1Researchers in Israel discovered that streetlights can trap thousands of pill bugs in giant circular formations. 2The study focused on the species Armadillo sordidus, …
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Quantum Entanglement Found in a Large Crystal
1Researchers at TU Wien found quantum entanglement in a crystal large enough to hold. 2The team used a technique called quantum Fisher information to …
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AI Helps Scientists Find New Superconductors at Room Temperature
1An international team of scientists used machine learning to discover two new superconducting materials that can operate at room temperature. 2The materials are YRu3B2 …
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Bumblebees Collect More Toxic Metals Than Honeybees
1Bumblebees collect up to seven times more toxic metals in their pollen than honeybees. 2The researchers studied bumblebees and honeybees in Cambridgeshire, England. 3Bumblebees …
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New Material Can Control Heat Like a Computer Chip
1A team of scientists at Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan developed a new material that can control heat like a computer chip. 2The material …
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Quantum Mechanics: From Mysterious Theory to Powerful Tool
1Dr. Marlan Scully of Texas A&M University wrote a perspective article on the evolution of quantum mechanics in Science magazine. 2Quantum mechanics has become …
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5,000-year-old wolves on a remote island challenge our understanding of domestication
1Wolf remains were found on a small Swedish island called Stora Karlsö, dating back around 3,000 to 5,000 years. 2The wolves couldn't have reached …
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Ancient Bees Built Tiny Nests in Animal Bones 20,000 Years Ago
1The cave on Hispaniola is around 20,000 years old. 2Ancient bees used empty tooth sockets in fossilized jaws as tiny nests for their offspring. …
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Hidden Layer in Ocean Floor Made Japan's 2011 Tsunami So Deadly
1A team of scientists led by Christine Regalla discovered a weak layer of clay beneath the Pacific Ocean that contributed to Japan's devastating tsunami. …
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Scientists Discover New Way Brain Cells Die in Alzheimer's
1Researchers from King's College London found evidence of a new process called karyoptosis that may explain how brain cells die in Alzheimer's disease. 2Karyoptosis …
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Scientists Solve Black Hole Mystery with New Theory
1The black hole information paradox was first proposed by Stephen Hawking in the 1970s. 2A team of researchers led by Richard Pinčák has proposed …
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New Tool Helps Scientists Study Frictionless Superfluids
1Physicists at UBC and Freiburg University created a new optical centrifuge to control molecule rotation in superfluids. 2Superfluids are special liquids that flow without …
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What's the secret to living a long and healthy life?
1Scientists studied blood samples from 213 people who lived to be 100 or older and found distinct patterns of metabolites that were associated with …
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New Hope for Deadly Cancers with Hidden Weakness Found
1Small cell neuroendocrine cancers are aggressive and hard to treat, developing in the lung, prostate, and ovary. 2These cancers often lose a gene called …
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Scientists Discover How Brain Controls Muscle Growth and Fat Burning
1Researchers at UC Berkeley discovered a brain circuit that regulates growth hormone release during sleep. 2Growth hormone levels rise during sleep, especially during the …
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Drinking to Cope with Stress Can Permanently Change Your Brain
1Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that using alcohol to cope with stress in early adulthood can lead to long-term changes in …
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Geoengineering Mistake: A Climate Fix Could Harm Global Weather
1A new study from the University of California, Santa Barbara, found that marine cloud brightening (MCB) could reduce the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) …
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Why Some Brains Resist Alzheimer's Disease
1Around 30 percent of older adults who develop Alzheimer's disease never experience its symptoms. 2The study was conducted by researchers from the Netherlands Institute …
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Fireworks Leave Behind Hidden Pollution
1Three studies published in American Chemical Society (ACS) journals examined the effects of fireworks on air quality, water chemistry, and potentially human health and …
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NASA Celebrates America's 250th Birthday with Stunning Space Images
1NASA released four stunning images of deep space to mark America's 250th anniversary. 2The images were taken from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and combine …
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Hubble Telescope Captures a Stunning Star Cluster
1The Hubble Space Telescope has released an image of over 500,000 stars in Messier 3 (M3), one of the largest globular clusters in our …
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NASA's Hubble Telescope Captures a Stunning Stellar Nursery
1LH 95 is a star-forming region inside the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. 2The Hubble Space Telescope captured …
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Hubble Spots a Sparkling Star Cluster That's Almost as Old as the Universe
1The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star cluster called NGC 6426, which is around 13 billion years old. 2NGC 6426 is …
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New Insights into Stroke Cause May Change Treatment Forever
1A study involving 229 people found that lacunar ischemic stroke is linked to changes in brain blood vessels, not fatty plaque in arteries. 2Artery …
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Scientists Make Time Flow Backward in Quantum Breakthrough
1A team of scientists has found a way to control quantum systems so that their behavior appears consistent with time moving backward. This breakthrough …
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Scientists Discover a Protein That Burns Fat and Boosts Endurance
1Scientists at Weizmann Institute of Science discovered a protein called MTCH2 that helps cells burn fat and boost endurance. 2MTCH2 plays a major role …
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Bumble Bees Solve a Classic Intelligence Test
1Bumble bees were tested in a study led by Akshaye Bhambore and Olli Loukola from the University of Oulu. 2The experiment challenged the idea …
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Asteroids May Have Sparked Life on Early Earth
1Scientists at Southwest Research Institute used computer models to study how asteroid impacts affected early Earth. 2Asteroid impacts created conditions for life to emerge …
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New Spray-On Powder Stops Life-Threatening Bleeding in Just One Second
1Researchers at KAIST developed a spray-on powder that can stop severe bleeding in about one second. 2The powder is made from naturally derived ingredients, …
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390 Gravitational Waves Detected, Revealing Hidden Black Holes
1The new catalog includes 161 new signals from colliding black holes detected between April 2024 and January 2025. 2The total number of confirmed gravitational …
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Climate Scientist Corrects Government Report on Human Impact on Earth
1A leading climate scientist, Prof. Benjamin Santer, has disputed a US government report that contradicts his research on human-caused global warming. The report was …
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Tiny Magnetic Waves Could Unlock Super-Powerful Computers
1A team of scientists has found a way to make magnons last up to 18 microseconds. 2The scientists used two special techniques to achieve …
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Scientists Create Device That Can Turn Electricity into Sound
1The device was created by researchers at McGill University in Canada. 2Phonons are tiny sound-like particles that can be generated when electrons travel through …
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Laughter Reveals a Hidden Secret to Human Speech
1Scientists studied laughter in humans and great apes. They found that human laughter has remained consistent for 15 million years. This discovery helps us …
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What Happens to Water When it's Squeezed into Tiny Spaces?
1Scientists studied the behavior of water trapped in nanoscale pores, membranes, and biological channels. 2They used machine learning simulations to understand how pressure affects …
Read moreMysterious Signal May Reveal Secret of Dark Matter
1Scientists at the University of Miami think a strange signal detected by LIGO is evidence of primordial black holes. 2Primordial black holes are thought …
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New Calculator Helps Decide if Statins Are Right for You
1The researchers created a calculator to estimate the risk of serious muscle disorders from statin medication. 2Over 98% of people who could benefit from …
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Brain Discovery Challenges Treatment of Movement Disorders
1The study was led by Meike van der Heijden from the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech. 2The researchers analyzed data from pre-clinical …
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Many Kidney Transplant Patients Never Get Evaluated
1Over 720,000 patients were referred for a kidney transplant between 2014 and 2025. 2Nearly half of these patients (48%) never started the evaluation process …
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Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis Unite to Understand the Human Mind
1The prediction paradigm in neuroscience suggests that our brains constantly make predictions about what will happen next. 2Psychoanalysts like Sigmund Freud have been studying …
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Scientists Crack Code of Melanoma's Secret to Cheating Death
1Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine discovered a crucial missing piece in understanding how melanoma tumors grow and avoid death. 2Melanoma …
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Vitamin C Linked to Brain Health in Older Adults
1Over 2,000 older adults were studied in Japan to examine the link between vitamin C and brain health. 2Those with lower vitamin C levels …
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Scientists Discover New Way to Fight Viruses in Sea Anemones
1Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte discovered a new protein called CARDIB that helps sea …
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Asteroid Hit North Sea, Caused Massive Tsunami 43 Million Years Ago
1A massive asteroid hit the North Sea about 43 million years ago. 2The impact created a crater called Silverpit Crater, which is located about …
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Scientists Warn of Missing Evidence of Alien Life
1A new paper published in Nature Astronomy explores the problem of 'false negatives' in the search for extraterrestrial life. 2False negatives occur when scientists …
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Can Creatine Help Fight Depression? New Research Offers Hope
1Creatine is a popular sports supplement used to improve strength and muscle performance. 2A new systematic review published in Brain Medicine examined whether creatine …
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Scientists Find New Way to Stop Alzheimer's Disease Spread
1Researchers at University of Utah Health discovered how Alzheimer's disease spreads through the brain. 2A protein called Arc helps move toxic Tau from unhealthy …
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Fat-filled brain cells may make multiple sclerosis worse
1Researchers led by Daan van der Vliet studied brain tissue from 28 people who had donated their brains after dying with MS. 2They found …
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Millions of Stars Can Help Scientists Understand Dark Energy
1The researchers used Type Ia supernovae, which are extremely bright star explosions, to measure cosmic distances. 2The expansion of the Universe is accelerating, which …
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Fish Oil Supplements Don't Help Brain Health in Older Adults
1A new study from Keck Medicine of USC found that taking high-dose omega-3 supplements for two years did not improve memory or cognitive function …
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New Way to Kill Pancreatic Cancer Cells Discovered
1The study was led by Kweku Ofosu-Asante and Nazarius S. Lamango from Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2The compounds tested …
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Brain Still Works While We're Under Anesthesia
1Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine found that our brains can still process language and learn while we're under general anesthesia. 2The team recorded …
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Tiny Soil Microbes Help Crops Grow in Salty Farmland
1Scientists from the University of East Anglia discovered that certain soil bacteria called pseudomonads can help plants grow better in salty conditions. 2Pseudomonads were …
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Mountain Lions Shape Ecosystems in Small Preserves
1Mountain lions can reshape an ecosystem even if they only visit occasionally 2The study was conducted at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve near San …
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Common Pesticide Linked to Higher Risk of Parkinson's Disease (2)
1Long-term exposure to chlorpyrifos near home is associated with a more than 2.5-fold increase in the risk of developing Parkinson's disease. 2Chlorpyrifos has been …
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