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About 20 years ago, Michigan State University's B. Alex Brown had an idea to reveal insights about a fundamental but enigmatic force at work in some of the most extreme environments in the universe.

In both aging human and mouse experiments, researchers identified a link between the MEF2 gene and cognitive resilience. Findings suggest enhancing MEF2 activity could protect the brain against age-related dementia.

In the everyday world, we can perform measurements with nearly unlimited precision. But in the quantum world--the realm of atoms, electrons, photons, and other tiny particles--this becomes much harder. Every measurement ...

Users of the social network will have their face data deleted, Facebook's parent company Meta has announced, but it is less clear what will happen with the AI algorithms trained on that data

Global CO2 emissions fell by 5.4 per cent during 2020 because of the pandemic, but they are estimated to have risen by 4.9 per cent this year

Language switching comes naturally for bilingual people as their brains have a mechanism that does not detect a switch in language, allowing for a seamless transition in comprehending more than one language at once.

People who consumed fish as a regular part of their diet had a lower risk of vascular brain disease, a condition that can lead to stroke or dementia.

A study of genetic data from people with autism and congenital heart disease identified 23 genes associated with heart disease. 12 of the genes were previously unknown.

Researchers have identified several metabolites in the blood whose levels are altered by coffee consumption. Levels of 3 of these coffee-related metabolites were significantly associated with individuals' risk of develop...

New findings help better understand the how one of the most commonly mutated genetic drivers of cancer passes signals that cause the disease.

A new finding offers researchers a direct way to investigate oxidative stress and its damaging effects in aging, cancer and other diseases.

Light with sub-millimeter and far-infrared wavelengths from deep space can travel long distances, penetrating right through dust clouds, and bring us information about the history of the universe and the origin of galaxi...

A strong solar storm is creating aurora-friendly conditions as far south as Pennsylvania, Iowa and Oregon this week.

Dozens of countries pledged to phase out coal and others promised to stop funding fossil fuel projects overseas, which helps put the target of 1.5°C of warming in reach

Using nanopore DNA sequencing technology, researchers have managed to scan a single protein: by slowly moving a linearized protein through a tiny nanopore, one amino acid at the time, the researchers were able to read of...

A new study has found a direct and sex-specific association between the composition of infant microbiome and early childhood behavioral health.

Tackling pollution from the emission of nitrogen compounds, particularly ammonia, could reduce many of the 23.3 million years of life that were lost prematurely across the world in 2013 due to nitrogen-related air pollut...

The drop in estrogen levels that occurs with menopause brings declines in the volumes of 'gray matter,' the cellular matter of the brain, in key brain regions that are also affected in Alzheimer's disease. But a new stud...

Sponges are arguably the simplest animals and they lack a nervous system, but peculiar cells in their digestive chambers may be evolutionary precursors of neurons

Emissions of ammonia can lead to tiny particles in the air that damage our health, but many countries have no policies on limiting its release into the atmosphere

Here are 5 low impact workouts to boost your fitness with a lower risk of injury.

Lightspeed is the fastest velocity in the universe. Except when it isn't. Anyone who's seen a prism split white light into a rainbow has witnessed how material properties can influence the behavior of quantum objects: in...