Tiny Power Module Could Help Solve Global Energy Crunch
As global electricity demand surges, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory...
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NU-9 Drug Slows Early Alzheimer's Disease Progression
Scientists report a promising new candidate drug, NU-9, that appears to slow early Alzheimer’s-related changes in the br...
Vaccinating Boys Could End Cervical Cancer — Here’s How
HPV vaccination programs that ignore males risk prolonging a preventable public health crisis. New modeling from the Uni...
Liver-Directed mRNA Reprograms Immunity, Restores T Cells
Researchers at MIT and the Broad Institute have developed a novel way to temporarily revive aspects of the aging immune ...
MOCHI: Nearly Invisible Window Insulation to Save Energy
Windows are essential for daylight and views, but they are also one of the largest sources of heat loss and gain in buil...
Long-Term Aspartame Use May Damage Heart and Brain Health
A new long-term animal study from Spain raises fresh questions about the safety of aspartame, a popular low-calorie swee...
Full-Fat Cheese and Cream May Lower Dementia Risk, Study
A long-term Swedish study suggests a surprising link: people who regularly ate full-fat cheese and cream had a lower ris...
First Contact Might Be Loud: The Eschatian Hypothesis
Imagine humanity's first undeniable sign of an alien civilization arriving not as a diplomat, ship, or message, but as a...
Parker Finds Sun's Alfvén Surface Is Growing and Spikier
New close-in measurements from NASA's Parker Solar Probe reveal that the Sun's Alfvén surface — the invisible boundary w...
How Mini Brain Organoids Decode Schizophrenia and Bipolar
Tiny lab-grown brain models are giving researchers a new window into psychiatric disorders. By measuring faint electrica...
Could a Supernova Conceal a Rare Superkilonova Merger?
A puzzling cosmic blast picked up in both light and gravitational waves may point to a never-before-seen hybrid explosio...
New 'AbLec' Therapy Targets Glycan Brake to Fight Cancer
Researchers at MIT and Stanford have developed a fresh immunotherapy approach that disables a sugar-based molecular “bra...
Cutting One Amino Acid: Low Isoleucine Extends Life
New laboratory work suggests that reducing a single essential amino acid in the diet—isoleucine—can slow aging and incre...
Five Shared Genetic Roots Link 14 Psychiatric Disorders
New international research shows that many psychiatric diagnoses share a common genetic architecture. By comparing DNA f...
Microdoses of Cannabis Slow Alzheimer’s Decline, Trial Shows
Researchers report that tiny, sub-psychoactive doses of a cannabis extract stabilized cognitive decline in people with m...
Why Swearing Can Boost Strength and Workout Focus Now
Swearing might feel like an instinctive release after a stubbed toe — but new research suggests it can also give your bo...
Six Midlife Depression Symptoms That Predict Dementia Risk
New research suggests that not all depressive symptoms are equal when it comes to dementia risk. A long-term UK study fi...
Why December Seems to Come Faster Every Year — Science
How did we suddenly jump from Easter chocolate to December decorations? The sensation that a year—or just the last few m...
Baikonur Launch Pad Crash Grounds Russia's ISS Flights
On November 27, a dramatic accident at Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome disrupted the country's ability to send crews and ca...
James Webb Finds a Lemon-Shaped Planet Packed with Carbon
Space keeps delivering surprises. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted an exoplanet so unusual that astrono...