How Fasting Rewires Aging Muscles Differently by Sex
Cutting calories in older animals does more than shrink waistlines: it reshapes the molecular wiring of skeletal muscle ...
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Sensory Switches: How Touch Cancels Lifespan Boosts
Researchers at the University of Michigan found that a single gene in tiny roundworms acts like a flip switch between li...
COVID mRNA Vaccines May Boost Immunotherapy Survival
New observational research suggests a surprising benefit: patients with advanced lung cancer or metastatic melanoma who ...
Femtosecond UV-C Lasers: Fast Free‑Space Optical Messaging
Ultrafast ultraviolet light has taken a major step forward: researchers have demonstrated a system that can both create ...
Silencing Oral Bacterial Talk to Prevent Tooth Decay
New laboratory work suggests we might one day reduce tooth decay and gum disease not by killing oral microbes, but by in...
Gut Bacteria May Drive Bipolar Depression, Mouse Study Shows
New research suggests that an imbalance in gut bacteria can reshape brain wiring and produce depression-like behavior as...
Why We Blush: The Hidden Social Signal Behind Red Faces
Most of us recognize that sudden, involuntary warmth that floods the face when we’re embarrassed. That burning sensation...
Rebalancing One Amygdala Circuit Reverses Anxiety in Mice
Researchers have shown that fixing the activity balance in a very small group of neurons in the amygdala can erase anxie...
Can Asteroid Mining Become a Real Source of Resources?
Asteroid mining has swung between fevered hype and quiet skepticism over the past decade. New laboratory work led by Spa...
How a 250-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrote Mammal Hearing
New biomechanical modeling suggests that a Triassic-era cynodont, Thrinaxodon liorhinus, could hear airborne sounds usin...
Hidden Breathing Problems May Worsen Chronic Fatigue
New research suggests that many people living with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have unrecognized breathing abnormalit...
Turning Off an Immune Switch to Prevent Chemo Nerve Pain
Chemotherapy can leave patients with lasting nerve pain that looks a lot like a direct injury to nerves — but new resear...
EAST’s Breakthrough: Beating Plasma Density Limits
China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), nicknamed the 'artificial sun', has crossed a key barrier ...
Why the Giant Green Bank Telescope Found 3I - ATLAS Silent
When the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS swept through the inner Solar System it offered a rare chance to listen for artific...
Can Theobromine in Dark Chocolate Slow Biological Aging?
Good news for dark chocolate fans: a new population study links higher blood levels of theobromine, a compound abundant ...
Astronomers Measure a Rogue Planet’s Mass and Distance
Astronomers have, for the first time, determined both the mass and distance of a planet that drifts freely through the g...
A Safer Path to Restore Brain Energy: P7C3-A20 and NAD+
Researchers are exploring a new therapeutic route to restore brain energy balance that avoids risks linked to over-the-c...
Seven-Hour Gamma-Ray Burst Shakes Astronomers' Models
Astronomers have recorded the longest gamma-ray burst on record — a mysterious explosion that persisted for nearly seven...
Massive Vector Reduction Enables Cheaper CAR‑NK Therapy
Researchers have developed a cell-engineering method that dramatically lowers the amount of viral vector needed to produ...
Nanotyrannus Confirmed: A Small Tyrannosaur Species
For decades, paleontologists argued over whether Nanotyrannus was a separate small tyrannosaur or simply a juvenile Tyra...