Powerful Double-Ring ORC Reveals Ancient Black Hole Winds
Stunning double-ring ORC discovered across cosmic timeAstronomers working with citizen scientists have identified an ext...
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Ultra-Processed Food Addiction Rising in Middle Age
Middle-aged adults—especially women in their 50s—are experiencing unusually high rates of addiction-like responses to ul...
Menstrual Cycle Reshapes the Brain: Structural Changes
The rhythmic hormonal fluctuations that define the menstrual cycle do more than regulate reproduction — they also produc...
Loss of Smell Could Signal Parkinson's Years Early
Introduction: The hidden power of scentSmell is one of the least obvious senses, yet it exerts outsized influence over m...
Frequent Nightmares Could Signal Future Dementia Risk
Nightmares as a potential early warning of dementiaWe spend roughly one-third of our lives asleep, and a substantial por...
Stem Cells Restore Mouse Brains After Stroke Injury
Stem cell transplantation reverses stroke damage in miceThis image shows a coronal section through the mouse brain after...
Poor Sleep Accelerates Brain Ageing, Large Study Finds
Sleep and the ageing brain: overviewWe spend roughly one third of our lives asleep, but sleep is far from passive downti...
Five Early Speech-Related Signs That May Signal Alzheimer's
Ten million people receive a dementia diagnosis worldwide each year, and Alzheimer's disease is the single most common c...
Alzheimer’s Drug Memantine May Help Some Children with ASD
Alzheimer’s drug shows promise for social behavior in a subset of children with ASDA medication originally developed to ...
Rutgers Identifies Dark Matter 'Fingerprints' in Cosmos
New map of dark matter from distant star-forming galaxiesRutgers University researchers have traced distinct large-scale...
Mechanical squeeze triggers mitochondrial power-up in cancer
Rapid mitochondrial 'power-up' helps cancer cells survive mechanical stressCancer cells unleash a rapid burst of energy ...
Do Fasted Workouts Burn More Fat? What the Science Says
Fasted training and the claim of greater fat lossFasted training — performing aerobic or resistance exercise in the morn...
Bottled Water Microplastics: Long-Term Health Risks
Island revelation: a scientist’s pivot to plastic researchA scientist’s island epiphany uncovers how single-use bottles ...
Rethinking Surgery: Preserve Lymph Nodes to Boost Immunity
New perspective on lymph nodes and cancer surgeryNew research from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunit...
Immune Signals Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis Years Early
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can begin long before painful joint swelling appears. New research shows that characteristic i...
Blood Type A1 Raises Early Stroke Risk, Study Shows
New analysis links A1 blood subgroup with higher early stroke riskA large genetic analysis published in 2022 found that ...
Study Finds Fewer Melanomas in People with Tattoos
New findings on tattoos and melanomaCould tattoos influence melanoma risk? A recent population-based case-control study ...
DMT Shows Promise for Protecting Brain After Stroke
Natural compound reduces stroke damage in lab and animalsA naturally occurring molecule, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), has s...
Protein GADD45A May Slow Progression of Heart Disease
GADD45A identified as a protective protein against cardiac stressWhen the heart works harder than usual, its ventricular...
Vaping Linked to Higher Prediabetes Risk, Large Study Finds
A large U.S. study suggests that e-cigarette use is associated with a higher likelihood of prediabetes, and that people ...