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Can seven questions determine how wise you are?

Seven-item Jeste-Thomas Wisdom Index has high validity to measure wisdom and potential to improve overall well-being

Correcting inherited gene alterations speeds up

Researchers in the University of Helsinki and University Hospital Helsinki have developed a method to precisely and rapidly correct genetic alterations in the cultured patient cells.

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Stanford physicists help create time crystals with quantum computers

A team of researchers including ones from Stanford and Google have created and observed a new phase of matter, popularly known as a time crystal.

Scientists examine rare blood clots linked to adenovirus COVID-19 vaccines

ASU and an international team of researchers discover potential mechanism behind rare vaccine-related clotting disorder

U.S., Czech researchers uncover good, bad properties in common gut microbes

Bifidobacterium are with us at birth and play an important role in human health, yet much is still unknown about how they work.

‘Host’ insects control bacterial populations

A new review discusses how host organisms dominate bacteria populations in their systems to maintain overall health.

Seizures and memory problems in epilepsy may have a common cause

Damage to a part of the brain that regulates hyperactivity can contribute to both memory problems and seizures in the most common form of epilepsy, according to research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Gut microbes may drive weight gain after smoking cessation

Cigarette smoking, practiced by over a billion people worldwide, is considered a leading cause of disease, accounting for over six million deaths each year.

Better knowledge needed about handling of nanoparticles

Christina Isaxon has always been interested in how small particles in the air affect our health.

Decoding dementia in dogs could help fight Alzheimer’s

By the time Carolyn Chow learned that her father had Alzheimer’s disease, he would only have five years before succumbing to the disorder in 2017 at the age of 86.

Swedish experiments show bacterial DNA repair completed in 15 minutes

DNA, the famous double-strand helix that holds the genetic code, can break along one or both strands. Double-stranded breaks can kill a cell or create an opportunity for cancerous growth.

Infantile cataracts are a blind spot

The condition is more common — and problematic — than thought

Super-bright stellar explosion is likely a dying star giving birth to a black hole or neutron star

The discovery, based on an unusual event dubbed “the Cow,” may offer astronomers a new way to spot infant compact objects.

A spacecraft has “touched” the sun for the first time

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe crossed into the sun’s atmosphere on April 28, researchers report in Physical Review Letters

New prime editing system inserts entire genes in human cells

A CRISPR-based gene editing technique called twin prime editing could be a new and safer approach to gene therapy.

How a fly's brain calculates its position in space

Navigation doesn’t always go as planned—a lesson that flies learn the hard way, when a strong headwind shunts them backward in defiance of their forward-beating wings.

Canadian paleontologists uncover unusual Cambrian fossil from Burgess Shale

Canadian paleontologists have uncovered fossil remains of a large sea creature from the Cambrian Period 506 million years ago. The fossils were found in the rocks of the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies, an area known for the preservation of its fossils, including soft parts.

A new way to find genetic variations removes bias from human genotyping

Researchers demonstrated an effective new tool for mapping genetic variants in sequencing data using ‘pangenomics’ instead of a single reference genome

ASU student team wins gold for cleaning arsenic from drinking water

The team developed a strain of mutant algae for the international synthetic biology competition

The meat, the muscle, and the motion of cell fusion

One day Prof. Eldad Tzahor peered into a microscope in his lab and saw steak.