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Researchers Reprogram Human Skin Cells to Aged Neurons to Study Neurodegenerative Disorders

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new method for studying age-related brain disorders.

Breaking News from the Dawn of the Universe

Gazing back to the early epochs after the Big Bang, for the first time have scientists found the ancestor of a supermassive black hole.

Lockdowns Did Not Significantly Affect Young People’s Mental Health

Young people’s mental health has not been affected by the two corona lockdowns, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes.

Octopus-Like Tentacles Help Cancer Cells Invade the Body

With the help of the worlds best tweezers a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has shed new light on a fundamental mechanism in all living cells that helps them explore their surroundings and even invade tissue.

Communication Makes Hunting Easier for Chimpanzees

Similar to humans, chimpanzees use communication to coordinate their cooperative behavior – such as during hunting.

Extreme Heat and Drought Events Require More Systematic Risk Assessment

Simultaneous extreme heat and drought events have consequences in a variety of areas – for example the economy, health and food production.

New 3D Model Shows: Megalodon Could Eat Prey the Size of Entire Killer Whales

Megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, is famous for its huge, human-hand-sized teeth. However, there is little fossil evidence of its whole body.

Racial Segregation Magnifies Effects of Childhood Lead Exposure

Structural racism exacerbates cognitive declines of Black children exposed to lead

2D Boundaries Could Create Electricity

Rice lab leads effort to generate thickness-independent piezoelectricity in atom-thick materials

Heart Attack Damage Reduced by Shielded Stem Cells

Stem cell capsules implanted on heart surface improve function in four weeks

Australian biologist emphasizes role viruses may have played in origin of eukaryotes

Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells have a separate nucleus containing the genetic material, a protein-transcribing apparatus in the cytoplasm and energy-producing organelles such as mitochondria.

Scientists Urge Preparation for Catastrophic Climate Change

With the rapid, unprecedented pace of climate change, it is time to start seriously considering the worst-case scenarios, warns Washington State University archaeologist Tim Kohler.

Engineered Mattress Tricks Your Body to Fall Asleep Faster

When people feel sleepy or alert, that sensation is controlled in part by the ebb and flow of a 24-hour rhythm of their body temperature.

New Mexico Mammoths Among Best Evidence for Early Humans in North America

About 37,000 years ago, a mother mammoth and her calf met their end at the hands of human beings.

Wide View of Early Universe Hints at Galaxy Among the Earliest Ever Detected

Two new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope show what may be among the earliest galaxies ever observed.

Auburn University Researchers First to Map Blue Catfish Genome

An Auburn University research team from the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Agriculture recently became the first to map a high-quality genome assembly of the blue catfish.

MIT Team Reports Giant Response of Semiconductors to Light

The materials’ stiffness increases up to 40 percent, in a reversible effect, the researchers report in a study that also explains the phenomenon's atomic origins.

Living LEGOs

Mathematical modeling speeds up the process of programming bacterial systems to self-assemble into desired 2D shapes.

When a Task Adds More Steps, This Brain Circuit Helps You Notice

By tracking feedback during tasks, the anterior cingulate cortex notices when a new step has become necessary and signals the motor cortex to adjust.