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Whale Warning as Clock Ticks Towards Deep-Sea Mining

Seabed mining could soon begin in the deep ocean – but the potential impact on animals including whales is unknown, researchers have warned.

Clusters of Genes Help Mice Live Longer, Team Reports

The NIA Interventions Testing Program, including UT Health San Antonio, collaborated with peers in Tennessee and Switzerland.

Treatment for Combat-Related Ptsd Advances with Method Shown to Be Fast, Effective

Study findings out Jan. 5 in JAMA Network Open show an important step forward in treating the psychological injuries of war.

Inflammatory Trigger a New Clue in Alzheimer’s

Researchers discover toxic process involving ‘jumping genes’

Increasing Brain Protein Could Be a Treatment for Obesity

Drug target that revs up energy expenditure, reduces appetite identified

Concussion Can Affect Communication and Cognition Long After Injury, Study Finds

Concussions can cause long-term deficits in communication, according to findings from a study conducted by Assistant Professor Rocío Norman, PhD, CCC-SLP.

Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial Seeks 21 Area Volunteers

Study will evaluate senolytics — drugs that clear defective ‘zombie’ cells

The Unintended Consequences of Using a Ventilator

Breakthrough research addresses a long-standing question in pulmonary medicine about whether modern ventilators overstretch lung tissue. They do.

Injections for Diabetes, Cancer Could Become Unnecessary

Researchers at UC Riverside are paving the way for diabetes and cancer patients to forget needles and injections, and instead take pills to manage their conditions.

Tiniest Ever Ancient Seawater Pockets Revealed

Trapped for millennia, the tiniest liquid remnants of an ancient inland sea have now been revealed. The surprising discovery of seawater sealed in what is now North America for 390 million years opens up a new avenue for understanding how oceans change and adapt with changing climate.

Earth Might Be Experiencing 7th Mass Extinction, Not 6th

Earth is currently in the midst of a mass extinction, losing thousands of species each year. New research suggests environmental changes caused the first such event in history, which occurred millions of years earlier than scientists previously realized.

Discovery of Antibody Structure Could Lead to Treatment for Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus

Aresearch team led by the University of California, Riverside, has discovered important details about how therapeutically relevant human monoclonal antibodies can protect against Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus, or CCHFV.

How Giant-Faced Owls Snag Voles Hidden in Snow

Hovering over a target helps giant-faced Great Gray owls pinpoint prey hidden beneath as much as two feet of snow.

Post-Lockdown Auto Emissions Can’t Hide in the Grass

University of California scientists have a new way to demonstrate which neighborhoods returned to pre-pandemic levels of air pollution after COVID restrictions ended.

How Do Worms Develop Their Gut?

Were it not for the COVID-19 pandemic, an important discovery about the development of nematodes — elongated cylindrical worms — might not have been made.

Pollution Cleanup Method Destroys Toxic “Forever Chemicals”

An insidious category of carcinogenic pollutants known as “forever chemicals” may not be so permanent after all.

Brazilian, Spanish researchers reassess pterosaur from Triassic Period

A reassessment of Faxinalipterus minimus, supposedly a Triassic pterosaur from southern Brazil, resulted in the creation of a new taxon, according to a Science Daily article published May 4

Thugs in the Cellular Neighborhood

Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered how mutations in the BRCA genes, particularly prevalent among Ashkenazi Jews, lead to recruitment of cellular “assistants” in pancreatic cancer

A Molecular Close-Up

Weizmann Institute scientists present a new method for imaging individual electrons

The Quantum Twisting Microscope: A New Lens on Quantum Materials

A clever take on the science of twistronics offers new ways of exploring quantum phenomena