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Medical Xpress / Rare gene variants may multiply Alzheimer's disease risk
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia worldwide, and its development is influenced by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. In recent years, the PLCG2 gene and its encoded enzyme, PLCγ2, have ...
Medical Xpress / Taking screenshots makes you more likely to forget information
Snapping a photo or taking a screenshot to remember something? According to recent cognitive research from Binghamton University's Psychology Department, the practice may make you more likely to forget.
Phys.org / Japan aims for the moons of Mars
Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars' moons to retrieve samples that may unlock the origins of the solar system and life on Earth, although a rival Chinese mission aims to make it back first.
Tech Xplore / OpenAI to lease massive new AI data center in US, backed by Nvidia
ChatGPT maker OpenAI will lease a massive new data center in the United States for 20 years, backed by a $105 billion financing commitment from Nvidia, according to a regulatory filing published Monday.
Medical Xpress / Personalized T-cell therapy eliminates detectable metastatic kidney tumor in adolescent after multiple relapses
Researchers and physicians at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) and other leading cancer centers report an exceptional treatment outcome in an adolescent with an advanced, treatment-resistant kidney tumor. ...
Medical Xpress / Only 40% of world's health facilities meet basic sanitation standards: UN
Only four in 10 health care facilities worldwide meet basic sanitation standards for accessible and usable toilets, the United Nations said Tuesday, while 11% have no sanitation services at all.
Phys.org / New hurricane graphic helps people identify watch areas, doesn't change risk perception
Hurricane warnings are only effective if people understand them. A new study by Florida State University faculty members in the School of Communication in the College of Communication and Information and the Department of ...
Phys.org / Three supermassive black holes discovered in a single galaxy for the first time
An international team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics has identified three actively accreting supermassive black holes in the galaxy J0148-4214. Matter is falling into the black ...
Phys.org / A 236-million-year-old fossil challenges the story of mammalian live birth
Some cynodonts may have been giving birth to live young much sooner in evolutionary history than previously assumed. A new Frontiers in Mammal Science study has offered the first compelling evidence that cynodonts may have ...
Medical Xpress / Can vitamin C cure a cold? How a Nobel Prize winner convinced us it could
From the first hint of cold winter mornings, supermarkets and pharmacies begin heavy marketing to coax us to stock up on vitamin C to get through cold and flu season.
Medical Xpress / Fast-spreading malaria parasite mutations in Uganda may weaken Africa's most widely used malaria therapy
Researchers searching for genetic clues to the growing problem of malaria drug resistance have identified new mutations associated with the parasite's decreased susceptibility to current treatment. By sequencing the whole ...
Phys.org / If your career feels chaotic, try this research-based 'workout routine'
People's ability to successfully navigate career changes depends on their adaptability and flexibility—skills that can be developed through training transition "muscles," according to Sarah Wittman, assistant professor of ...
