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Medical Xpress / Newly identified molecule could help regulate sleep
Sleep is known to be essential for survival, as it allows both humans and other animals to rest, while the brain consolidates memories and clears out metabolic waste products. For many people worldwide, however, falling asleep ...
Phys.org / Researchers develop model that predicts which Red Sea fish are most likely to invade the Mediterranean
More than 120 fish species have migrated from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean since the Suez Canal opened more than 150 years ago. Now, researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a statistical model that can predict ...
Medical Xpress / 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men engage in intentional outdoor tanning
Nearly one-third of women and one-quarter of men engage in intentional outdoor tanning, with variation observed by age, race, physical activity level and alcohol use, according to a study published in JAMA Dermatology.
Phys.org / Engineered enzyme erases a stubborn mark of aging by up to 70% in human tissue samples
A biotech company called Revel Pharmaceuticals is looking into ways to reverse aging, and the company's science team, along with researchers from the company Calico and the University of Colorado, may be a step closer to ...
Phys.org / Modern forensics uncovers new clues about Inca sacrifice victims' last days
Human sacrifice was deeply ingrained in Inca civilization. Children and young people were selected for sacrifice to appease the gods and sacred mountain spirits. Being chosen was considered a great honor for both the victims ...
Medical Xpress / Supersized glassy shell of microalgae reveals optical effect valuable for medical imaging
Researchers from Skoltech—a VEB.RF group institution—and their colleagues at the Kurchatov Institute, the Prokhorov General Physics Institute and the Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences have ...
Medical Xpress / Experimental plague vaccine strategy protects mice with missing key immune defenses
The plague has killed more people than World War II. The bacterium Yersinia pestis (Yp), which causes plague, has triggered three major pandemics throughout history, leaving behind a casualty toll of more than 200 million ...
Phys.org / Unwritten social rules, not government oversight, help keep forest land sustainable
Swidden agriculture—often called "slash-and-burn"—has been practiced on every inhabited continent throughout human history, and for decades it has been blamed for the destruction of the world's rainforests. However, a new ...
Phys.org / JWST captures rare glimpse of early black hole growing inside network of young galaxies
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured one of the clearest views yet of how an early supermassive black hole may grow within a network of young galaxies. The compact active galaxy, seen just a billion ...
Phys.org / Digital revolution forcing archaeology to rethink research data management
Archaeological excavations generate a vast quantity of documents of various types and formats, which constitute a scientific heritage of great value. However, the way this data is organized, documented and preserved remains ...
Medical Xpress / Some animals catch cancer from others in their species. Here's why humans aren't one of them
Scientists in Vermont have just discovered something that shouldn't really be possible: a skin cancer that's spreading from catfish to catfish. It's only the fourth transmissible cancer ever found in nature.
Medical Xpress / Blood marker for protein misfolding outperforms P-tau 217 as early predictor of Alzheimer's disease
A study led by Professor Klaus Gerwert (PRODI, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany) has determined that the misfolding of the amyloid beta protein is the strongest blood-based predictor of Alzheimer's disease in the asymptomatic ...
