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Medical Xpress / New report projects 64% increase in dementia across Europe by 2050
Alzheimer Europe has launched the "The Prevalence of Dementia in Europe 2025" report, which provides updated prevalence figures for the number of people living with dementia both for Europe as a whole, as well as the countries ...
Medical Xpress / Leftover COVID spike fragments kill crucial immune cells but are less deadly in omicron
New research shows that after the body's defenses kill the virus behind COVID-19, leftover digested chunks of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can target specific immune cells based on their shape. The revelations could explain why ...
Phys.org / Hafted stone tools in China suggest early hominins were more inventive than thought
A newly excavated archaeological site in central China is reshaping long-held assumptions about early hominin behavior in Eastern Asia. Led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers conducted ...
Phys.org / Networks are keeping NASA's Artemis II mission connected
NASA's Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the first astronauts to Mars. Throughout Artemis II, astronaut voices, images, video, and vital mission ...
Phys.org / SpaceX eyes IPO timed to planet alignment and Musk birthday: Report
SpaceX is targeting a mid-June initial public offering that would coincide with a rare planetary alignment and founder Elon Musk's birthday, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, as the billionaire entrepreneur seeks ...
Medical Xpress / Food-induced allergic reactions needing ED visit on the rise in infants
While early allergen introduction may reduce long-term allergy risk, it is tied to an increase in emergency department (ED) visits for food reactions in infancy, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal ...
Phys.org / A sea turtle with 3 flippers swims free after Florida rehab, now followed by satellite
Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack trundled back into the ocean after months of rehabilitation in Florida, carrying a satellite tracker to see how she fares ...
Phys.org / Streaks on Mercury show that it is not a 'dead planet'
Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why it is often perceived as a dead and dry planet. A new study led by Dr. Valentin Bickel from the Center ...
Phys.org / 'Spectral slimming' yields ultranarrow plasmons in single metal nanoparticles
Researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome a long-standing limitation in plasmonic loss by reshaping light–matter interactions through substrate engineering.
Medical Xpress / Key to human intelligence lies in how brain networks work together, neuroimaging study suggests
Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, perception, memory, language, and thought have been mapped onto distinct brain networks, and each has ...
Medical Xpress / Stone baby: The rare condition that produces a calcified fetus
For some women, pregnancy is a time of profound loss. Not all pregnancies progress as expected. One serious complication is ectopic pregnancy, a condition in which a fertilized egg implants somewhere other than the uterus.
Phys.org / After switch from ULA, SpaceX knocks out speedy national security launch
SpaceX has launched its latest national security mission, yet another GPS satellite that was originally to have been launched by United Launch Alliance. A Falcon 9 that was delayed from Monday because of weather lifted off ...