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Medical Xpress / Excess belly fat linked to faster biological aging
New research suggests that higher levels of visceral fat, the fat stored deep in the abdomen, could contribute to faster biological aging in middle-aged adults. Adjunct Associate Professors Jennie Hui and Kun Zhu, from The ...
Phys.org / Toward experiment-guided AlphaFold: Researchers overcome AI tool's single-conformation limitation
The AI-based program AlphaFold predicts a protein's 3D structure with remarkable accuracy. However, it tends to reduce heterogeneous structures to a single dominant conformation, or shape, and overlooks experimental conditions ...
Medical Xpress / Faded letters, early warnings: A new clue for aging eyes
Struggling to read more than six lines on an eye chart with fading letters may serve as a visual "yellow light" for older adults—raising red flags that routine exams sometimes fail to detect. A new University of Michigan ...
Medical Xpress / Thirty years later: A reappraisal of Alzheimer's disease risk in Japanese APOE-e4 homozygotes
Researchers at Niigata University have conducted the first comprehensive reappraisal in nearly 30 years of the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) associated with APOE-e4 homozygosity (e4*4) in the Japanese population. Their ...
Phys.org / Camera traps reveal the true culprit behind crop damage in Honduras
A new study from the Honduran Mosquitia shows how simple, noninvasive technology can help solve one of the most common challenges in wildlife conservation: identifying the species actually responsible for crop damage. The ...
Phys.org / Age bias discovered in AI
Do responses generated by artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT reflect social prejudice? A KAIST research team has quantitatively analyzed and identified age-related stereotypes embedded in the responses of generative ...
Medical Xpress / Telepathic device set to remove communication barrier for people with impaired speech
Many Australians living with neurological disorders, such as motor neuron disease and multiple sclerosis, experience speech difficulties and may lose their ability to speak.
Phys.org / Lost megalodon vertebrae resurface, confirming 80-foot size estimate
An associated set of gigantic vertebrae belonging to the iconic extinct megalodon, or megatooth shark, that had been missing in action since the 1980s was discovered, providing new information about the shark's lifestyle. ...
Phys.org / Reanalysis suggests 'Phoebe' is a variable star, not a primordial black hole
A new study debunks a recent claim that astronomers may have detected a lunar-mass primordial black hole. In a reanalysis of observations from the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), researchers found that the star nicknamed "Phoebe" ...
Phys.org / DNA databases unite to create a fully open resource for transposable element research
For more than three decades, researchers studying genomes have relied on foundational resources such as Repbase and, more recently, Dfam to identify and classify transposable elements—the mobile DNA sequences that shape genome ...
Medical Xpress / What's the buzz about mosquitoes this year?
With mosquito populations peaking well above the 10-year average in Saskatchewan and double last year's count at this time, the buzz across Saskatchewan is how bad it will get, and what we can do to help enjoy our time outside.
Tech Xplore / New design approach may help slash the price of ultra-durable concrete
Concrete, although the most common building material in the world, is brittle and can easily crack under tension. Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is a special class of concrete known for its dense structure and extreme ...
