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Medical Xpress / Aging blocks the retina's ability to regrow lost neurons, a first-of-its-kind study finds

A new study from the laboratory of Levi Todd, Ph.D., at Upstate Medical University has found that aging significantly limits the ability of support cells in the retina, called glia, to be reprogrammed into new neurons, a ...

Sep 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / CRISPR gene-editing therapy safely and continuously lowers cholesterol and triglycerides, first-in-human trial shows

A Cleveland Clinic first-in-human clinical trial has shown that a one-time infusion of a gene-editing therapy using CRISPR-Cas9 was effective and safe in reducing LDL ("bad") cholesterol and triglycerides in people with medication-resistant ...

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / A new type of LED light could bring significant efficiency gains

Researchers at Lund University have developed a new type of light-emitting diode based on thin, branched nanowires that could offer significantly higher efficiency and lower production costs than current technology. By controlling ...

Sep 4, 2026
Tech Xplore / Long AI conversations reveal misinformation vulnerabilities across seven leading chatbots

The results are in: Which AI model is the most fallible? Persuadable? Correctible? University of Arizona researchers assessed seven different generative AI large language models, or LLMs, for these three qualities during ...

Sep 5, 2026
Phys.org / Salt may have helped turn Earth into a frozen world 700 million years ago

Earth may have been pushed deeper into a global deep freeze by something surprisingly ordinary: salt. Around 700 million years ago, Earth entered periods of extreme glaciation known as Snowball Earth, when ice is thought ...

Sep 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / Energy-hungry tissues expand cleanup crews to clear worn-out mitochondria

The body's heart muscle (for pumping blood), skeletal muscle (for movement and posture) and brown fat (for heat production) each require a lot of energy and make a lot of waste. That waste needs to be managed.

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / Periodical cicadas may be doomed to extinction

Every 13 or 17 years, swarms of cicadas emerge from the ground, their black bodies, orange-tinged wings and ruby-red eyes enveloping trees and forests. It is a biological marvel unique in the insect world, and when it happens, ...

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / Magic-angle graphene provides evidence for unconventional superconductivity

Researchers have completely suppressed superconductivity in magic-angle graphene by screening interactions between electrons, helping resolve a long-running debate about the origin of the phenomenon.

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / Physicists finally put Feynman's path integral to the test

For nearly 80 years, physicists have relied on a thought experiment created by Richard Feynman to predict how quantum particles behave. For the first time, researchers in China have tested this trick directly in the lab.

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / Scientists discover how narwhals grow nature's only straight tusk

Narwhals have nature's only straight tusk, a single tooth up to three meters (10 feet) long, so strange they were sold as magical unicorn horns during the Middle Ages.

Sep 5, 2026
Tech Xplore / Brain activity patterns could help sharpen LLM deductive reasoning

Large language models (LLMs), the artificial intelligence systems underpinning the functioning of ChatGPT, Gemini and other similar conversational agents, are now widely used worldwide. In addition to processing, interpreting ...

Sep 3, 2026
Phys.org / Away from grand temples, a recycled Bronze Age burial mound became the focus of a Roman religious complex

The Romans were master engineers, building sprawling road networks, towering aqueducts and arenas across their empire. They were also good at recycling. New research has revealed that they turned the remains of a 4,000-year-old ...

Sep 3, 2026