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Where You Live May Shape Your Dementia Risk More Than Scientists Realized
A major global study found that the leading modifiable risk factors for dementia vary significantly from one country to another, challenging the idea of a universal prevention plan. A large international study led by USC has found that the most common preventable or manageable ri...
scitechdaily.com | -193 mins ago39 Sweeteners Put to the Test Produced Surprising Gut Changes
Scientists found that sweeteners can behave unexpectedly inside a simulated gut, especially when combined with common medications. Cambridge researchers have found that many widely used sweeteners can directly slow or alter the growth of bacteria found in the human gut. The stron...
scitechdaily.com | -158 mins agoThis Experimental Drug Repaired the Gut and Reversed Severe Fatty Liver Disease
An experimental drug repaired the gut and reversed severe fatty liver disease in animals, opening the door to a promising new treatment for MASH. Researchers at Michigan Medicine have identified how an experimental drug may treat severe fatty liver disease by repairing damage in ...
scitechdaily.com | -123 mins agoWorld’s First Superconducting Quantum Heat Engine Could Transform Quantum Computing
A machine smaller than a grain of sand has turned heat into useful work near absolute zero, opening a new path to far more powerful quantum computers. Researchers at Aalto University have built the first cyclic quantum heat engine inside a superconducting circuit. The device uses...
scitechdaily.com | -3 mins agoScientists Turned a 200-Year-Old Light Trick Into a Modern Breakthrough
A classic 200-year-old light experiment has given scientists a simple new way to create exotic light structures that could help shape the future of computing and photonics. Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found a far simpler way to c...
scitechdaily.com | 22 mins agoPhysicists Just Turned a Black Hole Energy Theory Into Reality
Scientists have recreated a famous black hole phenomenon in the lab using synthetic rotation, bringing a 50-year-old theory closer to real-world technology. More than 50 years ago, physicist Sir Roger Penrose proposed a remarkable way that energy might be taken from a rapidly spi...
scitechdaily.com | 47 mins agoNASA Reveals the Black Sea’s Stunning Annual Turquoise Transformation
NASA captured the Black Sea’s annual turquoise transformation as massive blooms of microscopic plankton turned the water into a dazzling spectacle visible from orbit. The Black Sea lies between Europe and Asia and reaches the Mediterranean Sea through a series of connected ...
scitechdaily.com | 12 hours agoFirst Close-Up Images Reveal Shackleton’s Lost Ship on the Ocean Floor
More than a century after Ernest Shackleton last walked its deck, his final ship has emerged from the darkness at the bottom of the Labrador Sea. The first close-up images of Quest reveal a vessel that is damaged but still unmistakable. Its bow, deck, and several portholes remain...
scitechdaily.com | 12 hours agoStanford Scientists Solve a 252-Million-Year-Old Mass Extinction Mystery
Clams and snails rule today’s shores because their ancient ancestors survived a catastrophe that erased nearly all ocean life. The shells scattered along modern beaches are clues to an ancient catastrophe. Clams and snails are common today partly because their distant relatives s...
scitechdaily.com | 13 hours agoScientists Discover the Brain Protein That Helps Alzheimer’s Spread Through the Brain
Scientists have identified a brain protein that may help Alzheimer’s spread, revealing a potential new target for slowing the disease’s progression. Alzheimer’s disease is closely linked to the accumulation of a toxic form of the protein Tau inside the brain. As Tau d...
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