12,638 MRI Scans Confirm Men’s Brains Shrink Faster in PNAS Study
A large-scale analysis of brain scans taken over time has found that men's brains shrink faster than women's across a...
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Spinning Bacteria Create Super-Strong Cellulose Materials
You know, bacterial cellulose - or BC as researchers like to call it - is actually pretty amazing stuff. It's...
The Secret Amino Acid Behind Rapid Weight Loss
Is there a fat-loss switch hiding in your body?Scientists think there might be. New research shows that cysteine, an amino...
Scientists Reveal Bacteria That Makes Gold Naturally
The bacterium C. metallidurans possesses a remarkable ability to produce tiny gold nuggets as a byproduct of its unique process...
PROTEUS Enables Precision Protein Engineering in Mammalian Cells
The PROTEin Evolution Using Selection (PROTEUS) platform represents a major breakthrough in biological engineering. It enables robust directed evolution of...
Billions of Sea Stars Are Disappearing Now We Know What’s Behind It
Scientists have identified Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3 as the bacterial pathogen causing the devastating illness that wiped out billions of...
CRISPR-Cas9 – Oxidative Phosphorylation in Acidic Cancer Cell
The research team conducted a comprehensive CRISPR-Cas9 screen, a technique that allows for the systematic disruption of individual genes across...
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Scientists Say Babies May Learn to Yawn Before Birth
Mothers can spread yawns to their yet-to-be-born offspring during pregnancy, researchers report May 5 in Current Biology the first empirical evidence...
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Chewing gum releases thousands of microplastic particles directly into your mouth with every piece you chew
Microplastics are turning up in places researchers never expected: deep-sea sediments, Arctic ice, and human blood. Now, a UCLA pilot...
Read moreDetailsYelling Isn’t Just Yelling: How a Hostile Home Rewires a Child’s Brain for Constant Alert
To a parent in the heat of the moment, a raised voice may feel like simple frustration. To a child...
Read moreDetailsGlobal Sperm Counts Have Dropped 50% in 50 Years Now 128 Men Are Racing Their Way to a $100,000 Prize to Prove the Point
A group of technology entrepreneurs is staging a competitive event in San Francisco in which semen samples from 128 men...
Read moreDetailsIs Gen Z the First Generation Less Intelligent Than Their Parents?
Gen Z intelligence decline is emerging as a serious concern among neuroscientists and education researchers. For over a century, each...
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Functional Lab-Grown Esophagus Successfully Implanted in Growing Pigs
Researchers implanted autologous, cell-seeded esophageal segments into growing minipigs. The grafts integrated with host tissue. They showed contractility, remodeling, and...
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Cycling Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Study of Nearly 480,000 Adults
Dementia affects tens of millions of people worldwide, and projections suggest that number could nearly triple by 2050. Physical activity...
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Pig Semen-Derived Exosomes Deliver Cancer Treatment to Mouse Retinas via Eye Drops
A research team in China has engineered eye drops using exosomes extracted from pig semen to deliver a targeted drug...
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Researchers Identify a Hidden Memory Risk Hiding in Plain Sight for Older Adults
More and more research suggests that psychological and behavioral factors can play a role in cognitive decline as people get...
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Stanford Geneticist Warned Humans Are Getting Dumber
Gerald Crabtree, a prominent geneticist at Stanford University, made a startling claim. If an average citizen from Athens around 1000 ...
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