Scientists discover protein that can reverse muscle aging
A University at Buffalo-led research team has shown that a protein is effective at reversing aging in skeletal muscle cells.
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Joseph Shavit
Oct 15, 2022
Eye-opening discovery about adult brain’s ability to recover vision
A discovery about how some visually impaired adults could start to see offers a new vision of the brain’s possibilities.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 15, 2022
Brocolli gas provides compelling evidence of life on other planets
These types of gases are made when organisms add a carbon and three hydrogen atoms to an undesirable chemical element.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2022
Researchers discover what makes our senses and thoughts work together
Research findings could ultimately help improve treatments for certain neuropsychiatric disorders and brain injuries.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2022
Paleontologists finally solve 100 year old T. rex mystery
For over two decades paleontologist Kevin Padian has been frequently asked one question by undergraduates that stuck with him.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2022
Viagra-like medication found to also reduce obesity and improve heart function
A drug first developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease and sickle cell disease reduces obesity, fatty liver and improves heart function.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2022
Research discovery redefines obesity and epigenetics
Scientists has identified two types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences that may have lifelong consequences for health.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2022
Researchers discover a major new function of the cerebellum
Enhanced memory for emotional stimuli is crucial for survival, but it may also contribute to the development of fear-related disorders.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2022
Major discovery decreases risk of suicide attempts
Researchers found that patients who filled prescriptions for folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, experienced a 44% reduction in suicides.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 13, 2022
Breakthrough antibody kills all known SARS-CoV-2 variants
As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been evolving ways to evade the antibodies our bodies make.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 13, 2022
How genetics influences our body weight beyond the genes
In recent years, researchers have extensively examined which genes and gene variants play a role in excess weight.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 12, 2022
Researchers discover major new contributor to Alzheimer's disease
Research reports for the first time a pathway that begins in the gut and ends with a potent pro-inflammatory toxin in brain cells.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 12, 2022
Astronomers at MIT find a 'cataclysmic' pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet
Two stars in a binary system 3,000 light years from Earth are orbiting each other so closely that one of the stars has burnt out.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 12, 2022
Age vs. genetics: Which is more important for determining how we age?
People age differently, including former presidents. Ronald Reagan developed Alzheimer’s disease in his late 80s and died from complications
Joseph Shavit
Oct 11, 2022
Scientists reveal ‘mystery ancestors' from ancient layers of banana DNA
Bananas are thought to have been first domesticated by people 7,000 years ago on the island of New Guinea. But that history is complicated.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 11, 2022
New antioxidant can prevent heart attacks and strokes
An antioxidant drug reverses atherosclerosis and could be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes due to clots, according to research.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 11, 2022
Researchers solve the mystery of why Mars has no liquid water on its surface
Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 11, 2022
Researchers finally answer the question of how life on Earth began
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 11, 2022
A handful of universities seem to control flow of ideas, study finds
Just five U.S. universities have trained 1-in-8 tenure-track faculty members serving at the nation’s institutions of higher learning.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 11, 2022
MIT and Harvard study charts how exercise and diet affect the body
MIT and Harvard researchers have mapped out many of the cells, genes, and cellular pathways that are modified by exercise or high-fat diet.
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