In the Middle Ages, sugar was praised for its therapeutic benefits, whereas melon was long considered harmful! The mediaevalist and food specialist Bruno Laurioux recounts the history of the eternal quest for a healthful diet, from…
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The price of plasticity: Modifiable neurons lose their function with age, fruit fly study suggests
While probing the escape reflex in the fruit fly Drosophila, researchers at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU) and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, found that the synapses of one of the participating neurons can…
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Williams-Beuren syndrome: Early enzyme changes may hold key to future treatments
Williams-Beuren syndrome is a rare, congenital disease in which the main morbidity and mortality comes from obstructions, or stenoses, in specific arteries. When these obstructions involve the aorta, it is known as supravalvular aortic stenosis….
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Off-grid filtration technology can remove over 99% of nanoplastics smaller than 50 nm
Professor Jeong-Min Baik’s research group of the SKKU School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering has developed a reusable electrokinetic filtration platform capable of filtering more than 99% of ultrafine nanoplastic particles smaller…
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The art of custom-intercalating 42 metals into layered titanates
A research team affiliated with UNIST has reported a novel synthesis strategy that enables the direct intercalation of a wide range of metal cations into the interlayer spaces of layered titanate (LT) structures. This approach opens new…
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Scientists observe a 300-million-year-old brain rhythm in several animal species
Sleep is a universal biological state that allows all animals, from mammals to amphibians, fish and even insects, to restore their energy and consolidate knowledge that can contribute to their survival. Neuroscientists and zoologists have been…
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Paleontologists Found a Clue Hidden in T. rex Bones for 66 Million Years and It Rewrites Everything They Thought They Knew
A new peer-reviewed study suggests the iconic dinosaur reached full size between the ages of 35 and 40, significantly later than previously estimated.
The research, published in PeerJ and led by professor Holly Woodward of Oklahoma State…
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If You’re Trying to Track Winter Storm Fern, You Should Try One of These Weather Apps
Carrot Weather gives you the weather with a little personality. Here’s the twist: You can pick what kind of personality you want the app to have, from Professional, which disables banter, to Overkill — expect some heavy profanity. You can even…
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Researchers redefine capacitor behavior at the nanoscale
A new quantum framework now accurately models nanocapacitors where standard physics fails, enabling precise design and characterization of future electronics.
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