New research reveals how Parkinson’s spreads from the gut to the brain, with the help of immune cells—offering a new potential therapeutic strategy—in a study in mice led by scientists at the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (University…
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Targeting the gut's immune system could tackle early stages of Parkinson's
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Small-scale farmers produce more of the rich world's food than previously thought
Who grows our food? This seemingly simple question is getting harder to answer in a world where our food crosses borders to get to our plate.
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New animal species that survived mass extinction event half a billion years ago found in a quarry in China
Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday.
The treasure trove of fossils offers a rare glimpse into a…
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Establishing design principles for achieving ultralow thermal conductivity via controlled chemical disorder
A major challenge in thermal-management and thermal-insulation technologies, across multiple industries, is the lack of materials that simultaneously offer low thermal conductivity, mechanical robustness, and scalable fabrication routes.
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Electric eel biology inspires powerful gel battery
Power sources used in devices found in or around biological tissue must be flexible and nontoxic, while still powerful enough to support demanding technologies such as medical devices or soft robotics. To achieve this balance, researchers at Penn…
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A Hidden Climate Crisis Is Unfolding in the World’s Mountains
High above the world, a rapid climate shift is unfolding with global consequences. A major global review finds that climate change is intensifying more rapidly in mountain regions than in nearby lowland areas. Scientists warn this uneven warming…
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Can AI detect cognitive decline better than a doctor? New study reveals surprising accuracy
The earliest signs of cognitive decline often appear not in a formal diagnosis, but in the small clues buried in health care providers’ notes.
A new study published Jan. 7 in the journal npj Digital Medicine suggests artificial intelligence (AI)…
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Delivery Robot Gets Stuck on Train Tracks, Gets Obliterated by Locomotive
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Coco Robotics / Getty Images An autonomous delivery robot got completely atomized by a locomotive after it decided to take a breather on a stretch of train…
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430,000-year-old wooden handheld tools from Greece are the oldest on record — and they predate modern humans
Archaeologists in Greece have discovered 430,000-year-old handheld wooden tools, the oldest surviving examples of their kind in the world, a new study finds. The two tools, found on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, were created by…
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A lost world: Ancient cave reveals million-year-old wildlife
Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa’s North Island, the first time a large number of million-year-old fossils have been found—including an ancestor of the large…
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