An international research collaboration led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists that examined microscopic blobs of protein found in human cells has discovered that some morph from an almost honey-like substance to a hard…
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Targeting PGM3 offers new hope against deadly brain tumor
Researchers have found that targeting an enzyme called PGM3 can help stop the growth of glioblastoma, the most dangerous type of brain tumor.
This enzyme plays a vital role in the hexosamine synthesis pathway, which is involved in…
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To regenerate a head, you first have to know where your tail is
Before a critical point in development, the animals failed to close the wound made by the cut, causing the two embryo halves to simply spew cells out into the environment. Somewhat later, however, there was excellent…
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Ghost Ice vs. Rising Seas: A Surprise Antarctic Freeze Near Doomsday Glaciers
As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in the Amundsen Sea. The presence of persistent “grease ice” near Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, both notorious for…
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Earth’s magnetic field failed 41,000 years ago – forever changing human evolution
During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth’s history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed. What followed was a cascade of environmental and biological changes that may have shaped the course of human evolution.
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At least 10 billion stars in our galaxy can support habitable planets
Stellar corpses are supposed to cool, fade, and mind their own business. Yet a new climate‑modeling study hints that some of these faint objects – white dwarfs – could keep nearby planets toasty enough for liquid water to exist.
That…
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Small peptides play big role in halting bacterial translation
Proteins form the structural and functional backbone of the cell, and any perturbation in their synthesis can disrupt normal cellular functions. The DNA blueprint is carefully read, transcribed, and translated into functional…
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Joe Nickell, Paranormal Investigator and ‘Real-Life Scully,’ Dies at 80
Before Joe Nickell became, in his words, “the world’s only full-time professional paranormal investigator,” he was:
a magician
a blackjack dealer
a private investigator
a poet
a bingo caller
a riverboat manager
a professor of literature
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Researchers found evidence linking heavy alcohol drinking to brain damage and early death
Heavy drinking doesn’t just damage your liver. New research says it may also shrink your brain, impair memory, and take years off your life. A recent study has drawn a compelling connection between long-term alcohol use and brain…
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Associations between self-reports of physical activity, interoceptive awareness, autonomic regulation, premature ejaculation, and erectile dysfunction in Chinese men
Serefoglu EC, McMahon CG, Waldinger MD, Althof SE, Shindel A, Adaikan G, et al. An evidence‐based unified definition of lifelong and acquired premature ejaculation: report of the second international society for sexual medicine ad hoc committee…
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