When someone has a stroke, it can accelerate the loss of cognitive ability over the coming years.
Stroke survivors who have attended some level of higher education may face even steeper mental declines, according to a study led by Michigan…
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How cells respond to stress is more nuanced than previously believed
The body’s cells respond to stress — toxins, mutations, starvation or other assaults — by pausing normal functions to focus on conserving energy, repairing damaged components and boosting defenses.
If the stress is manageable, cells resume…
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Hummingbird baby uses caterpillar-like feathers to scare predators
In a cute first, a curious observation led to a sweet and thrilling discovery of a caterpillar-like hummingbird with hairs that can even hurt humans if touched!
Jay Falk, a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Fellow at the…
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Surgeons transplanted a pig’s liver into a human
A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.
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Enjoying junk food could help you shed fat, scientists say in weight loss breakthrough
It’s easy to assume that people with obesity enjoy food more than people in smaller bodies – but it’s not true. Instead, people seem to gradually get less pleasure from eating as they put on weight.
Now, scientists have discovered why that…
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Precision Landing Tech for Future Space Missions
Nestled in a pod under an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft wing, flying above California, and traveling up to the speed of sound, NASA put a commercial sensor technology to the test. The flight tests demonstrated the sensor accuracy and navigation…
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The Doctors Company’s $1B Buy May Spur More Malpractice Insurer Deals
News that The Doctors Company is spending $1.3 billion to buy ProAssurance and take the specialty … More
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Electric field discovered around Earth is “as crucial as gravity”
Observations from a NASA suborbital rocket have enabled an international group of experts to measure a global electric field that surrounds Earth for the first time ever.
According to scientists, this ambipolar electric field is thought to be just…
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This Hidden Cell Response Could Be the Key to Beating Cancer and Brain Disease
Cells don’t just follow a rigid script when responding to stress – they’re far more adaptable than we thought. A new study reveals that this stress response can be fine-tuned depending on the type and intensity of the threat. This…
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JWST spots the earliest sign yet of a distant galaxy reshaping its cosmic environs
The James Webb Space Telescope has caught a distant galaxy blowing an unexpected bubble in the gas around it, just 330 million years after the Big Bang.
The galaxy, dubbed JADES-GS-z13-1, marks the earliest sign yet spotted of the…
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