Scientists uncover new obesity genes that reshape understanding of weight and disease risk
A global research team maps how rare and common gene variants jointly drive obesity and metabolic disease, offering…
Our universe may have been born inside a black hole, study finds
The Big Bang theory has dominated our understanding of the universe’s origin for almost 100 years. It describes…
3D printing ‘glue gun’ heals fractures by printing living bone in real time
During a complicated bone surgery, every second matters. The longer a wound is open, the more likely it…
How hitchhiking ‘suckerfish’ reveal humpback whales’ ‘web of life’
They cling to whales for a 10,000-kilometre joy ride along Australia’s east coast, scoring free meals along the…
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Credit card debt hits record levels Americans are carrying a record amount of credit card debt, and interest…
Floating power: How scientists are turning raindrops into renewable energy
Often associated with refreshing a sense of being renewed and a peaceful calmness, raindrops may soon become tiny…
Rising CO2 levels threaten to disrupt global space communication
Far above your head, in the atmosphere between Earth and outer space, an invisible process is occurring. The…
Brain cell discovery offers new hope in preventing schizophrenia
For numerous individuals with schizophrenia, living with the condition involves challenges, not only related to hallucinations or delusions,…
Disrupted brainstem-parahippocampal connectivity identified as a biomarker for delirium
Background and objectives Delirium, commonly observed in critically ill patients following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), is an acute neuropsychiatric…
How nerve cells in the gut adapt to microbial and immune challenges
Ramnik Xavier, MD, PhD, of the Department of Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author…
Study reveals how melanoma evolves to resist immunotherapy
A study led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators reveals how melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer,…
The universe is not and could never be a simulation, study finds
Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to…