Scientists exploring an underwater region off the coast of Alaska discovered an ancient stone fish trap that may be the oldest ever found. University academics working with the Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) made the find earlier this year in Shakan Bay on the west side of Prince of Wales Island while using artificial intelligence to explore submerged … Read more
Scientists revealed Thursday that two of its Mars robots recorded a sizable quake, leaving a crater bigger than any ever recorded in the solar system. The Mars Insight lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake on December 24, but scientists only recently learned the cause of that quake. NASA said in a news conference Thursday that … Read more
Baldness could soon be a thing of the past. A team of Japanese researchers has successfully grown mature hair follicles in a lab, an advancement in the battle against hair loss. Scientists from Yokohama National University — who have been studying hair follicle growth and hair pigmentation — generated hair follicles in petri dishes using … Read more
Move over Stuart Little — there may be a new anthropomorphic pest in town. For the first time ever, scientists have managed to successfully transplant human brain tissue into the brains of newborn rats, which reportedly changed the rodents’ behavior. An article detailing the Frankenstein-esque study was published Wednesday in the journal “Nature.” “We found … Read more
Scientists have transplanted human brain cells into the brains of baby rats, where the cells grew and formed connections. It’s part of an effort to better study human brain development and diseases affecting this most complex of organs, which makes us who we are but has long been shrouded in mystery. “Many disorders such as … Read more
The brain’s ability to adapt and rewire itself throughout life continues to surprise neuroscientists. Researchers have found a way to restore sight in adult mice with a form of congenital blindness, in spite of the rodents’ relative maturity. The mice were modeling a rare human disorder of the eye’s retina, called leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), … Read more
Story at a glance Blood type matching is important for blood transfusions. Health complications can arise when blood types are incompatible. Scientists describe a new blood type group named Er. Everyone should know their blood type in case of a life-threatening event that results in a need for a blood transfusion. A new discovery introduces … Read more
Blue-eyed people, take note, turns out you all share an ancestor, which is knowledge that’s sure to make the other blue-eyed people you’re trying to pull incredibly uncomfortable. From the little we learned during our Additional Science GCSE, we know that blue eyes are a recessive gene, meaning that you need to have two of … Read more
Scientists discovered traces of fungi lurking in the tumors of people with different types of cancer, including breast, colon, pancreatic and lung cancers. However, it’s still not clear that theise fungi plays any role in the development or progression of cancer. Two new studies, both published Sept. 29 in the journal Cell, uncovered DNA from … Read more
Scientists have managed to turn one of the deadliest insects into a vaccine delivery system. According to new reports from NPR, a clinical trial for a system meant to use mosquitoes to deliver vaccines has been underway in the United Kingdom. The findings of the trial have been published in Science Translational Medicine. According to … Read more
Potential cancer breakthrough as scientists finally discover how tumours ‘hijack’ healthy cells to spread around the body Cancer cells ‘hijack’ a process used by healthy cells to spread around the body Metastasis — when cancer spreads — has been incredibly difficult to prevent Researchers have found it hard to identify key drivers of this process … Read more
A ‘silent-spreader’ STI which can cause infertility is feared to be evolving into a superbug. Mycoplasma genitalium, also known as M. genitalium or M. gen, has become resistant to every antibiotic used to treat it so far. The sexually transmitted infection was first discovered in London in the 1980s — but a test has only been … Read more
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Virologist Dave O’Connor admits that he was getting desperate when he started asking dog owners for poo samples. For much of 2022, O’Connor, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and his colleagues have been tracking a heavily mutated variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Early this year, they discovered the variant in Wisconsin waste … Read more
High-fiber food choices include bananas, whole wheat bread, apples, and broccoli. The human gut evolved to thrive on fermentable fibers, not burgers. It might be daunting for customers to choose from the vast selection of dietary fiber supplements in the pharmacy or supermarket aisle. They also offer a variety of health claims without being subject … Read more
PULLMAN, Wash. — Is the next pandemic on the horizon? Scientists are warning of a new, COVID-like virus called Khosta-2 originating from a Russian bat. It is believed to be capable of infecting humans, and would be resistant to current vaccines. Khosta-2 was found two years ago in horsehoe bats. Its discovery adds to evidence that sarbecoviruses — part of … Read more
In search of cures for human heart disease, Steven Houser directed his Temple University lab to induce heart attacks in animals with similar-size organs: pigs. The scientist judged the results to be so promising that samples from the pig hearts were secured in a subzero freezer, in boxes labeled with secret codes. But when a … Read more
A genetically-engineered herpes virus is the new hope to beat cancer after scientists found tumours in terminally ill patients were eradicated or shrunk using the groundbreaking new therapy. An early trial at the Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) in London revealed that a modified version of the herpes simplex virus showed signs of effectiveness in a quarter … Read more
When SARS-CoV-2 – the virus behind COVID-19 – surfaced in China and quickly brought the entire world to a standstill, then-President Donald Trump liked to refer to it as “the Chinese virus”. Fast forward two and a half years, and US scientists are warning that a newly-discovered virus harboured by Russian horseshoe bats is also … Read more
Story at a glance Alzheimer’s disease affects 5 million people in the U.S., according to data from 2020. Researchers are working to understand the various risk factors that may contribute to developing the disease. Researchers examined the role of a newly identified microprotein in neuronal mitochondria. New research is uncovering the role a specific protein … Read more