Reading your biological age in your blood or saliva? It’s not as simple as that
How old are you, really? Your chronological age is the number of years you have been alive. Your biological age is how old your cells...
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Hydrogels can play Pong by “remembering” previous patterns of electrical simulation
Non-living hydrogels can play the video game Pong and improve their gameplay with more experience, researchers report August 23 in the Cell Press journal Cell...
New detectable gravitational wave source from collapsing stars predicted from simulations
The death of a massive, rapidly spinning star can shake the universe. And the resulting ripples — known as gravitational waves — could be felt...
Eight years after the Fundão dam collapse: unresolved devastation continues to plague Brazil
Eight years since the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, researchers have highlighted ongoing environmental and social devastation caused by...
Role of bitter polyphenols in the regulation of blood sugar
Bioactive compounds like polyphenols and their health benefits have long captured public attention and interest. Commonly present in plant-based food like fruits, vegetables, seeds, coffee,...
Chronic cough may be hereditary
Chronic cough is among the most common reasons for seeking medical care, with middle-aged women the group most affected. New studies at Uppsala University also...
Living plastics: a new solution for plastic degradation through synthetic biology
On August 21, 2024, Dr. DAI Zhuojun's research group at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), published a study...
AI can speed up drug development
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help identify molecules that could serve as new drugs for mental health disorders. AI can be used to predict the three-dimensional...
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Novel redox-active metal-organic framework as an anode material for Li batteries operating in freezing conditions
The Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has developed a redox-active metal-organic hybrid electrode material (SKIER-5) for Li batteries that remains stable in cold conditions as low...
Will EEG be able to read your dreams? The future of the brain activity measure as it marks 100 years
One hundred years after the human brain’s electrical activity was first recorded, experts are celebrating the legacy of its discovery and sharing their predictions and...
Let me take a look: AI could boost diagnostic imaging results
In radiology, diagnostic imaging requires specialized knowledge to interpret the findings associated with a wide variety of diseases. Fortunately, in recent years, generative AI models,...
Researchers observe floquet states in colloidal nanoplatelets driven by visible pulses
Solution-processed semiconductor nanocrystals are also called colloidal quantum dots (QDs). While the concept of size-dependent quantum effects had been long known to physicists, a sculpture of...
Legal challenges in human brain organoid research and its applications
A recent study has explored the legal and ethical challenges expected to arise in human brain organoid research. A recent study has explored the legal...
Wounds are common among people who use illicit opioids, but proper wound care is hard to find
The animal tranquilizer xylazine is increasingly found in the illicit opioid supply nationwide, leading to severe wounds among people who use drugs. New research led...
Marshall University innovators selected for prestigious NIH-funded entrepreneurship program
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Two Marshall University innovators, Brad Profitt, DC, DPT, DScPT, and M’Hamed Turki, M.D., have been selected to participate in the National Institutes of...
