Jennifer Chu | MIT News Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered extremely rare remnants of “proto Earth,” which formed about 4.5 billion years ago, before a colossal collision irreversibly altered the primitive planet’s composition…
A promising breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment has been achieved by an international team of researchers co-led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the West China Hospital of Sichuan University (WCHSU)….
Adelaide, Australia – Innovative research conducted by scientists at Flinders University in Australia has shed new light on the complex process of forgetting, revealing that dopamine, a neurotransmitter widely known for its role…
A group of engineers at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst has announced the creation of an artificial neuron capable of accurately reproducing the electrical functions of biological cells. The breakthrough, based on…
Infertility affects millions of people worldwide and is often associated with the absence of functional gametes. In women, the progressive decline in the quality and quantity of oocytes after the age of 35…
High-density lipoproteins (HDL), also known as “good cholesterol,” remove excess cholesterol from body tissues and transport it to the liver. This process is known to prevent atherosclerosis, the buildup of plaque on artery…
Regenerative medicine has just received a promising innovation: a portable device capable of printing biodegradable implants directly into large bone defects. The equipment, described in a study published in the journal Device, was…
A team of Brazilian researchers is uncovering promising results in the use of earwax to detect cancer at its earliest stages. According to scientists at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), earwax is…
Few ideas in modern science have reshaped our understanding of reality more profoundly than space-time — the interwoven fabric of space and time at the heart of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. Space-time…
Imagine a child with eczema who scratches a patch of irritated skin. A tiny opening forms, invisible to the eye. Into that breach slips a common bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus. For many people, the…