Recommendations announced for performing pediatric heart surgery in the US

Credit: World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (2023). DOI: 10.1177/21501351231190353 A set of recommendations to address the known variation in outcomes at US congenital heart surgery centers has…

New multi-purpose robot changes shape for different uses

Robot. Credit: Peter Wharton Researchers have designed a robot which can change form to tackle varying scenarios. A team at the University of Bristol and based at the Bristol Robotics…

What do ‘non-identical’ identical twins have to do with COVID-19? Mutations!

A deep look into the progression of Parkinson’s disease

An EM image with the corresponding NanoSIMS 13C map. Credit: Spataro et al 2023. DOI: 10.1186/s40478-023-01608-8 Parkinson’s disease is a complex neurodegenerative disorder that leads to the deterioration of specific…

Not All Older Adults Reap Cognitive Benefits of Life Satisfaction

Summary: A new study delves into the link between life satisfaction and cognitive functioning in older adults. Surprisingly, while many studies advocate life satisfaction as a cognitive booster, this study…

Researchers unveil tool to help developers create augmented reality task assistants

Archaeologists identify runesmith who carved the Jelling Stone runes |

Archaeologists using 3D scans have identified who carved the Jelling Stone runes, located in the town of Jelling, Denmark. The first of the two Jelling stones was erected by King…

DECam captures the stunning layers of shell galaxy NGC 3923 and nearby gravitational lensing

The symmetrical, onion-like layers of shell galaxy NGC 3923 are showcased in this galaxy-rich image taken by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Dark Energy Camera mounted on the National…

Electoral inscriptions found in Pompeii house |

In a press announcement by the Pompeii Archaeological Park, archaeologists have found electoral inscriptions in a house located in Insula 10 of Regio IX in Pompeii. Pompeii was a Roman…

For the lonely, a blurred line between real and fictional people

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In lonely people, the boundary between real friends and favorite fictional characters gets blurred in the part of the brain that is active when thinking about…