Credit: Microsoft Tech giant Microsoft unveiled a new computer chip on Wednesday that it says could transform everything from fighting pollution to developing new medicines, joining Google and IBM in…
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Tiny gene could hold key to treating malignant cardiac arrhythmia
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cardiac arrhythmias affect millions across the world and are responsible for a fifth of all deaths in the Netherlands. Currently there are multiple treatment options, ranging…
Vegetable and seed oils vs. Animal fat oil: Which Is the healthy choice
The seed oil versus animal fat debate has gone from a niche topic among wellness influencers on social media to an entire movement. … Many critics promote swapping seed oils…
Germanium detectors help ORNL physicists unlock the mysteries of the universe
BYLINE: Chris Driver Ever since physicist Ernest Rutherford discovered the atomic nucleus in 1911, studying its structure and behavior has remained a challenging task. More than a century later, even…
CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies
In just a few short weeks, the Trump administration has brought drastic changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health. Beginning with the removal of websites…
Spiritual Practices Share a Common Mental Pathway to Deep Bliss
Summary: Researchers found that Buddhist jhāna meditation and Christian speaking in tongues, despite their differences, share a common cognitive feedback loop. This process, called the Attention, Arousal, and Release Spiral,…
Rare discovery of two-handed medieval sword
Detectorists from the GRYF – Biskupieckie Stowarzyszenie Detektorystyczne have uncovered a two-handed medieval sword during a licensed rally near the village of Wielka Tymawa in Poland’s Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. The sword…
Blood test could identify expectant mothers at risk of preterm delivery
Credit: MART PRODUCTION from Pexels A research team from Sinai Health and the University of Toronto has identified a way to determine which mothers are more likely to deliver a…
Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of ‘termination shock’
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft conducted the first and only flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest approach of that distant world in July 2015. Sailing onward, the probe…
