For the first time, high-resolution images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope are offering powerful insights into the complex dust patterns of nearby star-forming galaxies. A galaxy’s inner makeup…
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Routine health checks associated with decreased risk of death
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Attending an NHS Health Check appointment—a preventative screening program offered for free in the UK—is associated with both a decreased risk of dying and a decreased…
Robotic Breakthrough Mimics Human Walking Efficiency
Summary: Researchers achieved a significant advancement in robotics by replicating human-like variable speed walking using a musculoskeletal model. This model, steered by a reflex control method akin to the human…
Anxiety and Testosterone Linked to Brain Receptor
Summary: A new study identified a crucial link between anxiety disorders and the brain receptor TACR3, as well as testosterone. This groundbreaking research found that rodents with high anxiety had…
Roman arm guard reconstructed
Conservators have reconstructed a rare piece of Roman armour from the National Museums Scotland’s collection. The armour is a brass arm guard dated to the mid-2nd century AD, which will…
Analysis shows gene therapy beneficial and likely cost-effective for patients with sickle cell disease
Normal blood cells next to a sickle-blood cell, colored scanning electron microscope image. Credit: Wikipedia/Illustration from Anatomy & Physiology A modeling study comparing the cost-effectiveness of gene therapy versus common…
New US Postal Service stamps feature iconic NASA Webb images
The U.S. Postal Service issued a Priority Mail Express stamp Jan. 22, 2024, highlighting an image of the Carina Nebula from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Greg Breeding, an art…
Faulty machine translations litter the web
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Near the end of the last century, Bill Gates saw the prospect of unifying citizens of nearly 200 countries, speaking more than 7,000 languages, coming together…
University campus buildings can offer testing sites for energy efficiency, flexibility innovations
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The way buildings consume energy will continue to undergo massive upheavals in the next decade to adapt to electricity decarbonization efforts and the accompanying electrical grid…
Governments failed to set a timeline for the IPCC reports
Saudi, India and China led opposition against a proposal to link the IPCC’s assessment cycle with the global stocktake, sources told Climate Home. Governments have failed to agree on a…
