Summary: New research highlights neuroglia (or glia cells) as critical players in mental health, potentially influencing conditions like depression and schizophrenia. Glia cells, long considered “support cells” in the brain,…
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Marvel superheroes explore strange timelines in new trailer for ‘What If…?’ Season 3 (video)
Marvel Animation’s What If…? Season 3 | Official Trailer | Disney+ – YouTube Watch On Marvel Animation’s animated anthology series “What If…?” was a novelty hit for Disney+ when it…
With climate finance, Africa can lead the green industrial revolution
Comment: African could see the creation of millions of green jobs, along expanded and resilient global value chains – but for this to happen, it needs more international support Ambassador…
With increased climate finance, Africa can lead the green industrial revolution
Comment: African could see the creation of millions of green jobs, along expanded and resilient global value chains – but for this to happen, it needs more international support Ambassador…
Right now, the sun is far more active than predicted—and small satellites are paying the price
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Last week, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University’s Binar Space Program burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. That was always going to happen. In fact, Binar…
A twisted protein sheds light on chronic wasting disease in deer
The misfolded proteins responsible for a fatal neurological illness in deer have a twist. The first detailed structure of an infectious prion that causes chronic wasting disease, or CWD, reveals…
In hundreds of communities across the US, finding a dentist is like pulling teeth − but in 14 states, dental therapists are filling the gap
For more than 50 million Americans, finding a dentist is a difficult – in some cases, impossible – proposition. Many rural communities don’t have a dentist. People of color and…
AI Search Threatens Digital Economy, Researcher Warns
Search engines using artificial intelligence could harmfully disrupt the digital economy, warns a researcher at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center. “[I]f AI search becomes our primary portal to the web, it…
Human vision restored by stem cell replacement in regenerative medicine breakthrough
Fabrication and transplantation of human iCEPSs. Credit: The Lancet (2024). DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01764-1 Researchers led by Osaka University in Japan have conducted the first human trial using induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived corneal…
Nintendo courts non-gamers in ‘about-turn’ strategy
Nintendo is broadening its reach in theme parks to win non-gamer fans. Once confined to rectangular screens, chirpy plumber Mario and pointy-eared Princess Zelda are popping up in theme parks…
