Excessive light pollution may increase risk of Alzheimer’s, especially in younger people

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In some places around the globe, the lights never go off. Streetlights, roadway lighting, and illuminated signs can deter crime, make roads safer, and enhance landscaping.…

RNA Therapy Improves Memory and Reduces Anxiety

Summary: An RNA-based therapy, COG-201, can enhance memory and reduce anxiety in animal models by targeting the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor. Scientists found that decreasing this receptor’s expression led to improved…

Language-like communication improves learning in artificial networks, finds study

Autoimmune disease researchers find immune cells escape therapy due to ‘exhausted’ state

by Frederike Buhse, Exzellenzcluster Präzisionsmedizin für chronische Entzündungserkrankungen Graphical abstract. Credit: Immunity (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.08.005 In autoimmune diseases, the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s own structures. A research team…

Algorithm sharpens facial features for better emotion detection

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research introduces a method to improve the accuracy and speed of dynamic emotion recognition using a convolutional neural network (CNN) to analyze faces. The work…

NASA’s Hubble, MAVEN help solve the mystery of Mars’s escaping water

These are far-ultraviolet Hubble images of Mars near its farthest point from the sun, called aphelion, on December 31, 2017 (top), and near its closest approach to the sun, called…

Schizophrenia Linked to Disrupted Synaptic Plasticity

Summary: Researchers have identified a mechanism that impairs synaptic plasticity in individuals with schizophrenia, revealing the role of three key proteins. Using computational modeling, the team explored how genetic alterations…

Relegating Africa to the world’s green mine is costing us

Comment: We have the resources, talent and need to develop supply chains for the energy transition that bring sustainable economic benefits for Africans Adam Anthony is executive director of HakiRasilimali,…

Divergent microbial phosphorous acquisition strategies between active layer and permafrost deposits on the Tibetan Plateau – Functional Ecologists

In this new post, Lu Wang, a Ph.D. student from the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, discusses her recently published paper, “Divergent microbial phosphorous acquisition strategies between…

GPS tracking is everywhere in pro sports but many AFLW players are uncomfortable with it

by Dr. Paul Bowell, Ekaterina Pechenkina, Emma Sherry and Paul Scifleet, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The 2024 Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) season kicked off last week, continuing…