Summary: Researchers found that a rare class of neurons—type-one nNOS neurons—plays a central role in regulating brain blood flow and coordinating neural activity in mice. Removing these stress-vulnerable cells caused…
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How to spot life in the clouds on other worlds
Artist concept of a cloudy Earth-like exoplanet with colorful biota in the clouds. Credit: Adam B. Langeveld/Carl Sagan Institute. Adapted from NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech. Cloud cover is bad for picnics and for…
Giving Gemini its due: ‘Apollo 13’ author Jeffrey Kluger honors ‘forgotten’ NASA program with new book (exclusive interview)
NASA’s 10 crewed Project Gemini flights, which launched in 1965 and 1966, were instrumental in delivering the knowledge and testing that would lead to landing astronauts on the moon in…
Once-weekly eloralintide leads to 20% weight loss in Phase II trial
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A multicenter team including Endeavor Health and Eli Lilly found that once-weekly eloralintide produced dose-dependent weight loss up to 20% over 48 weeks in adults with…
On-chip cryptographic protocol lets quantum computers self-verify results amid hardware noise
The Quantinuum H1 Quantum Processing Unit, used in the recent study. Credit: Quantinuum. Quantum computers, machines that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could outperform classical computers on some optimization…
T cell therapies show long-term HPV gains
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Jersey’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI)—designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, and RWJBarnabas Health, along with colleagues from the National Cancer Institute,…
Low Choline Could Be a Hidden Driver of Anxiety
Summary: A large meta-analysis of 25 studies found that people with anxiety disorders have significantly lower levels of choline, a vital brain nutrient, compared to individuals without anxiety. This reduction…
Research drives commercialization of energy-efficient solar cell technology toward 40% efficiency milestone
Prof. Li Gang (left), Chair Professor of Energy Conversion Technology and Sir Sze-yuen Chung Endowed Professor in Renewable Energy, and Prof. Yang Guang (right), Assistant Professor, both of the PolyU…
