Summary: Alzheimer’s disease, traditionally seen as a brain-centric condition, may have systemic origins and can be accelerated through bone marrow transplants from donors with familial Alzheimer’s to healthy mice. A…
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Women with obesity do not need to gain weight during pregnancy, new study suggests
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy in obese women have long been questioned. New research from Karolinska Institutet supports the idea of lowering or removing…
Generative AI develops potential new drugs for antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Acinetobacter baumannii. Credit: Vader1941 / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0 With nearly 5 million deaths linked to antibiotic resistance globally every year, new ways to combat resistant bacterial strains are…
Three-year study of young stars with NASA’s Hubble enters new chapter
The ULLYSES program studied two types of young stars: super-hot, massive, blue stars and cooler, redder, less massive stars than our Sun. The top panel is a Hubble Space Telescope…
Study highlights socioeconomic inequalities in prevalence of multiple long-term health conditions in England
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study published in The Lancet Public Health suggests that, if current patterns in multimorbidity accumulation persist, there will be approximately a one-third (34%) increase in…
Direct lithium extraction from spent batteries for efficient lithium recycling
The traditional hydrometallurgical method for recycling metals from spent lithium-ion battery cathode materials involves complex processes such as metal leaching, precipitation, separation, and purification. An improved recycling approach involves directly…
One degree above absolute zero
Credit: Diraq For decades, the pursuit of quantum computing has struggled with the need for extremely low temperatures, mere fractions of a degree above absolute zero (0 Kelvin or –273.15°C).…
Anxiety Drives Wishful Thinking to Risky Levels
Summary: Individuals tend to become overly optimistic in situations marked by insecurity and anxiety, potentially to their detriment. The research, involving more than 1,700 participants, demonstrated that people are less…
Realizing clean qubits for quantum computers using electrons on helium
Illustration depicting a qubit made out of an electron (small sphere) floating on helium (gray block). Such qubits could form the basis of quantum computers. Credit: RIKEN Center for Quantum…
