Predicting Alzheimer’s dementia in oldest of the old

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study indicates that severity of amyloid deposition in the brain—not just age—may be key to determining who will benefit from new anti-amyloid therapies to…

Terracotta figurines found during excavations at Pompeii

Image Credit : POMPEIISITES Archaeologists have unearthed 13 terracotta figurines during excavations of a domus at Pompeii. Pompeii was a Roman city, located in the modern commune of Pompeii near…

SARS-CoV-2 rebound rate similar with, without oral antivirals

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) rebound occurs at a similar rate for those receiving and not receiving oral antiviral treatment and for those receiving nirmatrelvir/ritonavir or placebo, according…

Flu and COVID infections are rising and could get worse over the holidays, CDC says

A flu vaccine is readied at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans’ Community Resource Center in Lynwood, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Health officials…

Hubble sights a galaxy with ‘forbidden’ light

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a bright spiral galaxy known as MCG-01-24-014, which is located about 275 million light-years from Earth. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Kilpatrick This…

Italy fines Meta for hosting gambling advertising

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Italy’s communications authority said Friday it had fined Facebook’s parent company Meta 5.85 million euros ($6.4 million) for carrying gambling advertising. Italy has outlawed gambling advertising…

Britain likely to generate more electricity from wind, solar and hydro than fossil fuels for the first year ever in 2023

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There are many milestones to pass in the transition from a high to low-carbon sustainable energy system. There is the first hour without coal, or oil,…

New material allows for better hydrogen-based batteries and fuel cells

Reindeer multitask by chewing cud and sleeping at the same time

In this busy holiday season, many of us multitask. Arctic reindeer are no exception.  Reindeer can eat and sleep at the same time, a new study suggests. This timesaving strategy,…

Breakthrough technology amplifies terahertz waves for 6G communication