These three countries have some of the highest observed levels of wild meat consumption, which often brings wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians into the marketplace and restaurants. Wild meat…
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Impaired Autophagic-Lysosomal Fusion in Parkinson’s Patient Midbrain Neurons Occurs through Loss of ykt6 and Is Rescued by Farnesyltransferase Inhibition
Abstract Macroautophagy is a catabolic process that coordinates with lysosomes to degrade aggregation-prone proteins and damaged organelles. Loss of macroautophagy preferentially affects neuron viability and is associated with age-related neurodegeneration.…
A new method to model the distribution of extremely rare species
Post provided by Pasquale Raia (he/him), Alessandro Mondanaro (he/him), Mirko Di Febbraro (he/him), Marina Melchionna (she/her) and Silvia Castiglione (she/her) Back in 2001 Sally Duncan, a quite prolific science writer,…
Brookhaven’s Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi Awarded Prestigious NSF Early CAREER Grant
Newswise — Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi is a scientist who wears many hats. At Stony Brook University, he is an assistant professor in Department of Physics and Astronomy and leads the Plasma…
How some beetles ‘drink’ water using their butts
Some beetles “drink” using their butts, and scientists are starting to understand how. Red flour beetles, a major agricultural pest, open their anus to get water vapor in the air…
Fast light pulse triggers charge transfer into water
Newswise — In certain molecules, the so-called photoacids, a proton can be released locally by excitation with light. There is a sudden change in the pH value in the solution…
How Generative AI Will Transform the Cybersecurity Industry
Microsoft last week announced that, just as it did with .NET years ago, it will be putting generative AI into everything, including security. Back in the .NET days, I joked…
Never mind on that whole “climate” thing…
Amazon to change venue name to Climate Fudge Arena Given their push to have fossil-fuel powered energy for their Oregon data center and therefore taking a major step back from their climate goals, Amazon…
