FSP1 condensates in green induced by icFSP1 surrounding a blue nucleus. Credit: Toshitaka Nakamura A team of researchers led by Dr. Marcus Conrad from Helmholtz Munich has discovered a novel…
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Debate sizzles as meat eating hits new low in Germany
The greater availability of alternatives is likely one of the reasons why Germans are eating less meat. Florian Busmann used to enjoy sausages and steak on the barbecue in summer,…
Reading for pleasure early in childhood linked to better cognitive performance and mental well-being in adolescence
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Children who begin reading for pleasure early in life tend to perform better at cognitive tests and have better mental health when they enter adolescence, a…
COVID-19 Worries Influence Emotional Quality of Daydreams
Summary: A new study investigated the connection between COVID-19-related anxieties and the emotional content of daydreaming and nighttime dreaming. It found a significant correlation between daily COVID-19 worries and the…
Fresco depicting a still life uncovered in Pompeii |
Excavations in Pompeii’s Regio IX has led to the discovery of a 2,000 year-old fresco painting depicting a still life scene. Pompeii was a Roman city, located in the modern…
Research team achieves near-perfect bone healing with new multi-leveled scaffold
(a) Schematic representation of the (a) bone structure and its composition ranging from nanometers to micrometers and (b) development of biomimetic scaffolds containing the various steps for preparing a combinatorial…
A trauma-focused therapy is helping Ukrainian children besieged by war – a clinical psychologist explains how it could bring resilience to kids around the world
Childhood trauma is a global health problem. Every year, up to 1 billion children worldwide experience some form of emotional, physical or sexual abuse. More than two-thirds of children report…
Genomics- and image-guided subtyping refines characterization of Alzheimer’s disease
Right and left hemisphere brain surface plots showing the strength of the canonical vector, νƙ, for each subtype. Credit: Images created by Fan Yang, UMass Amherst, Ph.D. A new computational…
New drugs line up to challenge Ozempic, Wegovy for weight loss
After drugmaker Novo Nordisk tweaked its diabetes drug Ozempic into Wegovy—a formulation expressly designed to help users shed pounds—sales of both drugs skyrocketed. Other pharmaceutical giants took notice, and over…
Stone head found in Lake Nemi may be from Caligula’s Nemi ships |
A stone head found at the bottom of Lake Nemi in Italy’s Lazio region may be from Caligula’s Nemi ships. The discovery was made by the Municipal Civil Protection of…
