Neuroscie
DNA Reveals Multiple Sclerosis Risk Before Symptoms Begin
Q: What is this study trying to discover about MS?A: Researchers aim to understand how genetic risk factors and immune response to the Epstein-Barr virus may interact to trigger multiple…
What You Expect Shapes How Much Pain You Feel
Key Questions Answered Q: How do expectations influence pain perception?A: Expectations shaped by external cues (like visual signals) and those shaped by treatment information (like placebo explanations) both reduce pain,…
Your Gut May Be the Key to Chronic Fatigue, Long COVID
Key Questions Answered Q: What did the study uncover about ME/CFS?A: The study revealed that ME/CFS disrupts key interactions between the gut microbiome, immune system, and metabolism, identifying biological markers…
Childhood Trauma May Rewire Brain for Lifelong Aggression
Key Questions Answered: Q: What brain region is being studied to understand aggression?A: Researchers are focusing on the thalamic nucleus reuniens, which connects memory, emotion, and decision-making areas of the…
Life
Nature
Newfound bat skeletons are the oldest on record
Two fossilized bat skeletons unearthed in western Wyoming represent a new species and are the oldest set of bat bones yet discovered, researchers say. The incredibly complete fossils of Icaronycteris…
Astronomy
Boil, freeze, bubble, crack, repeat! Scientists simulate the solar system’s ‘ice volcanoes’ in the lab
The Large Dirty Mars Chamber, housed at the Open University. Credit: Petr Brož Scientists have been able to recreate the extreme conditions found on icy moons in deep space—and revealed…
Lunar dust mitigation requires collaboration and lots of tests
Drs. Zhei, Dove, and Elgohary examine the test chamber to be used for the testing. Credit: University of Central Florida / Antoine Hart Collaboration has always been a hallmark of…
NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforce
NASA is making deep cuts in its workforce. The US space agency NASA will lose about 3,900 employees under Donald Trump’s sweeping effort to trim the federal workforce—at the same…
European Vega C rocket ferries satellites into orbit
Credit: ESA – M. Pedoussaut A rocket carrying carbon dioxide- and Earth-observing satellites successfully blasted off from South America late Friday. The Vega C rocket, operated by French firm Arianespace,…
