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Disturbing new research into a ubiquitous contaminant has revealed its concerning effects on the brain. What’s happening? Researchers from Trinity College Dublin analyzed how nanoplastics disrupt energy metabolism in brain cells. The scientists examined the way in which nanoplastics, tiny plastic particles invisible to the naked eye, contribute to mitochondrial dysfunction. In simple terms, mitochondria are the energy-producing parts of …

Researchers in Spain and Denmark reached different conclusions in two new randomized controlled trials comparing the effectiveness against hospitalization of the high-dose influenza vaccine with the standard-dose version among older adults, with one showing 44% better protection for the high-dose version against hospitalization for flu but not for flu or pneumonia, which goes against previous findings. The findings of both …

Space News: 50 years ago, NASA sent 2 spacecraft to search for life on Mars – the Viking missions’ findings are still discussed today  Lake County News,California Source link

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration would make an announcement about its autism findings on Monday, declining to offer specifics. “We’re going to have an announcement on …

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Finding life beyond the Earth would be a major scientific discovery with significant implications for all areas of science and human thought. Yet, only one direct search for extraterrestrial life has ever been conducted. The NASA Viking spacecraft, which landed …

Surprising new findings force scientists to rethink decades of brain-plasticity theories  PsyPost The brain might not significantly rewire itself after limb loss  Science News Over the past few decades, neuroscience textbooks have explained that “losing part of the body also  매일경제 Source link

Finding life beyond the Earth would be a major scientific discovery with significant implications for all areas of science and human thought. Yet, only one direct search for extraterrestrial life has ever been conducted. The Viking missions landed on the Martian surface using parachutes. This diagram shows each stage the spacecraft went through as they landed. NASA The NASA Viking …

Astronomers worldwide are turning their focus to a rare and baffling cosmic visitor: interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. First detected in early July as it sped toward the Sun from deep space, the object is only the third interstellar body ever observed in human history, following ʻOumuamua in 2017 and Comet Borisov in 2019. Now, four powerful space-based observatories, NASA’s Hubble Space …

1. Medicine Doctors in Madrid hailed a new pill for patients with high blood pressure resistant to existing medication as a “gamechanger” and a “triumph of science”. Globally, 1.3 billion people have hypertension and in half of cases, their high blood pressure is uncontrolled or resistant to existing treatments. They face a much higher risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney …

A toxic chemical that pollutes groundwater originates high in Earth’s atmosphere, a scientific flight has revealed. Perchlorates, a group of chlorine-containing chemicals that can disrupt thyroid function, form on particles of smoke and organic material in the stratosphere, between 6 and 31 miles (10 to 50 kilometers) above the planet’s surface, according to a new study. Scientists already knew that …