Bungie has walked back its Destiny 2 Portal nerfs after community backlash, calling the approach “too conservative,” and outlined some reward buffs coming with the Ash & Iron update. Bungie has pulled a hard U-turn on last week’s controversial Portal tuning. After announcing nerfs to Solo Ops power gains and Exotic mission rewards, the studio says its approach was “too …
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A team of Harvard-affiliated researchers believes so. In a groundbreaking study, they found that a daily dose of vitamin D may help preserve DNA and keep people biologically younger by years. The trial, called VITAL, tracked more than 1,000 adults over four years and has just been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. What the Harvard study found …
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Summary: Aging disrupts memory by increasing levels of the protein FTL1 in the hippocampus, new research shows. In mice, excess FTL1 caused neurons to grow abnormally and led to memory decline, while reducing FTL1 reversed these impairments. Old mice with suppressed FTL1 regained youthful neural connections and performed better on memory tasks. The findings suggest that blocking FTL1 may open …
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Aging is particularly harsh on the hippocampus — the brain region responsible for learning and memory. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a protein that’s at the center of this decline. They looked at how the genes and proteins in the hippocampus changed over time in mice and found just one that differed between old and young animals. …
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Three months after stating the company had no plans to increase prices due to tariffs, Home Depot has backtracked. On Monday, the national home improvement retail chain confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that it plans some “modest price movement” as the tariffs increase. The move comes as tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump continue to increase costs for businesses. …
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The idea of taking blood from the young to rejuvenate the elderly is getting an increasing amount of attention from scientists, and a new study has shown how some of the youthful properties of our skin can be restored with this kind of blood swap. A special 3D human skin model was set up in the lab by researchers, who …
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We may have new hope in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers have found that lithium levels in the brain are closely linked to the condition, and that lithium supplements can reverse Alzheimer’s-like memory loss in mice. Led by a team from Harvard Medical School, the researchers wanted to investigate previous links that have been made between exposure to metals …
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A slice from a normal human brain (left, artificially coloured) contrasts with a slice from the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s disease.Credit: Jessica Wilson/Science Photo Library Replenishing the brain’s natural stores of lithium can protect against and even reverse Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a paper published1 today in Nature. The paper reports that analyses of human brain tissue and a …
Read More »US reverses pledge to link disaster funds to Israel boycott stance Reuters FEMA Will Deny Grants to States and Cities That Boycott Israeli Companies The New York Times Trump admin ties $1.9 billion in local disaster funds to stance on Israel boycotts The Times of Israel States that boycott Israeli companies will lose disaster relief funds, DHS says Axios Trump Sparks MAGA Backlash Over …
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Key Takeaways DOJ has backtracked on last week’s reports that it would bring charges against crypto VC Dragonfly for supporting Tornado Cash. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has clarified it is not pursuing charges against crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly over its investment in Tornado Cash. In a statement, Thane Rehn, Federal Prosecutor and Assistant U.S. Attorney, said recent …
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