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The Great Salt Lake is an extraordinary natural phenomenon, the “largest salt-water lake in the western hemisphere.” “A remnant of the massive ancient Lake Bonneville, the lake is now landlocked and its waters are salty,” according to Utah.com. “It is the largest lake between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean, and is the largest saltwater lake in the Western …

Scientists are hailing promising breakthroughs in the fight against cancer, with one new therapy appearing to kill tumors without damaging healthy flesh. Novartis’s radioligand therapy targets mutations in tumors, delivering radiation only where it is needed, unlike ordinary radiotherapy which kills non-cancerous cells as well as cancerous ones. In a trial, the Novartis treatment removed all disease from 21% of …

Adhering to a Mediterranean diet has been found to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease even among individuals who are genetically predisposed to developing the neurodegenerative condition, according to a study by researchers in the US. Deriving its name from the region where it’s popular, the diet prioritizes fruit and vegetables, as well as olive oil, fish, nuts, and whole …

Scientists might have accidentally discovered how lightning forms – from bending ice  TechSpot Flexoelectricity and surface ferroelectricity of water ice  Nature It Turns Out Bending Ice Produces Electricity, And This Could Finally Explain The Origin Of Lightning  IFLScience Scientists find that ice generates electricity when bent  Phys.org Ice shows hidden ability to produce electricity when stressed: Study  Interesting Engineering Source link

When most people think of zinc, they picture a vitamin supplement that helps fight off colds. But researchers in Europe have uncovered a surprising new role for this essential mineral — one that could transform farming as we know it. A team of scientists from Denmark’s Aarhus University, the Polytechnic University of Madrid, and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility discovered …

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In the beginning, there were prebiotic compounds that were the ingredients for life but had not yet come together in the right ways. Organic sulfur compounds known as thioesters might have catalyzed reactions that ultimately led …

“Imagine A Swarm Of These After A Hurricane”: Texas Scientists Create Giant Rolling Robots Inspired By Terrifying 1960s TV Show  Rude Baguette Spherical RoboBall could tackle Moon’s toughest terrain  New Atlas Scientists have created a tumbleweed for the Moon: the robot will pass where others get stuck  ITC.ua Texas A&M launches spherical robot for crater and emergency missions  Inspenet Meet RoboBall: The Revolutionary Spherical …

When it comes to interactions between animals and microbes in the ancient past, focus has primarily been on humans and our closest ancestors rather than extinct animals, such as mammoths. A new study led by Benjamin Guinet from the Swedish Museum of Natural History has analysed microbial DNA from no fewer than 483 mammoth remains. These remains span over one …

Scientists Find This Popular Diet Raises Heart Disease Risk  AOL.com Cardiologists’ Knowledge and Compliance With Lifestyle Recommendations For CVD Prevention  American College of Cardiology US Cardiologists Recommend Plant-Based Diet, But Don’t Practice What They Preach  Green Queen Media Cardiologists Struggle With Lifestyle Recommendations  Medscape Source link

F.D.A. Official Overruled Scientists on Wide Access to Covid Shots  The New York Times FDA questions common practice of getting covid, flu vaccines together  The Washington Post FDA quietly positions itself to disrupt childhood vaccine schedule  BioCentury Prasad spells out new thinking on vaccine development in Covid-19 memos  Endpoints News Vinay Prasad, who is making it harder to get the Covid vax, barely comes …