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A major new study has uncovered how hidden fat around the organs can accelerate the ageing of the heart, while fat stored in other areas may even slow it down. Using advanced imaging and artificial intelligence, researchers revealed surprising differences between men and women, and pointed to inflammation and hormones as possible explanations. Credit: Shutterstock Hidden organ fat speeds up …

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Inside every human brain lies a detailed map of the body, with different regions dedicated to different body parts – the hands, lips, feet and more. But what happens to this map when a body part is removed? For decades, scientists believed that when a body part is amputated, the brain’s body map dramatically reorganises itself, with neighbouring body parts …

Scientists achieve “striking” memory improvements by suppressing brain protein  PsyPost Targeting iron-associated protein Ftl1 in the brain of old mice improves age-related cognitive impairment  Nature Blocking This One Protein Restores Aging Brains  SciTechDaily Scientists found a protein that makes the brain age faster: How to arrest its growth  The Times of India Scientists Found a Hidden Switch in Your Brain That Could Reverse Memory …

A new study shows that blocking one protein can reprogram immune cells to fight cancer more powerfully, offering hope for next-generation therapies. Credit: Shutterstock Blocking a single protein boosts T cell metabolism and tumor-fighting strength. The discovery could lead to next-generation cancer immunotherapies. Scientists have identified a strategy to greatly enhance the cancer-fighting abilities of the immune system’s T cells. …

A research team from the University of Basel, Switzerland, has developed a new molecule modeled on plant photosynthesis: under the influence of light, it stores two positive and two negative charges at the same time. The aim is to convert sunlight into carbon-neutral fuels. Plants use the energy of sunlight to convert CO2 into energy-rich sugar molecules. This process is …

Bees feeding on a synthetic pollen substitute – credit, Caroline Wood, Oxford U news A study team from Oxford University has identified a fermentation method that creates the perfect balanced diet for honey bees who can’t get enough natural pollen. Synthetic pollen substitutes are often fed to bees as a dietary supplement to natural pollen, but until now it’s been …

Scientists in China have created rainbow, glow-in-the-dark succulents by injecting colorful “afterglow” particles into the leaves that absorb, and then gradually release, light. The luminescent succulents shone for up to two hours, outperforming similar, material-engineered plants, according to a new study. The invention paves the way for sustainable, plant-based lighting to illuminate outdoor and indoor spaces, researchers said. “Imagine glowing …

The Inouye Solar Telescope captured this image of a solar flare on August 8, 2024. (Image credit: NSF/NSO/AURA, CC-BY) The world’s largest solar telescope just captured the highest-resolution images of a solar flare to date — and they’re spectacular. Researchers trained the Hawaii-based Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on the final stages of a powerful X-class solar flare on Aug. …

Scientists have developed a new type of artificial intelligence (AI) model that can reason differently from most large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, resulting in much better performance in key benchmarks. The new reasoning AI, called a hierarchical reasoning model (HRM), is inspired by the hierarchical and multi-timescale processing in the human brain — the way different brain regions integrate …