Collaborate Disseminate
Even though Venus is the closest planet to Earth, there’s still a lot we don’t know about it, especially when it comes to its galactic-scale history. Was it once habitable? Did it ever have water? Was the atmosphere ever different than the toxic cockta… Continue reading The galactic hunt for a planet in the Venus Zone has begun
It’s been about seven years since researchers used the CRISPER gene-editing system to reverse a blindness-inducing condition called retinitis pigmentosa in stem cells outside the body. Now, using a more refined version of CRISPR, a different research t… Continue reading Vision restored in mice thanks to refined CRISPR system
Unlike Earth, there are millions of planets that have permanent day sides bathed in the light of their star, and permanent night sides cloaked in darkness. The area between these two sides is called the “terminator zone” and is a logical place to searc… Continue reading “Terminator habitability” not in the realm of sci-fi, says research
In an effort to help vision-impaired people enjoy taking photographs, Sony has paired with QD Laser to create a retinal projection camera kit. By bypassing the outer layers of the eyes, the kit allows those who would otherwise have difficulty doing so … Continue reading New kit beams images straight onto the retina from Sony camera
Gestational diabetes, a potentially dangerous medical condition affecting pregnant women, has been seeing a worrisome spike in recent years. New research shows that the reason may have to do with how much excess light a woman encounters before sleeping… Continue reading Pre-sleep light exposure linked to gestational diabetes
In the quest to combat Alzheimer’s disease, researchers have been hopeful about the use of antibodies to destroy peptides in the brain that cause damaging tangles and plaque buildups. So far though, such treatments have been unsuccessful. Postulating that the issue had to do with the antibodies getting blocked by the blood-brain barrier, scientists have found a way to sneak them into the brains of mice afflicted with the disease, and have seen encouraging results.
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Blood-brain barrier, antibodies, Brain, Neuroscience
Continue reading Sugar-coated antibodies cross blood-brain barrier to fight Alzheimer’s
The heart has long been called our “ticker.” Now, a new study shows why that might be the case even more than we previously imagined. Researchers at Cornell University have demonstrated that our perception of time shifts with the length of our heartbea… Continue reading Our heartbeats cause “wrinkles in time” says new study
The health benefits of a meat-based versus a plant-based diet are often hotly debated both in the research community and by self-styled health gurus on social media platforms. A new study adds another checkmark to the plant-based column, this time loop… Continue reading Paleo and keto diets bad for health and the planet, says study
As the world marches on from the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak, scientists are busy scrutinizing data from millions of cases to assemble an arsenal of information ranging from just how widespread the disease is in our body tissue after death, to the ne… Continue reading Higher Omega-3 levels linked to better COVID-19 outcomes
Last year’s trend of releasing multitools on Kickstarter shows little sign of slowing in 2023. Case in point: the Triangle multitool from Disc. The little helper features 14 different tools, most of which seem just right for a DIYer who encounters a lo… Continue reading DIY-oriented titanium multitool features oxygen wrench