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Improving our understanding of the many ways exercise improves our mental health can have real impacts when it comes to treating conditions like depression, with doctors potentially able to draw on specific lifestyle interventions to lessen its symptom… Continue reading Study suggests exercise enhances therapy for depression sufferers
With a notoriously large carbon footprint, concrete is a prime target for researchers developing greener materials for the future of construction. A number of studies have shown how old rubber tires can be used to make versions that are stronger, more … Continue reading Concrete made with old tires proves itself in real-world setting
We know spider silk carries some amazing capabilities, with its light weight, incredible elasticity and a status as one of nature’s strongest materials. Scientists have made another extraordinary discovery in this area, finding that orb-weaving spiders… Continue reading Spiders found to extend their hearing by using webs as giant audio arrays
Studies continue to demonstrate the importance of good sleeping habits in maintaining a healthy body weight, but there is still much to learn when it comes to understanding the finer details of this relationship. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have she… Continue reading Poor sleep linked to sustained increases in dangerous visceral fat
In the same week that record-setting temperatures were logged in East Antarctica, satellite images have revealed the complete collapse of its Conger Ice shelf, a first for the region. The ice shelf isn’t all that big in the grand scheme of things, but … Continue reading East Antarctic heatwave coincides with unpredicted ice shelf collapse
In the event of blood loss, the human body has defense mechanisms that kick into gear to protect it from the worst outcomes, but they can only keep up the fight for so long. Scientists have pinpointed a set of neurons that regulate this process, which … Continue reading Body alarm for blood loss can be reset to stop cardiovascular collapse
With a view to shoring up the supply of scientific cargo to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded contracts for 12 further flights to SpaceX and Northrop Grumman. This extends agreements with two of the agency’s key partners in its ongoing … Continue reading SpaceX and Northrop Grumman earn new resupply contracts for the ISS
One of the many promising uses for 3D printing is the creation of personalized medicines, in which dosages and drug combinations can be tailored to an individual’s needs. A new advance in this area has demonstrated how these types of medicines could be… Continue reading 3D-printed tablets offer taste of personalized seven-second medicine
Mitochondria are known as the powerhouses of the cells, taking in glucose and oxygen and producing energy in return. But this central role in cellular function means when things go awry it can have serious consequences for organ function, particularly … Continue reading Mitochondrial transplants between living cells could save dying organs
Since launching in February of 2020, the Solar Orbiter probe has been zeroing in on the Sun with a suite of instruments designed to unravel some of its secrets. Among those is an advanced ultraviolet imager, which mission control has now used to captur… Continue reading Solar Orbiter probe snaps the sharpest ever image of the Sun’s corona