Choline: An Essential Brain-Boosting Nutrient That Most Americans Are Lacking
Choline, a crucial nutrient produced in the liver and present in foods such as eggs, broccoli, beans, meat, and poultry, is vital to human health….
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James Webb Space Telescope Unveils Exquisite Views of Distant Galaxies
For decades, the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes have provided us with spectacular images of galaxies. This all changed when the James Webb Space…
For the First Time – Researchers Finally Classify All of Earth’s Ecosystems
The research will help improve biodiversity conservation. An international multidisciplinary team of scientists led by University of New South Wales researchers has created the world’s…
Biofuel Research: Full Decarbonization of U.S. Aviation Sector Is Within Grasp
Research demonstrates a pathway to sustainably produce biojet fuel domestically and meet the country’s growing aviation fuel demand. Every day in the United States, 45,000…
Quantum Computing Breakthrough: Qubits for a Programmable, Solid-State Superconducting Processor
Long-Lived Coherent Quantum States in a Superconducting Device for Quantum Information Technology Scientists have been able to demonstrate for the first time that large numbers…
Researchers Discover a “Diamond Factory” Deep Inside Earth
Researchers find rust and diamonds at the Earth’s core-mantle boundary. On the Earth’s surface, steel rusts due to water and air. But what about deep…
Horrifying: Commonly Used Agricultural Herbicide Can Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier
Researchers are exploring possible effects on the brain. Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s are among the most puzzling in medical research. The underlying causes of these…
Using Viruses To Turbocharge the Immune System Against Cancer
A combination of two therapies shows promise for treatment-resistant cancers. The immune system has evolved to safeguard the body from an incredibly diverse range of…
The Pitfalls of Evolutionary Genomics
A study examines the benefits and drawbacks of evolutionary genomics. Claudius Ptolemy, an astronomer and mathematician from Alexandria in the second century, had a lofty…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spots Mystery Rocket Impact Site on Moon
Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred on March 4, 2022, with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)…
In a Flash: Weird Star Produces the Fastest Nova on Record
Most people are familiar with supernovas, the spectacular stellar explosions that occur at the end of a massive star’s life and often result in a…
Watch the Official Trailer: NASA’s Psyche Mission to a Metal World
Join the journey as NASA’s Psyche mission team launches in 2022 to explore a unique metallic asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. The…
New Hope for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: Designer Neurons
Neurodegenerative diseases cause neuronal damage and destruction, wreaking havoc on both mental and physical health. Parkinson’s disease, which affects over 10 million people worldwide, is…
Living Corals Mapped for the First Time Before and After Marine Heat Wave: Winners and Losers Discovered
Research findings could help manage and build a resilient network of coral reefs. As the world’s ocean temperatures rise, so will the number of cases…
Citizen Scientists Help Map Ridge Networks on Mars That May Hold Records of Ancient Groundwater
Scientists have uncovered strange ridge networks on Mars using images from spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet over the previous two decades. How and why the…
Snuggling Sea Turtles Filmed for the First Time
First known filmed footage of the behavior in the elusive marine animal. Do sea turtles canoodle? They do, according to a study published by a…
Two Massive Blobs in Earth’s Mantle Baffle Scientists With Their Surprising Properties
Earth is layered like an onion, with a thin outer crust, a thick viscous mantle, a fluid outer core, and a solid inner core. Within…
New Astrobiology Research Predicts Alien Life “As We Don’t Know It”
The search for alien life has been restricted to using life on Earth as the reference, essentially looking for “life as we know it” beyond…
