Depression’s Unexpected Role in Accelerating Biological Aging
Researchers have found that older adults suffering from depression age faster than their peers. Researchers at the University of Connecticut Center on Aging have found…
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Uncovering the Secrets of Mass Extinction – What Happens to Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity?
“These are times of major changes in the environment, and how those changes impact the organisms is relevant to understanding our current environment and environmental…
Similarities to Climate Changes Today – New Research Helps To Detail Earth’s Most Massive Extinction Event
The Latest Permian Mass Extinction (LPME) was the largest extinction event in Earth’s history to date, resulting in the loss of between 80-90% of life…
Cancer Conundrum Solved: Researchers Unravel a Population of ‘Cheating’ Cells
The study provides answers to multiple conundrums about cancer, while also uncovering new areas for further research. Scientists at the University of Connecticut Health, Yale…
Partying for a Purpose: Celebrations Can Benefit Your Health and Well-Being
New research has found that celebrations that highlight accomplishments can boost the perception of social support. New research shows that actively acknowledging positive life events…
100-Year-Old Paleontology Mystery Solved: Yale Scientists Uncover How Ancient Plants Adapted To Land
A recent study has solved a longstanding mystery in paleontology, revealing how early plants were able to transition from aquatic environments to land through changes…
More Successful Than Ketamine – A Shocking Depression Treatment
Electroshock therapy, which is unfavorably depicted in movies and TV shows, consistently produces better outcomes for depression that is resistant to treatment. According to an…
Some Viruses Make You Smell Tastier to Mosquitoes – Increasing the Spread of Disease
Dengue and Zika viruses alter the microbiome in both humans and mice to attract mosquitoes and spread to new hosts. Zika and dengue fever viruses…
High-Speed X-Ray Lasers Reveal the Secret Crystal Structures of Small Molecules
High-speed X-ray free-electron lasers have unlocked the crystal structures of small molecules relevant to chemistry and materials science, proving a new method that could advance…
Deleting a Protein May Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes
Macrophages travel through our arteries, gobbling fat the way Pac-man gobbled ghosts. But fat-filled macrophages can narrow blood vessels and cause heart disease. Now, UConn…
Animals Died in “Toxic Soup” During Earth’s Worst Mass Extinction – A Warning for Today
‘The end-Permian is one of the best places to look for parallels with what’s happening now.’ The end-Permian mass extinction event of roughly 252 million…
Ivermectin Is a Game-Changing Nobel Prize-Winning Wonder Drug – But Not for COVID-19
Ivermectin is an over 30-year-old wonder drug that treats life- and sight-threatening parasitic infections. Its lasting influence on global health has been so profound that…
Cracking a Mystery of Massive Black Holes and Quasars
A discovery that provides new insight into how galaxies evolve. At the center of galaxies, like our own Milky Way, lie massive black holes surrounded…
Smelling in Stereo: The Real Reason Snakes Have Flicking, Forked Tongues
As dinosaurs lumbered through the humid cycad forests of ancient South America 180 million years ago, primeval lizards scurried, unnoticed, beneath their feet. Perhaps to…
Using “Almost Inconceivably Fast” Measurements, Researchers Find Bubbles Speed Up Energy Transfer
Findings that could help further understand how living tissue reacts to radiation exposure. Energy flows through a system of atoms or molecules by a series…
Worms Reveal How Melatonin Works in the Brain to Promote Sleep
Research in C. elegans shows how melatonin activates the BK channel in the brain. Melatonin is used as a dietary supplement to promote sleep and…
Life-Hack: Research Shows Rituals Spell Anxiety Relief
With graduation ceremonies, weddings, funerals, annual parades, and many other gatherings called off in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is apparent that our…
A Single X-Ray Strike Is Enough to Destroy an Entire Molecule
Radiation damage spreads among close neighbors: A single soft x-ray can destroy a protein-sized molecule. A single x-ray can unravel an enormous molecule, physicists report…
