Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA team of neuroscientists led by a College of Pittsburgh Institution of Medicine scientist created a test to spot a new marker of Alzheimer's illness neurodegeneration in a blood sample. A research on their outcomes was released today in Brain.New BiomarkerThe biomarker, named brain-derived tau, or BD-tau, outperforms...
The 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest brought record-setting temperatures from Oregon to British Columbia. Temperatures are displayed for 29 June 2021. Credit: European Space Agency/Copernicus Sentinel, CC BY-SA 2.0An extreme heat wave struck the Pacific Northwest in June 2021. Temperature levels soared above 40°C (104°F) across Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, sometimes also approaching...
Credit: Thor BalkhedAn artificial cornea made from pig skin might end our reliance on human donors and provide millions of individuals worldwide back their sight.The ChallengeThe cornea is a hard, transparent layer of tissue which covers the front side of the eye. It aids focus light on the retina, and if it is damaged...
Clumps of proteins surrounding neurons in the brain are associated with the development of Alzheimer's. Credit: Ozgu Arslan/Getty ImagesA new type of blood test can spot a hidden toxin behind Alzheimer's illness years before a patient shows memory loss or confusion symptoms.Suppose the proof-of-concept can be further tested and scaled. In that case, the test...
(MoMo Productions/DigitalVision/Getty Images)Putting a screen in front of a kid is a tried and trusted form of keeping them entertained and calm-- and it works very well for grownups, too-- however as a constant calming method, it might have its disadvantages, according to a recent research.Research involving the screen and childrenThe team found that...
Graphic diagram depicting the Hall effect in the system under investigation. Credit: SPbUResearchers from St. Petersburg College and their international associates have created the globe's first two-dimensional ferromagnetism in graphene. The use of the obtained magnetic state of graphene can become the basis of a current method to electronics, increasing its energy efficiency and...
Tan Kaninthanond/UnsplashResearch recommends there could be a "basic, safe, and also economical" way to relieve pain: green light. And a new creature research reveals the biological underpinnings of how it may function.Scientists have been exploring the pain-relieving impacts of green light for at minimum half a decade, revealing an occasional clue on exactly how...
SpaceX's massive Starship rocket remains to pass key tests on its road to sending the Mars-bound launch system up to orbit for the 1st time.The private space firm fired 7 Raptor engines on its Starship Super Heavy prototype, called Booster seven, on Monday, September nineteen. As Space.com points out, it´s the highest number of...
A new panel report contends that compelling evidence backs a natural origin for the COVID-19 outbreak that first walloped Wuhan, China, in January 2020.HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGESThe acrimonious disscussion over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic flared up again this week with a report from a specialist panel concluding that SARS-CoV-2 likely spread...
South Korea And US Hold Joint Live-fire ExerciseThe South Korea military mistakenly hit its own Air Force base during one joint exercise it was conducting with the United States (US). The occurrence did not result in any casualties, although it left a lot of civilians in the worried.Tensions between North and also South Korea...
