Author - Vicentina Inácio

A New Study Recommends Diabetes Mellitus Drugs Could Slow Alzheimer’s Progression

The research found a link between slower cognitive decline and diabetic patients taking drugs called gliptins. Credit: Wavebreakmedia/DepositphotosA brand-new study released in the journal Neurology reports an association between a particular substance class to deal with type 2 diabetes and lowered Alzheimer's disease biomarkers. It is unclear exactly just how these diabetes mellitus medicines...

The 2000 Year Old Greek Astronomical Calculator: Experts Recreate a Mechanical Cosmos for the Globe’s First Computer

Cosmos Display at the front of the Antikythera Mechanism, showing the positions of the Sun, Moon, and five planets as well as the phase of the Moon and the nodes of the Moon. Copyright © 2020 Tony FreethResearchers at UCL have fixed a significant piece of the challenge that makes up the ancient Greek...

Genetically Modified Trees are Seen as a Solution by These Scientists to Absorb Excess Carbon in the World

Credit: Lead Image © Mulderphoto / Adobe StockIn grade school, Charles DeLisi had his first indication of changes in the environment. He lived in a very wooded area, with trees filling his neighborhood, which was very fortunate since he loved to play in the forest. However, one of the saddest events of his...

Bill Gates’s Next-gen Nuclear Plant Packs in Grid-scale Energy Storage

Wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, wave power… Sustainable resources are an essential pillar of any strategy to decarbonize the planet's power generation sectors and eradicate fossil fuel usage. However, for several factors – intermittency, location dependence, land needs, and others – they can not accomplish it independently.A scalable form of zero-emissions energy that can reliably...