An anti-viral gene that impacts the risk of both Alzheimer’sAlzheimer’s disease is a disease that attacks the brain, causing a decline in mental ability that…
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People who had higher pre-pandemic levels of depression or anxiety have been more severely affected by disruption to jobs and healthcare during the pandemic, according…
Human colon cancer cells. Credit: Annie Cavanagh A new drug has shown promise in slowing the regrowth of tumors among some bowel cancer patients, according…
Water collects on mosses. The first land plants were thought to be non-vascular, like mosses. Credit: Katmai Preserve NPS Photo/Russ Taylor The arrival of plants…
Patients who experience long COVID have reported more than 200 symptoms across 10 organ systems*, in the largest international study of ‘long-haulers’ to date, led…
Jupiter’s mysterious X-ray auroras have been explained, ending a 40-year quest for an answer. For the first time, astronomers have seen the way Jupiter’s magnetic…
An accurate, non-invasive, and low-cost method of testing for COVID-19 using samples taken from the screens of mobile phones has been developed by a team…
Being Clean and Hygienic Need Not Impair Childhood Immunity The theory that modern society is too clean, leading to defective immune systems in children, should…
Artist’s conception of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: Pablo Carlos Budassi The spin of the Milky Way’s galactic bar, which is made up of billions…
Neurological and psychiatric symptoms such as fatigue and depression are common among people with Covid-19 and may be just as likely in people with mild…
The research vessel Polarstern drifting in Arctic sea ice. Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut Sea ice in the coastal regions of the Arctic may be thinning up to…
Scientists at University College London have identified a new immunotherapy to combat the hepatitis B virus (HBV), the most common cause of liver cancer in…
Studying the violent collisions of black holes and neutron stars may soon provide a new measurement of the Universe’s expansion rate, helping to resolve a…
Wasps deserve to be just as highly valued as other insects, like bees, due to their roles as predators, pollinators, and more, according to a…
A coronal mass ejection, or CME, erupting into space on August 31, 2012. Pictured here is a blended version of the 171 and 304 angstrom…
People who have previously had COVID-19 have an enhanced antibody response with a single dose of RNA vaccine, finds new research co-led by UCL researchers.…
OLED tattoo devices. Credit: Barsotti – Italian Institute of Technology Scientists at UCL and the IIT -Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) have…
One third (35%) of people who took a new drug for treating obesity lost more than one-fifth (greater than or equal to 20%) of their…
A view of the Sun from the Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on ESA/NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO. Credit: ESA/NASA A theory as to…
A new risk-stratification tool that can accurately predict the likelihood of deterioration in adults hospitalized with COVID-19 has been developed by researchers from the UK…