Scientists

Scientists just found the brain’s hidden defense against Alzheimer’s

Scientists at UCLA Health and UC San Francisco have discovered why certain brain cells are better equipped than others to…

4 weeks ago

Scientists find the genetic switch that makes pancreatic cancer resist chemotherapy

Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have discovered a molecular "switch" that determines whether pancreatic cancer cells respond to chemotherapy or…

1 month ago

Scientists just created chocolate honey packed with surprising health perks

Researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil, have created a new product that blends native…

1 month ago

Scientists discover diet that tricks the body into burning fat without exercise

Shivering in the cold is uncomfortable, but it does force the body to burn extra calories to stay warm. Research…

1 month ago

Green hydrogen has a hidden problem and scientists may have fixed it

Green hydrogen is widely seen as a key pillar of the global shift away from fossil fuels. Yet making it…

1 month ago

Scientists engineer bacteria to eat cancer tumors from the inside out

Scientists at the University of Waterloo are working on a new cancer treatment that uses specially engineered bacteria to consume…

1 month ago

Scientists discover why high altitude protects against diabetes

For years, researchers have observed that people who live at high elevations, where oxygen is scarce, tend to develop diabetes…

1 month ago

Scientists may have found the holy grail of quantum computing

Scientists believe so called triplet superconductors could open the door to the most energy efficient technologies ever developed. "A triplet…

1 month ago

Scientists reveal why human language isn’t like computer code

Human language is remarkably rich and intricate. Yet from the standpoint of information theory, the same ideas could theoretically be…

1 month ago

Scientists reveal how exercise protects the brain from Alzheimer’s

Researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a biological process that may explain why exercise sharpens thinking and memory. Their…

1 month ago