Background: Cognitive functions decline with age. Declined cognitive functions negatively affect daily behaviors. Previous studies showed the positive effect of spices and herbs on cognition. In this study, we investigated the positive impact of wasa ...

Young blood plasma is known to confer beneficial effects on various organs in mice and rats. However, it was not known whether plasma from young adult pigs rejuvenates old rat tissues at the epigenetic level; whether it alters the epigenetic clock, w ...

<p>Researchers have genetically engineered the first mice that get a human-like form of COVID-19, according to a study published online November 1<strong> </strong>in <em>Nature.</em& ...

Tools for studying social media are being shut down. It’s the last thing researchers—and democracy—need

New research proposes that impact melted most of both worlds and led to the formation of the moon

The latest Scoop poll conducted by the flagship Scottish Election study put support for the former at 38 some six points ahead of the SNP

The new research helps to answer the mystery of how these creatures evolved their distinctive body shape.

<p>Sperm can modulate their energetics by regulating their flagellar waveform—how the sperm oscillate their tails—in order to adapt to varying fluid environments, potentially optimizing their motility and nav ...

An early phase in the process of developing Alzheimer’s disease is a metabolic increase in a part of the brain called the hippocampus, report researchers from Karolinska Institutet in a study published in Molecular Psychiatry. The discovery opens u ...

Does electromagnetic radiation emitted by mobile phones affect semen quality? While various environmental and lifestyle factors have been proposed to explain the decline in semen quality observed over the last fifty years, the role of mobile phones h ...

New UBCO study investigates if canine intervention therapy is gender inclusive

The study's lead author says many children and babies in Asia-Pacific treated for common infections with antibiotics also used in Australia were dying because those drugs were "no longer working".

 

 

Sunflowers famously turn their faces to follow the sun as it crosses the sky. But how do sunflowers “see” the sun to follow it? New work from plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, published Oct. 31 in PLOS Biology, shows that ...

 

Cannabidiol and cannabigerol might someday help bone fracture patients manage their pain, according to a new Penn State study. The researchers unexpectedly found that the cannabinoids also promoted fracture healing in a mouse study. The results were ...

The first detailed explanation of why people with obesity and Type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of pancreatic cancer has been published in Cell Metabolism. The research demonstrates that excessive insulin levels overstimulate pancreatic acinar ...

A new study by professors at the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time how our bodies go into stress-mode when hearing misused grammar.

A new paper in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment revealed that human activities are making Earth’s air, soil and freshwater saltier, which could pose an “existential threat” if current trends continue. Geologic and hydrolog ...