Solving the puzzle of Long Covid
Long Covid provides an opportunity to understand how acute infections cause chronic disease
Research Preview: Science Magazine – Feb 23, 2024
Category Archives: Research
Research: New Scientist Magazine – Feb 24, 2024
New evidence finally reveals how male and female brains really differ
The strange truth about why thinking hard makes you feel exhausted
Why the brain’s microbiome could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s
Supercommunicators review: Learning how to change deeply held beliefs
Are you truly healthy? These new tests provide the ultimate check-up
How we will discover the mysterious origins of life once and for all
With privacy concerns rising, can we teach AI chatbots to forget?
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Feb 22, 2024
Great ‘Stone Age’ wall discovered in Baltic Sea
Megastructure stretching nearly 1 kilometre long is probably one of the oldest known hunting aids on Earth.
The immune markers that predict who can keep SARS-CoV-2 in check
People infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 cleared the virus more quickly if they had high levels of certain immune cells.
Introducing meat–rice: grain with added muscles beefs up protein
The laboratory-grown food uses rice as a scaffold for cultured meat.
Research Preview: Science Magazine – Feb 16, 2024
Giant solar farms could provoke rainclouds in the desert
Updrafts from dark solar panels could fuel storms
X-ray survey bolsters theory of universe’s expansion
eROSITA telescope shows galaxies’ “clumpiness” matches predicted effect of dark energy, dark matter
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Feb 15, 2024
First passages of rolled-up Herculaneum scroll revealed
Researchers used artificial intelligence to decipher the text of 2,000-year-old charred papyrus scripts, unveiling musings on music and capers.
Deepfakes, trolls and cybertroopers: how social media could sway elections in 2024
Faced with data restrictions and harassment, researchers are mapping out fresh approaches to studying social media’s political reach.
Research Preview: Science Magazine-February 9, 2024
Researchers discover new kind of magnetism
More than 200 materials could be “altermagnets,” predicted just a few years ago
A thousand years of solitude
How did the first human settlers of the Canary Islands survive a millennium of isolation?
Research Preview: Nature Magazine- February 8, 2024
Surprise find: a blood-based immune system is discovered in the gut
Immune guardians called complement proteins are manufactured by gut cells and help to protect against pathogens.
Black-hole observations solve cosmic-ray mystery
Data from an African observatory show that jets from a collapsed star are capable of producing some of the Galaxy’s fastest particles.
Obesity drugs have another superpower: taming inflammation
The blockbuster medications that reduce body weight also reduce inflammation in organs such as the brain, raising hopes that they can treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
Research Preview: Science Magazine-February 2, 2024
Degradation trumps mutations in cancer
Redirecting targeted proteins for degradation can overcome acquired drug resistance
Sustainability limits needed for CO2 removal
The true climate mitigation challenge is revealed by considering sustainability impacts
Research Preview: Nature Magazine- February 1, 2024
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How does chronic stress harm the gut? New clues emerge
A bacterium in the intestines of stressed mice interferes with cells that protect against pathogens.
How cancer hijacks the nervous system to grow and spread
A new wave of research is unpicking the relationship between cancer and neurons — and looking for ways to stop the crosstalk.
The clever system that gave Roman wines an amber colour and nutty aroma
Wine-fermentation jars used in Georgia today hint at the properties of ancient vintages.
Research Preview: Science Magazine -January 26, 2024
How giant ‘water batteries’ could make green power reliable
For times when wind and solar fall short, some utilities are turning to an old technology called pumped storage hydropower
A ghostly quasiparticle rooted in a century-old Italian mystery could unlock quantum computing’s potential
Before he disappeared, Ettore Majorana made a strange prediction. Researchers are still hunting for the truth about him—and his namesake particles
