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A new study found that dietary fiber can determine whether beneficial intestinal worms help reduce inflammation or become essentially inactive. With plenty of fiber, the worms remained healthy and supported an anti-inflammatory response, while a low-fiber diet pushed them into a hibernation-like state that eliminated those benefits. Researchers also found that fiber-rich diets promoted healthier gut bacteria, whereas Western-style diets reduced microbial diversity and encouraged less desirable microbes...
GeekSpin - 1 day 9 hours agoThanks to a chip that sits at the back of the eye, some people who lost their sight to a common eye disease are reading again. The system is called PRIMA, and it’s already made a difference for dozens of patients across European trials. PRIMA treats age-related macular degeneration, a condition that ranks among the […] Read the original article here: Stanford invents implant that helps blind people see again...
Omar Yaghi will lead an AI institute at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Is the Trionda ball being used at the tournament traveling too fast or flying unpredictably? We asked a physicist who tested the ball.
Popular Mechanics - 1 day 10 hours agoThis ancient treatment could be key to keeping your luscious locks.
A recent study tracked hundreds of soccer fans until their favorite team reached the final of a tournament. Their stress levels skyrocketed, and their heart rates jumped too.
A list of global space launches designed to calm cold war tensions and promote transparency has been missing from the UN's website for months...
Climate change is already having a big impact on crop yields, and the subsequent financial losses will continue to rise as the world keeps warming...
Earlier this month, Japan's veteran Hayabusa2 sample return spacecraft performed a surprisingly rapid and close-up flyby of a near Earth asteroid. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched Hayabusa2 in 2014 to visit the asteroid Ryugu, arriving in June 2018, and returning samples back to Earth in December 2020. But after dropping off its precious cargo via reentry capsule, JAXA then sent the main spacecraft designed for six years of deep space operations on an extended mission,...
Popular Mechanics - 1 day 13 hours agoA five-year international effort will analyze 250 scroll samples to determine where they were made. Bu the copper scroll a cryptic map to a vast hidden fortune is sitting this one out.
China just joined a very short list of countries that can recapture a falling rocket booster after launch and it did it with a giant net at sea, reports the South China Morning Post . On Friday, the country's Long March 10B reusable rocket flew for the first time, then saw...
Environmental factors like hormone-disrupting substances may be contributing to testosterone decline, scientists say...
Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 18 hours agoThis first ran September 24, 2015; since then I have stopped going to that coffeeshop and no longer see Larry and John, its chief scientists, and in fact I hardly remember what they looked like and the coffeeshop moved anyway. Time is an illusion, you say? not when so much stuff undeniably happens in it; […] The post Coffeeshop Science appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
During the August 2026 solar eclipse, scientists will be rushing to gather data on the sun, but even if you aren't a professional scientist, you can still help the research...
It may not be possible to eradicate flu if it becomes established in wildlife, scientists warn...
A parasitic disease that causes debilitating diarrhea has been reported in California this year. Officials explain how to fend off an infection.
A naturally occurring bacterium from amphibian intestines completely eliminated colorectal tumors in mice with a single treatment by both attacking cancer cells and activating the immune system. The findings point to a promising new type of cancer therapy that could one day work against many solid tumors.
Australian Geographic - 2 days 2 hours agoThe blue-ringed octopus is one of those classic Australian animals we learn about as kids a tiny boogieman to dissuade us from sticking our hands and toes into every rockpool we come across. But did you know that we don't have one, but three species of blue-ringed octopus lurking in our coastal waters? The post Australia's three species of blue-ringed octopus and how to spot the difference appeared first on Australian Geographic .
Nature - 2 days 2 hours agoGeneral purpose AI tools for science, such as Claude Science, promise to accelerate research. But which is right for you?...
Nature - 2 days 2 hours agoSci-fi procedure creates immature human sperm from stem cells, nurturing them on a mouse's kidney.
Nature - 2 days 2 hours agoA proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency's budget is already squeezed and it struggling to clear a backlog of grant applications.
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