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With advancements in understanding the sciences and the instruments with which we study it, our collective knowledge of what happens inside ourselves is a work in constant progress that involves the most skilled medical practitioners and researchers. They must remain vigilant for any new details in understanding how our bodies work, as well as how our environment interacts with it. Here, Modern Sciences explores the latest developments in the fields of genetics, human biology, epidemiology, and much more.
Humans and Bacteria May Have the “Same Machinery” for Immune Pathways, New Study Suggests
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have found that bacteria and human cells fight off invaders similarly:…
New Biomaterial Can Repair Tissues “From the Inside Out”
Researchers at the University of California San Diego created a new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously and…
Chess players perform worse when air quality is poor – and other high-skilled workers could be affected too
Francis Pope, University of Birmingham Humans are exposed to air pollution almost everywhere. The World Health Organization estimate…
The science of holding your breath: How could Kate Winslet stay underwater for over 7 minutes in Avatar 2?
Kate Winslet promoting ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ in London in December 2022. Winslet held her breath for…
Can chewing help manage stress, pain and appetite? Here’s what the science says
Pexels/Anna Shvets Clare Collins, University of Newcastle Ever feel a bit stressed or need a concentration boost? Research…
Climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition and the brain, wildfire survivors study shows
The 2018 Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed 20,000 buildings in and around Paradise, Calif. Marcus Yam…
We tested the wastewater from planes to detect COVID among travellers – here’s what we found
Wichudapa/Shutterstock Kata Farkas, Bangor University and Davey Jones, Bangor University Small traces of many pathogens, such as viruses…
Parsing which foods are healthy and which are less so isn’t always straightforward – a new rating system aims to demystify the process
The new system generally gives higher scores to fruits, vegetables and minimally processed foods. RapidEye/iStock via Getty Images…
How spatial thinking could help children learn maths – and go on to use it in their careers
SUKJAI PHOTO/Shutterstock Emily Farran, University of Surrey Do you struggle to visualise how to rotate your shoes so…
Possible link between Alzheimer’s disease and gut microbiome found in mice – new study
SewCream/Shutterstock Catherine Purse, Quadram Institute Researchers may have found an unlikely contributor to the development of Alzheimer’s disease:…