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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:…
Device transmits radio waves with almost no power – without violating the laws of physics
This experimental setup shows an ultra-low-power wireless communications device that could one day be used in tiny remote…
Emotional ‘blunting’ and antidepressants – new research suggests why this is happening
Antidepressants can help people function in daily life. fizkes/Shutterstock Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, University of Cambridge; Christelle Langley, University…
In the Year of the Rabbit, spare a thought for all these wonderful endangered bunny species
A black-tailed jackrabbit. ranchorunner/Shutterstock Emma Sherratt, University of Adelaide What do you think when you hear the word…
How has the inside of the Earth stayed as hot as the Sun’s surface for billions of years?
The slice you see cut out of the Earth reveals its core, depicted here in bright yellow. fhm/E+…
Even bivalent updated COVID-19 boosters struggle to prevent omicron subvariant transmission – an immunologist discusses why new approaches are necessary
The FDA is proposing an annual shot against COVID-19, signaling that a new approach is needed. wildpixel/iStock via…
The Doomsday Clock is now at 90 seconds to midnight — the closest we have ever been to global catastrophe
At 90 seconds to midnight, the Doomsday Clock indicates the level of human-made threats. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Jack…
Claims that foetuses are surrounded by bacteria in the womb are incorrect – new review
Turns out it is a sterile environment after all. Rawpixel/Shutterstock Jens Walter, University College Cork When a baby…
Why do cats and dogs get the zoomies?
Shutterstock Susan Hazel, University of Adelaide; Ana Goncalves Costa, University of Adelaide, and Julia Henning, University of Adelaide…
Astronomers reveal the most detailed radio image yet of the Milky Way’s galactic plane
Combined images from the ASKAP and Parkes radio telescopes. R. Kothes (NRC) and the PEGASUS team, Author provided…