Novel derivative of 'love hormone' oxytocin improves cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), characterized by an accumulation of beta-amyloid protein in brain tissue, is a leading…

Better ventilation could be key for London Underground to manage air quality, finds new study

A lack of fresh air was found in a deep London Underground station, and air pollution…

Dig in: Sand serves up a possible cure for obesity

Engineered particles of purified sand could be the next anti-obesity therapy as new research shows that…

New resource helps grow farmers' well-being after a bushfire

Nearly two years after the devastating bushfires of 2019–2020, many farming communities are still coming to…

PIA25576: Crater Dunes

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

Fairy tales are salient for teaching primary students about social justice and emotional intelligence, study finds

From Little Red Riding Hood to the Ugly Duckling, fairy tales have long been read to…

Young star-forming complexes detected in the galaxy NGC 4324

Using the Caucasus Mountain Observatory, Russian astronomers have investigated a nearby lenticular galaxy known as NGC…

Sinuses offer new way of studying the evolution of ancient humans

The changing shape of the frontal sinuses is helping to reveal more about how modern humans,…

New method can quickly derive contact binary parameters for large photometric surveys

A contact binary is a strongly interacting binary system with two component stars filled with Roche…

How heart failure disrupts the cell's mitochondria

Chronic heart failure causes the cell’s powerhouses to malfunction, in part due to overconsumption of an…