How dietary fiber and gut bacteria protect the cardiovascular system

The fatty acid propionate helps defend against the effects of high blood pressure, including atherosclerosis and…

NASA telescopes take a close look at the brightest comet of 2018

As the brilliant comet 46P/Wirtanen streaked across the sky, NASA telescopes caught it on camera from…

New AI computer vision system mimics how humans visualize and identify objects

Researchers have demonstrated a computer system that can discover and identify the real-world objects it 'sees'…

3D-printed robot hand plays the piano

Scientists have developed a 3D-printed robotic hand which can play simple musical phrases on the piano…

Elegant trick improves single-cell RNA sequencing

Droplet microfluidics has revolutionized single-cell RNA sequencing, offering a low-cost, high-throughput method for single-cell genomics. However,…

Leprosy declines in Morocco after implementation of preventive drug

Since 2012, the number of cases of leprosy in Morocco has declined by more than 16…

Human mortality ‘plateau’ may be statistical error, not hint of immortality

Human error, not human biology, largely accounts for the apparent decline of mortality among the very…

Scientists uncover how protein clumps damage cells in Parkinson’s

Research into the root cause of Parkinson's aims to advance work on a disease-modifying treatment.

The idiosyncratic mammalian diversification after extinction of the dinosaurs

Researchers state that many mammals lineages coexisted with the dinosaurs before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Although…

Gut-brain connection signals worms to alter behavior while eating

Neuroscientists have discovered how neurons in the digestive tract of the worm C. elegans signal the…