A fiber-derived bacterial metabolite may leave a protective memory in the gut lining that supports long-term immune tolerance. A signal made by gut bacteria as they break down dietary fiber may continue shaping intestinal immunity long after the signal itself disappears. Northwestern Medicine researchers found that butyrate can leave a durable molecular imprint on the […]
New Antivenom Strategy Is 10 Times More Potent Than a Current Treatment
A new study provides a blueprint for the next generation of antivenoms by using snakes’ natural molecular defenses against their own deadly venom. Venomous snakes carry their own antidotes. Proteins circulating in their blood can block the toxins they produce, protecting the animals from accidental exposure to their own venom. University of Maryland researchers have […]
Scientists Find a New Way To Detect Hidden Water Ice on the Moon
By studying how seismic waves move through frozen soil on Earth, a geophysicist helped develop a more effective method for detecting water ice on the Moon. Beneath the Moon’s permanently shadowed polar craters, water ice may lie hidden beyond the reach of instruments in orbit. Researchers now think those buried deposits could be located by […]
Scientists Find a New Way To Detect Hidden Water Ice on the Moon
By studying how seismic waves move through frozen soil on Earth, a geophysicist helped develop a more effective method for detecting water ice on the Moon. Beneath the Moon’s permanently shadowed polar craters, water ice may lie hidden beyond the reach of instruments in orbit. Researchers now think those buried deposits could be located by […]
Scientists Find a New Way To Detect Hidden Water Ice on the Moon
By studying how seismic waves move through frozen soil on Earth, a geophysicist helped develop a more effective method for detecting water ice on the Moon. Beneath the Moon’s permanently shadowed polar craters, water ice may lie hidden beyond the reach of instruments in orbit. Researchers now think those buried deposits could be located by […]
Mars’ Doomed Moon May Be Hiding Evidence of an Ancient Catastrophe
Phobos’ hidden interior may hold the key to how Mars gained its strange inner moon. Phobos has circled Mars for billions of years, but scientists still do not know exactly how the small inner moon came to be. One possibility is that Mars captured it as an asteroid. Another is that Phobos formed from debris […]
Don’t Miss: August Brings Two Eclipses and the Perseid Meteor Shower
Two eclipses, the Perseid meteor shower, and dazzling Venus make August a spectacular month for looking up. A total solar eclipse, the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, brilliant Venus after sunset, and a deep partial lunar eclipse make August an eventful month for skywatchers. Skywatching Highlights August 5: Last Quarter Moon August 12: Total […]
Alzheimer’s May Scramble the Genome’s 3D Architecture Inside Brain Cells
Alzheimer’s may scramble the genome’s 3D structure inside brain cells, disrupting the genetic controls that keep the brain functioning. The human genome is not simply packed into brain cells like thread in a box. It folds into an intricate three-dimensional structure that helps determine which genes are active, and new research suggests this organization becomes […]
Alzheimer’s May Scramble the Genome’s 3D Architecture Inside Brain Cells
Alzheimer’s may scramble the genome’s 3D structure inside brain cells, disrupting the genetic controls that keep the brain functioning. The human genome is not simply packed into brain cells like thread in a box. It folds into an intricate three-dimensional structure that helps determine which genes are active, and new research suggests this organization becomes […]
Alzheimer’s May Scramble the Genome’s 3D Architecture Inside Brain Cells
Alzheimer’s may scramble the genome’s 3D structure inside brain cells, disrupting the genetic controls that keep the brain functioning. The human genome is not simply packed into brain cells like thread in a box. It folds into an intricate three-dimensional structure that helps determine which genes are active, and new research suggests this organization becomes […]