Restoring contacts between mitochondria and lysosomes improves neuronal function. Contacts between lysosomes and mitochondria are broken due to Parkinson’s mutation Lysosomes cannot ‘feed’ mitochondria with…
Cornell Researchers Supercharge Photosynthesis Using the Power of Algae
Laura Gunn, an assistant professor from the School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Biology Section in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell,…
Scientists Discover Hidden Weakness of Deadly Brain Cancer
Glioblastoma, a notoriously hard-to-treat brain cancer, is known for causing cognitive decline as it infiltrates the brain’s neighboring networks. However, this aggressive encroachment could also…
Gravitational Lensing and Quasars: New Method Measures Galaxy Mass 3 Times More Precisely
A group of scientists from EPFL have discovered a method to utilize the phenomenon of strong gravitational lensing, achieving a precision approximately three times superior…
Nano Nightmare: Billions of Nanoplastics Released When Microwaving Baby Food Containers
Exposure to particles from baby food containers kills up to 75% of cultured kidney cells. The fastest way to heat food and drink might also…
Avalon Explosion: Life on Earth Didn’t Arise As Described in Textbooks
No, oxygen didn’t catalyze the swift blossoming of Earth’s first multicellular organisms. The result defies a 70-year-old assumption about what caused an explosion of oceanic…
Avalon Explosion: Life on Earth Didn’t Arise As Described in Textbooks
No, oxygen didn’t catalyze the swift blossoming of Earth’s first multicellular organisms. The result defies a 70-year-old assumption about what caused an explosion of oceanic…
Zinc: The Overlooked Micronutrient Key to Human Health
Amy Palmer, a biochemistry researcher at CU Boulder, used advanced fluorescent sensors and computational modeling to track naturally cycling cells to better understand an essential…
Zinc: The Overlooked Micronutrient Key to Human Health
Amy Palmer, a biochemistry researcher at CU Boulder, used advanced fluorescent sensors and computational modeling to track naturally cycling cells to better understand an essential…
Astonishing Magnetar Discovery Baffles Astronomers and Challenges Physics
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a unique stellar object, an ultra-long period magnetar, challenging current understanding of neutron star physics. The enigmatic object, discovered…