What if your next meal could help your gut defend itself? Your gut bacteria may be doing more than digesting dinner. They may also be making compounds that help repair the intestine when it is under attack. Researchers at the University of Louisville have uncovered how urolithin A (UroA), a compound produced when certain gut […]
This Natural Gut Compound Could Point to Better Treatments for IBD
What if your next meal could help your gut defend itself? Your gut bacteria may be doing more than digesting dinner. They may also be making compounds that help repair the intestine when it is under attack. Researchers at the University of Louisville have uncovered how urolithin A (UroA), a compound produced when certain gut […]
Your Liver Runs on a Clock – and It Could Change How We Treat Metabolic Disease
The liver appears to run metabolism on a surprisingly precise timetable, releasing signaling proteins at specific points in the day. Every day, the liver sends signals that help coordinate metabolism throughout the body, but those signals do not appear at random. Researchers at UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of […]
Why Is Colorectal Cancer Rising in People Under 50? New Clues Point to the Environment
Epigenetic fingerprints may help explain how environmental exposures contribute to colorectal cancer in people under 50. Why is colorectal cancer becoming more common in people under 50 when their tumors often lack obvious genetic differences from those diagnosed later in life? A new study suggests part of the answer may be written not in the […]
Quantum Fluctuations Break a Crystal’s Symmetry Rules
Electronic fluctuations can act as a resonant bridge between normally separate crystal vibrations, offering a new route to study and control ferroaxial quantum states. Symmetry is a basic rule of the natural world. It explains why some objects appear the same after they are rotated, reflected, or changed in other ways. In materials, symmetry helps […]
Quantum Fluctuations Break a Crystal’s Symmetry Rules
Electronic fluctuations can act as a resonant bridge between normally separate crystal vibrations, offering a new route to study and control ferroaxial quantum states. Symmetry is a basic rule of the natural world. It explains why some objects appear the same after they are rotated, reflected, or changed in other ways. In materials, symmetry helps […]
Quantum Fluctuations Break a Crystal’s Symmetry Rules
Electronic fluctuations can act as a resonant bridge between normally separate crystal vibrations, offering a new route to study and control ferroaxial quantum states. Symmetry is a basic rule of the natural world. It explains why some objects appear the same after they are rotated, reflected, or changed in other ways. In materials, symmetry helps […]
Scientists Spotted This Mysterious Congo Monkey 18 Years Ago – Now They Finally Know What It Is
A newly identified Congo monkey represents an ancient evolutionary lineage that may already be endangered. A partly hidden monkey appeared in a photograph taken deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2008. Researchers saw the animal again a decade later, this time clearly enough to begin investigating whether it represented something science had […]
Why Does an Irregular Heartbeat Strike 40 Years Early in Some People?
A hidden genetic threat may trigger atrial fibrillation decades early, raising the risk of stroke before symptoms appear. Atrial fibrillation (AFib) occurs when chaotic electrical signals cause the heart’s upper chambers to beat irregularly and out of sync with the lower chambers. Blood can then collect inside the heart, creating clots that may travel to […]
Why Does an Irregular Heartbeat Strike 40 Years Early in Some People?
A hidden genetic threat may trigger atrial fibrillation decades early, raising the risk of stroke before symptoms appear. Atrial fibrillation (AFib) occurs when chaotic electrical signals cause the heart’s upper chambers to beat irregularly and out of sync with the lower chambers. Blood can then collect inside the heart, creating clots that may travel to […]