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Air samples are collected from three sarcophagi in storage at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Emma Paolin – By Michael Irving 2025 Feb 13 – We know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: …
Caffeine seems to reduce the volume of gray matter in a brain but the effect is temporary. Shidlovski/Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2025 Feb 11 – A novel placebo-controlled study has found daily caffeine consumption can significantly reduce the volume of gray matter in …
Children who could tolerate at least a little peanut butter were able to tolerate a whole lot more after an 18-month desensitization regimen. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2025 Feb 11 – Children with high-threshold peanut allergies showed incredible improvements after undergoing an 18-month …
Some people are better at making lemonade from life’s lemons. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Feb 09 – How you cope in a crisis and then move on from it may have less to do with your learned life skills and instead be …
A new treatment could dissolve circulating cancer cells and prevent their spread. Martin Oeggerli (Micronaut), supp. by Pathology, Univ Hosp Basel, BioEM-Lab, Biozentrum, Unibas, N Aceto ETH Zurich – By Michael Irving 2025 Feb 09 – One of cancer’s deadliest tricks is its ability …
Small but deadly – one of the antibacterial nanoflowers, seen here on the nanofiber fabric. Adapted from ACS Applied Bio Materials 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.4c00788 – By Ben Coxworth 2025 Feb 08 – While we’ve seen antibacterial wound dressings before, Italian scientists have taken the …
Juicing for only three days caused significant changes to the oral microbiome. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2025 Feb 06 – Downing fruit and vegetable juice as a way of fasting, cleansing, or detoxing can unbalance the health-affecting bacteria in your gut and mouth, …
A new handheld device could extinguish fires using compressed air fired in a vortex ring, carrying a conductive aerosol. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2025 Feb 06 – Fighting fire usually involves water or foam, but they can be messy and environmentally destructive. Engineers …
You won’t need this much of the supplement to reap its potential anti-aging benefits. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Feb 04 – While the price of eggs in the US is unlikely to come down anytime soon, it might be time to find …
Stem-like T cells can re-energize an exhausted immune system. DALL-E – By Paul McClure 2025 Feb 04 – Scientists have uncovered a mechanism for reinvigorating the immune system to stop it from flagging when it’s fighting long-term conditions like chronic infections and cancer. The …
