Just Plain WEIRD #2
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 …
Even the air you breathe may influence how effective a drug may be for you. Jorg Greuel/Photodisc via Getty Images – By Gary W. Miller, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Published: 2025 Feb 03 – Your genes …
When injected into a weakened bone, the hydrogel boosts bone density by prompting the growth of new bone tissue. flowbone/EPFL LBO – By Ben Coxworth 2025 Feb 02 – Osteoporosis is typically treated with orally administered drugs, which may take up to a year …
