WEIRD NATURE
Research shows that even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging. Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library via Getty Images – By Ziyad Al-Aly, Chief of Research and Development, VA St. Louis Health Care System. Clinical Epidemiologist, Washington …
Scientists have identified a mysterious “phantom chemical” that’s long been suspected to exist in treated drinking water in some regions. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2024 Nov 21 – Plumbed drinking water in developed countries is pretty clean, but invisible contaminants can still lurk. …
Certain strains of E. coli can outcompete disease-causing microbes for resources. NIAID/Flickr, CC BY-SA – By Sarguru Subash, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University Published: 2024 Nov 15 – Millions of people in the U.S. and around the world suffer from …
Honorable Mention: Crystalline pattern, like the big cotton padded jacket pattern handed down during the Chinese Spring Festival. Ji Yuan View 16 Images – By Michael Irving 2024 Nov 15 – An annual photography competition, celebrating scientific microscopic images, has unveiled this year’s winners. …
This little gadget gives you instant, inexpensive access to the microscopic world. Kickstarter View 14 Images – By Bronwyn Thompson 2024 Nov 11 – Six years on from the first iMicro smartphone microscope, the team has unveiled its latest: the iMicro Q3p, a fingertip-sized, …
Using location-unique bacterial samples, an AI tool can pinpoint where you’ve been. DALL-E – By Paul McClure 2024 Nov 10 – We naturally pick up microorganisms as we move about the world. Now, researchers have developed an AI tool that accurately links you to …
The entrance to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images – By Adriana Craciun, Professor of English and Emma MacLachlan Metcalf Chair of Humanities, Boston University Published: 2024 Nov 04 – Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today …
A handful of antibiotics and plastics, not at all what the doctor ordered, in this rendering. – By Joe Salas 2024 Nov 03 – A recent study has shown that nanoplastics – plastic particles smaller than 0.001 millimeters – affect the body’s ability to …
Actin filaments (pink) are affected by aging, but can be switched off via genes Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2024 Nov 02 – Not only have researchers identified how a common cellular protein affects aging, but they’ve tweaked the genes that produce it in …
The AirNEST system is presently on Kickstarter. Rise Outdoor View 5 Images – By Ben Coxworth 2024 Oct 31 – Inflatable tents are easy to set up, and inflatable camp mattresses are nice n’ comfy, so why not combine the two? That’s just what …
