Mentally stimulating work plays key role in staving off dementia, study finds
People in routine and repetitive jobs found to have 31% greater risk of disease in later life, and 66% higher risk of mild cognitive problemsIf work is a constant flurry of mind-straining challenges, bursts of creativity and delicate negotiations to keep the troops happy, consider yourself lucky.Researchers have found that the more people use their brains at work, the better they seem to be protected against thinking and memory problems that come with older age.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 17, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Science Dementia Society UK news World news Norway Work & careers Source Type: news
An Animated Guide to the Rare 2024 Cicada Co-Emergence
More than a trillion noisy, inch-long cicadas are set to emerge from underground this spring to embark on the final leg of their lifetimes, in a massive co-emergence that hasn’t been seen in more than 200 years.
Cicadas that are part of both a 13-year and a 17-year brood will emerge at the same time this spring. It will be the first time since 1803—when Thomas Jefferson was President—that these particular broods simultaneously tunnel up from their burrows to find a mate and make way for the next generation of cicadas.
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Source: TIME: Science - April 17, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Solcyré Burga and Lon Tweeten Tags: Uncategorized Explainer News Desk Source Type: news
Ketamine produces wide variety of responses in the brain, researchers find
A new Yale-led study explains why only 65% of patients treated with ketamine respond to therapy. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
New blog addresses long-COVID struggles seen on the front lines
Yale ’s Lisa Sanders, author of The New York Times Magazine’s “Diagnosis” column and Netflix series, is trying to crack the long COVID-19 code (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Fossils found in Somerset by girl, 11, ‘may be of largest-ever marine reptile’
Experts believe remains belong to a type of ichthyosaur that roamed the seas about 202m years agoFossils discovered by an 11-year-old girl on a beach in Somerset may have come from the largest marine reptile ever to have lived, according to experts.The fossils are thought to be from a type of ichthyosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile that lived in the time of dinosaurs. The newly discovered species is believed to have roamed the seas towards the end of the Triassic, about 202m years ago.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 17, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Fossils Palaeontology Somerset UK news Science Dinosaurs Animals Marine life Biology Environment Source Type: news
The Largest Whole-genome Sequencing Study in Cancer
Comprehensive genome sequencing of 13,880 tumors revealed somatic and germline mutations that could influence patient treatment and prognosis. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - April 17, 2024 Category: Science Tags: News News & Opinion Source Type: news
Study finds promising biomarker for rejection after organ transplant
Testing for acute cellular rejection currently requires surgical biopsy. A Yale team has identified a potential way to diagnose it with a simple blood draw. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Study finds promising biomarker for detecting transplant rejection
Testing for acute cellular rejection currently requires surgical biopsy. A Yale team has identified a potential way to diagnose it with a simple blood draw. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Students with disabilities match with residency programs at lower rates
Applicants to U.S. medical residency programs who report a disability match at lower rates than their peers, especially for surgical programs, says a new study. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Tasmanian devil analysis challenges study suggesting facial tumour disease decline
Cambridge scientists critique research that concluded the disease is no longer a threat to the species ’ survivalGet ourmorning and afternoon news emails,free app ordaily news podcastCambridge researchers have challenged a previous study finding that a facial cancer that devastated the Tasmanian devil population was on the decline.Devil facial tumour disease, a fatal cancer spread through biting and sharing of food, first emerged in the 1980s. The spread of DFTD led to the species being listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2008.Sign up for Guardian Australia ’s free morning and ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 17, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Sharlotte Thou Tags: Animals Wildlife Environment Cancer Tasmania Australia news Genetics Science Source Type: news
Tasmanian devil facial tumour research challenged: disease may not be declining after all
Cambridge scientists critique study that concluded the cancer was no longer a threat to species ’ survivalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet ourmorning and afternoon news emails,free app ordaily news podcastCambridge researchers have challenged a previous study which had concluded that a facial cancer that devastated the Tasmanian devil population was on the decline.Devil facial tumour disease, a fatal cancer spread through biting and sharing of food, emerged in the 1980s. The spread of DFTD led to the species being listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2008....
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 17, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Sharlotte Thou Tags: Animals Wildlife Environment Cancer Tasmania Australia news Genetics Science Source Type: news
Gene editing crops to be colourful could aid weeding, say scientists
Creating visually distinctive plants likely to become important as more weed-like crops are grown for foodGenetically engineering crops to be colourful could help farmers produce food without pesticides, as it would make it easier to spot weeds, scientists have said.This will be increasingly important as hardy, climate-resistant “weeds” are grown for food in the future, the authors have written in their reportpublished in the journal Trends in Plant Science.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 17, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Helena Horton Environment reporter Tags: Agriculture Genetics Farming Climate crisis Environment Science World news Source Type: news
Gene-editing crops to be colourful could aid weeding, say scientists
Creating visually distinctive plants likely to become important as more weed-like crops are grown for foodGenetically engineering crops to be colourful could help farmers produce food without using herbicides, as it would make it easier to spot weeds, scientists have said.This will be increasingly important as hardy, climate-resistant “weeds” are grown for food in the future, the authors have written in their reportpublished in the journal Trends in Plant Science.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 17, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Helena Horton Environment reporter Tags: Agriculture Genetics Farming Climate crisis Environment Science World news Source Type: news
Time ’s ‘100 Most Influential’ list features a pair of Yale professors
Akiko Iwasaki and Priyamvada Natarajan are part of 2024 ’s Time 100, a list that includes leaders of government, the arts, athletics, science, and industry. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Nasa confirms metal chunk that crashed into Florida home was space junk
Cylinder slab that tore through Naples home last month was debris released from International Space Station in 2021A heavy chunk of metal thatcrashed through the roof of a Florida home is, in fact, space junk,Nasa has confirmed.The federal space agency said that a cylinder slab that tore through a house in Naples, Florida, last month was debris from a cargo pallet released from the international space station in 2021,according to a Nasa blogpost.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 17, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Gloria Oladipo Tags: Nasa International Space Station Florida US news Source Type: news
