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Common food preservatives linked to higher risk of type 2 diabetes

Common food preservatives linked to higher risk of type 2 diabetes

Preservatives that keep foods fresh may also be quietly increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes. Credit: Shutterstock People who consume higher amount...

The 4x rule: Why some people’s DNA is more unstable than others

The 4x rule: Why some people’s DNA is more unstable than others

Repeated DNA sequences grow longer and more unstable with age, and genetics plays a powerful role in controlling the speed of this process. In some p...

People in Brazil are living past 110 and scientists want to know why

People in Brazil are living past 110 and scientists want to know why

Brazil’s uniquely diverse population is offering rare insight into how some people live well beyond 110 years. From powerful immune defenses to hidde...

Scientists are closing in on the Universe’s biggest mystery

Scientists are closing in on the Universe’s biggest mystery

A MINER detector that is used to search for low-energy neutrinos at the Texas A&M TRIGA reactor. This sapphire detector can be used for both dark...

Just 10 minutes of exercise can trigger powerful anti-cancer effects

Just 10 minutes of exercise can trigger powerful anti-cancer effects

Just 10 minutes of intense exercise can flip genetic switches that help stop bowel cancer in its tracks. Credit: Shutterstock As people return to gym...

A quantum discovery that breaks the rules of heating

A quantum discovery that breaks the rules of heating

Despite being continually kicked and strongly interacting, the atoms no longer absorb energy. The system localizes in momentum space, the momentum di...

Scientists tried to break Einstein’s speed of light rule

Scientists tried to break Einstein’s speed of light rule

More than a century after a famous “failed” experiment helped inspire Einstein’s theory of relativity, scientists are still pushing its limits. Credi...

Wildfires are polluting the air far more than thought

Wildfires are polluting the air far more than thought

Wildfires are emitting much more pollution than earlier studies suggested, driven by gases that easily turn into harmful particles. These findings re...

Earth has been feeding the moon for billions of years

Earth has been feeding the moon for billions of years

Solar wind (yellow-orange trails) strips ions from Earth’s upper atmosphere (sky-blue trails). Some of these particles travel along Earth’s magnetic...

Scientists uncover a hidden switch that helps cancer cells thrive

Scientists uncover a hidden switch that helps cancer cells thrive

Scientists have uncovered a surprising connection between two defining features of cancer: how tumor cells avoid self-destruction and how they rewire...

The secret to human intelligence? It might be in our gut

The secret to human intelligence? It might be in our gut

Gut microbes can rewire the brain in powerful ways, according to a new study that swapped primate bacteria into mice. The mice’s brains began to func...

A missing flash of light revealed a molecular secret

A missing flash of light revealed a molecular secret

Artist's impression of high harmonic generation in a liquid solution of methanol and fluorobenzene. In this case, fluorobenzene modifies the methanol...

A legendary fossil is forcing scientists to rethink human origins

A legendary fossil is forcing scientists to rethink human origins

A new study suggests the famous “Little Foot” fossil may not belong to any known human ancestor species. Instead, it could represent a completely new...

Scientists find a safer way to make cells burn more calories

Scientists find a safer way to make cells burn more calories

A new class of experimental drugs encourages cells to burn more energy by gently “uncoupling” their mitochondria. Unlike dangerous weight-loss drugs...

Plants can’t absorb as much CO2 as climate models predicted

Plants can’t absorb as much CO2 as climate models predicted

New research reveals that Earth’s plants may be far less effective at soaking up excess CO2 than climate models have long assumed. Credit: Shuttersto...

This CRISPR breakthrough turns genes on without cutting DNA

This CRISPR breakthrough turns genes on without cutting DNA

A safer CRISPR breakthrough flips genes back on, without cutting DNA, and could change the future of genetic disease treatment. Credit: Shutterstock...

Scientists tested intermittent fasting without eating less and found no metabolic benefit

Scientists tested intermittent fasting without eating less and found no metabolic benefit

A new study found that time-restricted eating without cutting calories does not improve metabolic or heart health. Credit: Shutterstock A new study f...

Fossilized bones are revealing secrets from a lost world

Fossilized bones are revealing secrets from a lost world

Fossilized elephant dentine (scale: 1.5 mm across), with rock seen in the lower right and dentine in the upper left. The white dentine is intact coll...

Mini brains reveal clear brain signals of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Mini brains reveal clear brain signals of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Pea-sized brains grown from patients’ cells reveal unique electrical glitches linked to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The breakthrough could tr...

This ancient fossil could rewrite the story of human origins

This ancient fossil could rewrite the story of human origins

Crania, ulnae, and femora of (left to right): a chimpanzee, Sahelanthropus, and Australopithecus. Credit: Scott Williams/NYU and Jason Heaton/Univers...