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At Risk of High Cholesterol? According to Scientists, Try Taking This Popular Supplement
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A University of Georgia study reveals that fish oil supplements may help individuals genetically predisposed to high cholesterol by lowering levels of ...
Perseid Meteor Shower Spectacle Lights Up the Night Sky
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The Perseids meteor shower of 2024 peaks on August 11-12 and can be best enjoyed away from city lights after the moon ...
MIT Uncovers Surprising Wave Activity on Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon
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The surface of Titan. Simulations by MIT geologists indicate that the lakes and seas on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, are shaped by ...
Webb Telescope Reveals Stunning Stellar Jets in Serpens Nebula
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In this image of the Serpens Nebula from the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found a grouping ...
Complete Gene Insertion Now Possible in Human Cells
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Researchers at the Broad Institute have improved gene-editing to efficiently insert entire genes into human cells, offering potential for single-gene therapies for ...
“I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It Before” – Unusual 550 Million Year Old Fossil Solves Paleontological Paradox
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A groundbreaking discovery of a 550 million-year-old sea sponge fossil offers new insights into sponge evolution and guides future fossil searches. Reconstructed ...
Mask Myth Busted? New Research Reveals That Wearing Face Masks Did Not Reduce Risk of COVID Infection After First Omicron Wave
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Research from the University of East Anglia reveals that wearing face masks did not significantly reduce Covid-19 infection risk following the initial ...
Scientists Discover Potential Opioid Replacement for Back Pain
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A new study has found that gene therapy using nanocarriers derived from mouse connective-tissue cells can repair damaged spinal discs and alleviate ...
Quantum Breakthrough As MIT Achieves Unprecedented Atomic Proximity
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MIT physicists developed a technique to arrange atoms (represented as spheres with arrows) in much closer proximity than previously possible, down to ...
Einstein Meets Quantum Mechanics in Antarctic Ice
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IceCube lab under the stars in Antarctica. Credit: Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF Research at the South Pole studied the mysterious quantum structure of ...