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At Risk of High Cholesterol? According to Scientists, Try Taking This Popular Supplement

At Risk of High Cholesterol? According to Scientists, Try Taking This Popular Supplement

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Sarah Carter

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

Perseid Meteor Shower Spectacle Lights Up the Night Sky

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

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

MIT Uncovers Surprising Wave Activity on Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

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

Webb Telescope Reveals Stunning Stellar Jets in Serpens Nebula

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

In this image of the Serpens Nebula from the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found a grouping ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 Springs Back to Life

NASA’s Voyager 1 Springs Back to Life

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA’s Voyager 1 has overcome a technical setback from November 2023, successfully resuming normal operations and data transmission by May 2024. All ...

Complete Gene Insertion Now Possible in Human Cells

Complete Gene Insertion Now Possible in Human Cells

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

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

“I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It Before” – Unusual 550 Million Year Old Fossil Solves Paleontological Paradox

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

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

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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Sarah Carter

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

Scientists Discover Potential Opioid Replacement for Back Pain

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Sarah Carter

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

Quantum Breakthrough As MIT Achieves Unprecedented Atomic Proximity

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

MIT physicists developed a technique to arrange atoms (represented as spheres with arrows) in much closer proximity than previously possible, down to ...