The Arachnoidiscus diatom is a single-celled organism that lives on tropical seawoods. Diatoms are famous for their symmetrical shapes, this one being an excellent example.
Thermoelectric generators probably won’t eliminate the charger for your Apple Watch, but for smaller, screenless wearables, the heat constantly escaping from your skin could fundamentally change how we power our devices.
A new study found that alcohol-related cancer deaths in the U.S. have risen over the past three decades from an estimated 11,400 in 1990 to over 23,100 in 2023 annually.
New research points to certain immune cells in our lymph nodes that play a key role in causing the brain damage seen with Alzheimer's.
Shingles infection might help trigger dementia. And preventing it though vaccination might forestall the latter, too, studies have found.
Anti-amyloid drugs likely provide no "clinically meaningful" effects for people with Alzheimer's, the authors concluded.
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