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Antibody reduces harmful brain amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s patients

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Aducanumab, an antibody developed by the University of Zurich, has been shown to trigger a meaningful reduction of harmful beta-amyloid plaques in patients with...
Life thrived on young Earth scientists discover 3.7 billion year old fossils

Life thrived on young Earth: scientists discover 3.7-billion-year-old fossils

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Associate Professor Vickie Bennett (left), Professor Allen Nutman (centre), and Dr Clark Friend (right), examining the rocks in Greenland.Credit: Courtesy of Yuri Amelin In an...

New theory, embryo geometry, proposes explanation for how vertebrates evolved

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A new theory aims to explain how the complex vertebrate body, with its skeleton, muscles, nervous and cardiovascular systems, arises from a single cell...
Smarter brains are blood thirsty brains

Smarter brains are blood-thirsty brains

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These are skull casts from human evolution. Left to right: Australopithecus afarensis, Homo habilis, Homo ergaster, Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis.Credit: Roger Seymour. Casts...
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Systems biology research study reveals benefits of vacation, meditation

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A resort vacation provides a strong and immediate impact on molecular networks associated with stress and immune pathways, in addition to short-term improvements in...
Anomalous grooves on Martian moon Phobos explained by impacts

Anomalous grooves on Martian moon Phobos explained by impacts

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In this spacecraft image of Phobos, red arrows indicate a chain of small craters whose origin researchers were able to trace back to a...

Vitamin C may boost effectiveness of acute myeloid leukemia treatment

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A simple adjustment to patients' therapeutic regimen may improve the effectiveness of the standard epigenetic treatment for myeloid dysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid...
Plants found to regulate leaf temperature to boost carbon uptake

Plants found to regulate leaf temperature to boost carbon uptake

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The thermal traits of a leaf, critical for photosynthesis, may be under strong evolutionary selection that occurs in response to environmental temperatures. Here a...
The rise and fall of galaxy formation

The rise and fall of galaxy formation

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A comparison of visualizing galaxies with and without ZFOURGE. Credit: Texas A&M University An international team of astronomers, including Carnegie’s Eric Persson, has charted the...

Single women with personal wealth more likely to become entrepreneurs than men

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A new economic study by the University of Stirling and Royal Holloway, University of London has found evidence that there is a big difference...

Psychopaths feel fear but see no danger

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Researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Radboud University Nijmegen found proof that psychopathic individuals can feel fear, but have trouble in the automatic detection...