Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed eye drops that extend vision in animal models of a group of inherited diseases that lead to progressive vision loss in humans, known as retinitis pigmentosa. The eye drops contain a small fragment derived from a protein made…
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Nursery of the blood: How stem cells calm the body’s immune response
Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type — the blood stem cell. An international research team led by Universitätsmedizin Frankfurt and Goethe University has now investigated the developmental pathways of blood cells in humans. The…
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Ukrainian Strike Hits Air Base Deep Inside Russian Territory
The attack on Engels airfield in Russia’s Saratov region, appeared to target an area with several warehouses, which is described online as for weapons storage.
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The depression myth: Why there’s more to it than chemical imbalances
The most popular idea for what causes depression in the brain is some kind of chemical imbalance. Many pharmaceutical companies have claimed in their advertising that their antidepressant drugs work by correcting this imbalance. The notion has even been popular with some mental health…
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Fragile Ukraine Cease-Fire Frays As Kyiv And Moscow Pound Each Other
The Kremlin’s read-out of Vladimir Putin’s phone call with US President Donald Trump appeared on its website at 8:15 p.m. Moscow time on March 18: Putin, the readout said, had agreed to a US cease-fire proposal to halt Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure for 30 days.
But…
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Dark Energy May Be Evolving
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at new findings about dark energy, the state of the quantum technology industry, using magnetic nanoparticles to fight cancer and more. You can sign up to get The Prototype in your inbox here.
NSF’s NOIRLab
Nearly a century ago, physicist and…
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Frontline report: Russia’s giant oil refinery burns for 48 hours after Ukraine’s new 1000 km Neptune missile debut
Today, there is a lot of interesting news from the Russian Federation.
Here, Ukraine’s new domestically produced cruise missile has shown it can now strike further into Russian territory, reaching as far as St. Petersburg, Moscow, and the Caucasus oil fields. The debut of the long Neptune…
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Video. Nowruz festival celebrated by thousands in Kurdish region
Thousands gathered in Iraq’s Kurdish region on Thursday to celebrate Nowruz, the festival that heralds the arrival of spring and the start of a new year.
Nowruz, deeply rooted in Persian and Iranian traditions, has spread beyond borders and is now embraced by diverse communities across the…
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Why don’t molecules ever stop moving?
Our bodies are always moving, even when we don’t realize it. We churn through a solar system on a wobbly planet, stand upon shifting tectonic plates, and rise and fall and toss and turn all day and night in a symphony of autonomic and somatic functions. Dizzying though this may seem, life…
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An mRNA cancer vaccine may offer long-term protection
A vaccine kept patients free of pancreatic cancer for years, yet new reports say the NIH is advising against mentioning mRNA tech in grants.
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