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Researchers link brain patterns during sleep with Alzheimer’s disease

Posted on January 15, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

Scientists found people with early Alzheimer’s disease have different electrical activity in their brains while they sleep.

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    New wearable device to catch early breast cancer

    Posted on January 8, 2024June 26, 2025 by Ankita Murmu

    Scientists developed a small wearable device that can identify early breast cancer using ultrasound.

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      Researchers created hybrid monkeys from stem cells

      Posted on January 1, 2024June 26, 2025 by Bhargabi Banerjee

      Scientists in China made live monkey hybrids using cells from embryos, to help them study how animals heal and reproduce.

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        Scientists described a couch potato cave salamander called the olm

        Posted on December 25, 2023June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

        Researchers tracked a species of large cave salamanders for several years to see how they survived their low-energy surroundings. It turns…

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          Microgravity weakens our immune system

          Posted on December 18, 2023June 26, 2025 by Ruby Costigan

          Researchers found the immune cells of volunteers kept in simulated microgravity were slower to activate and fight infection.

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            How do mountains affect Earth’s climate?

            Posted on December 11, 2023December 1, 2023 by Sciworthy

            Scientists showed sulfuric acid formed during weathering of rocks causes mountains to consume less greenhouse gasses than they previously…

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              New way to detect early-stage cancer

              Posted on December 4, 2023June 25, 2025 by Halimat Chisom Atanda

              Researchers developed a new non-invasive method to detect cancer at the early stage from DNA in blood samples.

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                Chronic sleep deprivation linked to alcohol use

                Posted on November 27, 2023November 28, 2023 by Sciworthy

                Scientists found a protein linking sleep deprivation and alcohol consumption through the brain reward circuit in rats.

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                  What causes decompression sickness in astronauts?

                  Posted on November 20, 2023December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                  Scientists found tracers for inflammation and traumatic brain damage in people who climbed to high altitudes mimicking the low pressure…

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                    A new tool can spot moving elements in genome data

                    Posted on November 13, 2023June 25, 2025 by Halimat Chisom Atanda

                    Researchers developed a computational tool to identify bits of the genome that move around. Their tool will help other scientists find…

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