This photo taken in 2019 shows the liquid hydrogen Tail Service Mast Umbilical undergoing tests inside the Vehicle Assembly…
Category: 7. Science
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Australian study warns high nanoplastics exposure risks kidney damage-Xinhua
CANBERRA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) — New Australian research warns that high nanoplastics exposure could damage kidney cell health and function, raising concerns over the effects of tiny plastic particles on human health
Researchers from Australia’s…
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Immunosuppressant ATG Damages Liver Blood Vessels
Leveraging human organoid-based mechanistic investigation, researchers reveal how an immunosuppressive drug, antithymocyte globulin (ATG), induces injury to blood vessels in the liver. According to the study, ATG first triggers rapid…
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Psychedelic treatment reveals addiction-like behavior in anorexia animal model, not expected social withdrawal
Psilocybin mushrooms (Psilocybe cubensis). Researchers found that the psychoactive compound psilocybin produces opposite inflammatory and behavioral effects in female mice depending on exercise history and metabolic state. Credit:…
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Cell atlas cracks open ‘black box’ of mammalian spinal cord development
A new atlas tracks the development of cells in the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord—and solves an enduring mystery of how the region’s specialized neurons acquire their assorted fates, according to a new study.
The…
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A quantum leap in optical microscopy
From smartphone cameras to space telescopes, the desire to see ever finer detail has driven technological progress. Yet as we probe smaller and smaller length scales, we encounter a fundamental boundary set by light itself….
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Artemis II Waiting for WDR Test Results – SpacePolicyOnline.com
As of 11:00 pm ET, NASA is still conducting the Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal test of the Space Launch System rocket that will send four astronauts around the Moon. The launch could be as early as Sunday, but the actual date depends…
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Sun Fires Off 4 Powerful Flares as More ‘Exciting Activity’ Is Forecast
The Sun has unleashed a quartet of strong solar flares, which could herald a wild week of space weather.
It all kicked off at 12:33 UTC on February 1, when the Sun fired off an X1.0 flare.
About 11 hours later, at 23:37 UTC, a massive eruption…
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Study tests digital energy management tool for Long COVID
The first study to test a digital tool designed to help people with Long COVID manage their energy levels has been developed by a team of researchers.
The paper published in Nature Communications is entitled “A Digital Platform…
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Novel RNA molecule may influence patient survival in certain blood cancers
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) identify a novel RNA molecule that plays a crucial role…
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