Scientists find how “zombie” cells fuel inflammation as we age

Inflammation is one of the immune system’s most important defenses. When the body detects an infection or injury, it sends out alarm signals that recruit immune cells and other cells to eliminate the threat and begin repairing damaged tissue. This response is essential, but it is supposed to shut down…

One Mount Etna eruption took weeks. Another happened in hours

Volcanoes are fed by enormous underground networks of magma and gas, but those systems do not always behave the same way. Even a single volcano can produce eruptions through very different processes. A Cornell-led research team has now shown just how dramatically those pathways can vary at Mount Etna in…

Back-to-back Arctic storms can double sea ice loss

Weather can dramatically reshape the Arctic’s frozen surface, and some storms appear to be far more destructive than others. Arctic cyclones often bring unusually warm, turbulent conditions that can shrink and fracture sea ice. Their effects can become much more severe when several cyclones arrive in rapid succession, keeping the…

Popular sweetener byproduct damages DNA in human cells

A chemical associated with sucralose, the artificial sweetener sold as Splenda®, damaged DNA in laboratory experiments and disrupted a model of the intestinal lining. Those findings, published in 2023, raised questions about a little studied substance that researchers detected in some samples of the sweetener. But the laboratory results are…

Tennis, Zverev batte Shelton e vince lo US Open – Tennis – Ansa.it

Il tedesco Alexander Zverev (numero 2 del mondo) ha battuto in quattro set lo statunitense Ben Shelton (6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 6-2 in 3 ore e 33 minuti di gioco) nella finale dell’US Open, giocata nell’Arthur Ashe Stadium di New York. Per Zverev é il secondo titolo Slam in carriera, dopo…

Gen Z, lo “stare bene” come priorità generazionale – Teen – Ansa.it

La Generazione Z non vive la salute come un tema occasionale, ma sempre più come un percorso di costruzione personale e di investimento sul futuro. È uno dei principali elementi che emerge dalla ricerca “Gen Z Health & Wellness” realizzata da Ipsos Doxa per Weber Shandwick Italia (Gruppo Ebano), che…

Serie A: in campo Sassuolo-Juventus 3-2 DIRETTA – Calcio – Ansa.it

Sassuolo-Juventus 3-2  Reti di Esposito, Bowie e Adzic per i padroni di casa, doppietta di Zhegrova per gli ospiti. GOL! SASSUOLO-Juventus 3-2! Rete di Adzic. Stavolta l’ex Juve non sbaglia! Adzic riceve palla da Laurienté con solo Douglas Luiz davanti a sé e la insacca col destro alle spalle di…

Serie A: in campo Sassuolo-Juventus 0-0 DIRETTA – Calcio – Ansa.it

In campo Sassuolo-Juventus 0-0 DIRETTA   LA VIGILIA Luciano Spalletti non si piange addosso per la situazione in infermeria, anzi esorta la sua Juventus a non pensarci. “Non parlerò più degli infortunati, l’intenzione è andare oltre – dice nonostante l’emergenza – anche perché abbiamo costruito la rosa per avere due…

Trump contro il freno all’IA, ‘in azione forze negative’ – Notizie – Ansa.it

 WASHINGTON () Donald Trump liquida il freno all’intelligenza artificiale. “Possiamo introdurre delle misure di salvaguardia, possiamo fare questo e quello, ma credo che ci siano molte forze negative a sollevare la questione, tirando in ballo cose che non accadranno”, ha detto il tycoon, facendo cadere nel vuoto l’ultimo allarme di…

Scientists find a new layer of Alzheimer’s hidden in the genome

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Washington have uncovered a previously underexplored feature of Alzheimer’s disease that may help scientists identify new avenues for treatment. The study, published in Science, found that the three-dimensional organization of…

Physicists can’t agree on how the Universe works

The largest global survey of physicists ever conducted has revealed just how unsettled some of the biggest questions in modern physics remain. Researchers found surprisingly little agreement on topics ranging from black holes and dark matter to the long-running effort to reconcile Einstein’s theory of gravity with quantum mechanics. Even…

Most men don’t know dairy is linked to prostate cancer risk

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and a new survey suggests that many men remain unaware of a potential dietary risk factor. Just 20% of respondents knew that consuming milk and other dairy products can increase the risk of prostate cancer. Once told about the increased risk, 66% said they…

Global warming is breaking a 400-year climate link between two oceans

A new study suggests that the climate connection between the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans can be disrupted by major volcanic eruptions, while human-caused greenhouse gas emissions may now be driving an even more unusual breakdown in that relationship. Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) combined paleoclimate evidence…