Mayo Clinic discovers rare gene mutation that causes fatty liver disease

Scientists at Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine have identified a rare genetic variant that can directly cause metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, formerly known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Researchers previously believed this condition developed mainly from a mix of genetic susceptibility and lifestyle or environmental influences. However, findings…

Scientists create cartilage scaffold that helps the body regrow bone

Bone and skeletal injuries are a major cause of long-term disability around the world. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now developed a cell-free cartilage structure designed to guide the body as it repairs damaged bone. According to the study, this engineered transplant can promote bone healing without provoking…

Perseguita la ex per 2 anni, anche con un drone – Notizie – Ansa.it

Per circa due anni avrebbe perseguitato l’ex fidanzata, utilizzando persino un drone, per controllarne gli spostamenti. Per questo nei giorni scorsi i carabinieri della stazione di Moggio Udinese hanno eseguito nei confronti di un uomo, di 31 anni, residente in Alto Friuli, la misura cautelare del divieto di avvicinamento e…

Scientists discover protein that triggers diabetic blindness

Researchers led by scientists at UCL have discovered a protein that appears to set off diabetic retinopathy, a common eye disease caused by high blood sugar damaging the retina’s blood vessels. The condition is one of the leading causes of vision loss among working-age adults. The study, conducted in mice…

Captato il fantasma di una potente esplosione cosmica – Spazio e Astronomia – Ansa.it

L’evanescente fantasma di una potente esplosione cosmica è stato captato grazie all’Australian Ska Pathfinder (Askap), un radiotelescopio composto da 36 antenne situato nell’Australia occidentale. Secondo lo studio,  disponibile sulla piattaforma arXiv e in via di pubblicazione su The Astrophysical Journal, potrebbe trattarsi dell’esempio più convincente mai visto del bagliore residuo…

A 4,000-year-old sheep reveals the secret of an ancient plague

During the Middle Ages, a devastating plague wiped out roughly one third of Europe’s population. The disease spread through fleas that carried the bacterium Yersinia pestis. These fleas passed the infection from rats to humans, fueling the catastrophe known as the Black Death. But the history of plague goes back…

Antarctica has a strange gravity hole and scientists finally know why

Gravity often feels dependable and unchanging. It seems steady enough that we rarely question it. But the real picture is more surprising. In reality, gravity does not have exactly the same strength everywhere on Earth. Its pull varies slightly across the planet’s surface. After accounting for the effects of Earth’s…

Physicists finally see strange magnetic vortices predicted 50 years ago

Materials can behave in surprising ways when they are thinned down layer by layer until they are only a single atom thick. In a new study published in Nature Materials, physicists led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin observed a sequence of unusual magnetic states in an…

Tiny clump of moss helped solve a shocking cemetery crime

In 2009, investigators uncovered a disturbing scandal at a cemetery outside Chicago. Employees at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, were accused of digging up older graves, relocating the remains to other areas within the cemetery, and then selling the newly emptied burial plots again. When the case finally went…

Boosting a key brain protein could help treat Rett syndrome

Researchers at Texas Children’s Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) and Baylor College of Medicine have reported a promising experimental strategy that could eventually help treat Rett syndrome. Their findings, published in Science Translational Medicine, describe a potential way to increase levels of a key brain protein that is disrupted in…

Scientists say most of what you do each day happens on autopilot

A new study by researchers from the University of Surrey, the University of South Carolina, and Central Queensland University suggests that much of what we do each day is guided by habit rather than deliberate decision making. The research, published in Psychology & Health, found that about two thirds of…

Koalas survived a devastating population crash and their DNA is bouncing back

A new genomic study of koala populations in Australia suggests that rapid population growth may help restore genetic variation that was lost during past declines. Researchers found that when populations recover quickly, the increase in numbers can encourage recombination, a process that rearranges DNA into new combinations. This genetic mixing…

Scientists discover tiny ocean fungus that kills toxic algae

Researchers at Yokohama National University in Japan have identified a previously unknown species of marine fungus capable of killing harmful algae that form toxic blooms. The organism, named Algophthora mediterranea, is a microscopic chytrid fungus that can infect a wide variety of hosts. Chytrids are a diverse group of aquatic…