A faint signal from the Universe’s dark ages could reveal dark matter

The Universe began about 13.8 billion years ago with the Big Bang, a moment of extremely rapid expansion. Roughly 400,000 years later, after the cosmos cooled enough for atoms to form, it entered a long and quiet phase known as the “Dark Ages.” This period lasted for around 0.1 billion…

James Webb catches an exoplanet losing its atmosphere in real time

Astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, and the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx) at the University of Montreal (UdeM) have made a major breakthrough using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). For the first time, researchers have followed gas…

Your brain does something surprising when you don’t sleep

Nearly everyone knows the feeling. After a night of poor sleep, it becomes harder to stay focused. Thoughts drift, reaction times slow, and mental clarity fades when attention is needed most. New research from MIT sheds light on what is happening inside the brain during these brief lapses in focus.…

Von der Leyen: ‘L’indipendenza europea è un imperativo. I dazi Usa un errore, la nostra risposta sarà ferma’ – LIVE – Notizie – Ansa.it

A Davos il World Economic Forum. “Gli shock geopolitici possono e devono rappresentare un’opportunità per l’Europa. A mio avviso, il cambiamento sismico che stiamo attraversando è un’occasione, anzi una necessità, per costruire una nuova forma di indipendenza europea”. Lo ha detto la presidente della Commissione europea, Ursula von der Leyen,…

A common painkiller may be quietly changing cancer risk

Ibuprofen is one of the most widely used pain relievers in the United States, commonly taken for headaches, muscle aches, and menstrual pain. New research suggests this familiar medication may have effects that go beyond pain relief. Scientists are now examining whether it could also play a role in lowering…

Scientists solve a major roadblock holding back cancer cell therapy

For the first time, researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown how to consistently produce a crucial type of human immune cell, known as helper T cells, from stem cells in a controlled lab setting. The research, published on January 7 in Cell Stem Cell, removes a major…

Scientists discover why some wounds refuse to heal

An international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has identified a promising way to help chronic wounds heal faster, including wounds infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria. Chronic wounds are a growing global health problem. Each year, about 18.6 million people worldwide develop diabetic foot ulcers.[1] Over…

A global DNA study reveals a hidden threat in diabetic foot infections

A new study led by King’s College London, in partnership with the University of Westminster, has revealed important details about the E. coli bacteria linked to diabetic foot infections. The research focuses on how varied these bacterial strains are and what makes some infections especially severe. The study, published in…

A wobbling black hole jet is stripping a galaxy of star-forming gas

Some galaxies host an active galactic nucleus, an intensely bright region powered by a supermassive black hole that is actively pulling in surrounding matter. As gas and dust spiral toward the black hole, enormous amounts of energy can be released. In certain cases, that energy powers narrow jets that shoot…

The overlooked survival strategy that made us human

Researchers from IPHES-CERCA have contributed to a new study led by the National Research Center on Human Evolution (CENIEH) that challenges long-standing ideas about how early humans survived. Published in the journal Journal of Human Evolution, the research takes a sweeping look at carrion consumption from the earliest hominins to…

A 250-million-year-old fossil reveals the origins of mammal hearing

One of the defining breakthroughs in mammal evolution was the rise of highly sensitive hearing. Modern mammals rely on a middle ear that includes an eardrum and several tiny bones, a system that makes it possible to detect a wide range of sounds at different volumes. This ability likely gave…

Valentino Garavani, morto lo stilista ultimo imperatore della moda – Moda – Ansa.it

È morto a 93 anni lo stilista Valentino Garavani, gigante della moda, l’Ultimo Imperatore, protagonista dell’haute couture internazionale. Per approfondire Agenzia ANSA Rosso come Valentino, uno stile dallo chic assoluto – Moda – Ansa.it Se Armani era re Giorgio, Valentino era l’ultimo imperatore della moda, come veniva chiamato con rispetto…