The invisible chemical in the air that could be raising Parkinson’s risk

Long-term exposure to a common industrial chemical may be linked to a higher risk of Parkinson’s disease. Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a chemical used in metal degreasing and dry cleaning. Even though it has been banned for some uses, it remains in use today as an industrial solvent and lingers in…

Scientists just cracked the mystery of why cancer immunotherapy fails

In what experts are calling a paradigm-shifting landmark study, scientists from The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) report key findings about the underlying mechanisms of immune system stress response to protein misfolding, launching a…

Scientists uncover a mysterious Jurassic lizard with snake-like jaws

New research has uncovered a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived about 167 million years ago and has a confusing set of features seen in snakes and geckos — two very distant relatives. One of the oldest relatively complete fossil lizards yet discovered, the Jurassic specimen is described in a…

Garante: stop a Clothoff, l’app che spoglia le persone – Notizie – Ansa.it

Il Garante per la protezione dei dati personali ha disposto, in via d’urgenza e con effetto immediato, la limitazione provvisoria del trattamento dei dati personali degli utenti italiani nei confronti di una società, con sede nelle Isole Vergini Britanniche, che gestisce l’app Clothoff, l’app che spoglia le persone.     ”Clothoff…

A flu test you can chew

Flu season is fast approaching in the northern hemisphere. And a taste-based influenza testcould somedayhave you swapping nasal swabs for chewing gum. A new molecular sensor has been designed to release a thyme flavor when it encounters the influenza virus. Researchers reporting in ACS Central Science say that they plan…

Japan’s hot springs hold clues to the origins of life on Earth

Earth was not always the blue-green world we know today: the early Earth’s oxygen levels were about a million times lower than we now experience. There were no forests and no animals. For ancient organisms, oxygen was toxic. What did life look like at that time then? A recent study…

The Moon’s far side is hiding a chilling secret

The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new analysis of rock samples co-led by a UCL (University College London) and Peking University researcher. The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, looked at fragments of rock…

Scientists just found the shocking reason Chile’s quake shook so hard

In July 2024, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Calama, Chile, damaging buildings and causing power outages. The country has endured violent earthquakes, including the most powerful recorded in history: a 9.5-magnitude “megathrust” event that struck central Chile in 1960, causing a tsunami and killing between 1,000 to 6,000 people. However, the…