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Ant Larvae Control Parental Care By Using Odor Signals
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (288+ words) Mirage News A brood pheromone released by larvae of clonal raider ants temporarily suppresses egg-laying in adult ants Adults and larvae of the clonal raider ant Ooceraea biroi. - Volatile brood pheromone: The larvae of the clonal raider ant Ooceraea biroi…...
Mysterious 'compound X' clears toxic Parkinson's proteins from brain
48+ min ago (505+ words) A drug known only as compound X helped to remove the problematic proteins associated with Parkinson's disease from the brains of mice, and improved their balance and mobility Parkinson's occurs when nerve cells in the brain become depleted. This light…...
It really bent your mind: The life-altering phenomenon astronauts experience in space
14+ hour, 36+ min ago (142+ words) "Star Trek" actor William Shatner speaks to the media after his Blue Origin spaceflight on a landing pad near Van Horn, Texas, in October 2021. (Mike Blake/Reuters via CNN Newsource) A view of Earth during the Artemis II mission after…...
Chinese scientists shed light on how brain switches between thinking, perceiving
5+ hour, 34+ min ago (355+ words) BEIJING -- Have you ever wondered how your brain manages to switch between remembering a birthday party and focusing on a friend's face right in front of you? Chinese scientists may have found the answer to this question. A research team…...
Brains May Use Heat Flow To Process Information, Study Suggests
57+ min ago (1474+ words) Can heat flow act as a carrier of information beyond simple temperature differences. This work proposes it can, extending the thermocoherent effect to include classical correlations alongside quantum entanglement. Consequently, relational structure within neural tissue may represent a usable physical…...
Figure 1. Artificial intelligence-integrated microscopy imaging for subcellular analysis.
14+ hour, 51+ min ago (42+ words) Eurek Alert! Figure 1. Artificial intelligence-integrated microscopy imaging for subcellular analysis. Credit must be given to the creator. More on this News Release Artificial intelligence for organelle segmentation in live-cell imaging...
Video Games & Brain Health: Gaming Beats TV and Doom Scrolling
7+ hour, 29+ min ago (325+ words) In the simplest of terms: it is not merely that sitting is bad for you, it is what you do with your brain whilst sitting that may profoundly shape whether the brain stays healthy decades later. As Hallgren noted in'Elsevier's…...
Mummified remains reveal breathing and movement in the ancient world of reptiles
11+ hour, 41+ min ago (402+ words) Dr Joseph Bevitt, Manager of an Instrument Group at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, undertook neutron imaging at ANSTO which provided detailed information about the animal's skin, bone and cartilage. Preserved in a death position, the parts of the…...
Breathing and moving in the ancient world of reptiles: What a mummified 289-million-year-old reptile can reveal about us today
7+ hour, 13+ min ago (526+ words) A 289-million-year-old mummified reptile is providing scientists with a window into how bodies have evolved when it comes to breathing and movement. Published in Nature on April 8, 2026, the study introduces the oldest known mummified remains of a terrestrial vertebrate " a…...
Chinese scientists reveal how brain switches thought, perception
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (354+ words) Have you ever wondered how your brain manages to switch between remembering a birthday party and focusing on a friend's face right in front of you? Chinese scientists may have found the answer to this question. A research team led…...