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Category: Science
How oral bacteria suppress protection against viral gro...
Researchers have discovered details of how proteins produced by oral epithelial cells protect humans against viruses entering the ...
New route for regulating blood sugar levels independent...
Insulin, produced in the pancreas, has been considered the primary means of treating conditions characterized by high blood sugar ...
Gene involved in sense of smell could play a role in th...
An olfactory receptor typically associated with the sense of smell may also trigger breast cancer cells to metastasize through a s...
‘Battle of the sexes’ begins in womb as father and moth...
Scientists have identified a key signal that the fetus uses to control its supply of nutrients from the placenta, revealing a tug-...
No more annual flu shot? New target for universal influ...
A new antibody discovered in the blood of some people vaccinated against or infected with influenza can recognize a broad variety ...
Ancient DNA reveals the world’s oldest family tree
Analysis of ancient DNA from one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Britain has revealed that most of the people buried ther...
Astronomers uncover largest group of rogue planets yet
Rogue planets are elusive cosmic objects that have masses comparable to those of the planets in our Solar System but do not orbit ...
NASA's Webb telescope launches to see first galaxies, d...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched Dec. 25 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, South America. The Webb observatory's...
Could acid-neutralizing life-forms make habitable pocke...
A new study supports the longstanding idea that if life exists, it might make a home in Venus' clouds. The study's authors identif...
Himalayan glaciers melting at 'exceptional rate'
The accelerating melting of the Himalayan glaciers threatens the water supply of millions of people in Asia, new research warns. T...
A spacecraft has 'touched' the sun for the first time
On April 28, 2021, NASA's Parker Solar Probe reached the sun's extended solar atmosphere, known as the corona, and spent five hour...
Experimental mRNA HIV vaccine safe, shows promise in an...
An experimental HIV vaccine based on mRNA -- the same platform technology used in two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines -- shows ...