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RNA modification is responsible for the disruption of mitochondrial protein synthesis in Alzheimer’s disease
A team of researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has identified a mechanism that causes mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's patients resulting in...
Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century
Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study...
Vitamin D alters mouse gut bacteria to give better cancer immunity
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Aalborg University in...
Food in sight? The liver is ready!
What happens in the body when we are hungry and see and smell food? A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute...
Voluntary corporate emissions targets not enough to create real climate action
Companies' emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective paper.
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Curiosity promotes biodiversity
Exploratory behavior is one of the fundamental personality traits of animals -- and these traits influence their probability of survival, among other things....
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Scientists have created the world's thinnest gold leaf, which is just a single atom thick. The new material, dubbed "goldene," could have important applications...
Birthplace of red asteroid Kamo‘oalewa pinned to specific moon crater
The redness of asteroid 469219 Kamo‘oalewa marks it out as probably originating on the moon, and now we might know the exact impact...
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