Scientists Identify Vowel‑Like Elements in Whale Communication
Humans are making progress on decoding the language of whales. They seem to have something that functions roughly like vowels.
Booster Speed-Processing Training Cuts Dementia Risk 25%
This one type of cognitive training might delay dementia.🧠🧠 In the ACTIVE randomized controlled trial, older adults were assigned to memory, reasoning, or speed training — then they were followed for 20 years. Standard memory and reasoning training didn't reduce dementia risk....
Study Suggests Thousands of Human Genes Under Recent Selection
Until now, scientists have identified only a few dozen variants that went through natural selection in humans in the past 10,000 years. A new study claims to find hundreds--maybe thousands. Here's my story on the provocative research, and the mixed...
Moderna's Cancer Therapy Rename May Mislead Physicians
Moderna mRNA cancer treatment used to be called a "cancer vaccine" but in 2023 they switched to "individualized neoantigen therapy." Some docs think the name change is misleading. https://t.co/UIn2djdDAv
AI Agents Power Future Biotech Labs and Organizations
Live in 15 minutes — I'm talking with Stanford's @james_y_zou on his latest research in building laboratories and biotech orgs made of hundreds or even thousands of AI agents Register now to watch live, for free: https://t.co/xSa5NXkX4A
Statins Don't Harm Muscle Health in Older Adults
Statin use does not impair muscle health in older adults: findings from the SCOPE study https://t.co/WKjk9Ov0rG https://t.co/xTo9mk3vbw
Brain‑Computer Interfaces Will Become Our Primary Tech Interface
BCI (brain-computer interface) will be how humans interact with all technologies (software and hardware) in the coming years
AI Designs Lab-Ready Antibodies From Text Prompts
Drug discovery has always meant finding. Screening libraries. Keeping what survives. Semiconductors don't work that way. Neither do aircraft. You design them computationally before anything gets built. @saakohl left @GoogleDeepMind after co-developing AlphaFold2 to do the same thing for biologics. @LatentLabs_ Latent-X2...
Reversed DNA Life Sparks Ethical Dilemma for Scientists
Mirror life -- with DNA spiraling the other way -- would have no predators and we'd have no defenses against it. And it raises a familiar question: What should scientists do when they see the shadow of the end of...
Inflammation: The Overlooked Key to Preventing CAD
That's right. Inflammation is the big miss for getting ahead of coronary artery disease https://t.co/KIs1AFxflE My review of this big shift https://t.co/foSaaTYUD4 https://t.co/cCRqSd8axt
Synthetic Biologists' Mirror‑image Microbe Dream Hits Complexity
Synthetic biologists were tantalized by the idea of making mirror images of microbes. Then things got complicated.
Viral Saturn Image Is AI Fake, Here's Proof
This viral image of Saturn isn’t real; it’s AI slop A new image of "Saturn's North Pole" has gone viral. Too bad it's an AI fake. Here's what the real things look like, and how you can tell for yourself. https://t.co/r5kz9pGCZM
Stratospheric Airship Promises Faster, Higher‑Capacity Internet
Sceye wants to put internet access in the stratosphere, using an airship floating 20 km up in the sky. The goal is connections with less latency and more capacity than satellites in orbit. https://spectrum.ieee.org/sceye-high-altitude-platform-station
Early Embryo Invades Uterus Like Regulated Tumor
By the time a pregnancy test shows positive, your body has already done something extraordinary without you knowing. A single cell divided into over 100 cells while traveling down your fallopian tube for 5 days. It formed a hollow ball, hatched...
AI Improves Performance by Reducing Network Size
The #AI Brain That Gets Smarter by Shrinking by Bei Yan @NeuroscienceNew Learn more: https://t.co/zaJ6QXPqKE #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML #DL https://t.co/rYZa2etEIL
Muscle Atrophy Driven by Intrinsic Aging, Not Nerve Damage
I teach medical students that nerve damage causes muscle wasting. New research says we had it backwards. Scientists at MDI Biological Lab engineered "atrofish" -- zebrafish that compress DECADES of human muscle aging into weeks by activating the Atrogin-1 gene. What they...
AI-Driven Global Collaboration Needed for Longevity Research
Great speaking with @SpeakerPelosi at @semafor . In my opinion, drug discovery for cancer and age-related diseases should be a global effort. Nations need to strive to collaborate to extend healthy productive life. Please through longevity. It is the best...
Electromagnetic Gene Switch Extends Lifespan in Progeroid Mice
Wow, a technique that allows electromagnetic control of gene expression in vivo 🤯 And they tested their system with OSK partial reprogramming, showing it extends lifespan in progeroid mice. In normal mice, they report health improvements and a small reduction in mortality...
Biology Needs Systems Thinking, Not Just Parts Cataloguing
Can a biologist fix a radio?—Or, what I learned while studying apoptosis Yuri Lazebnik’s classic 2002 paper hilariously exposes the flaws of reductionist biology. He imagines biologists studying a broken radio by removing random parts to see what breaks. If pulling...
New Issue Explores Cutting‑Edge 2D Quantum Materials
Special issue “Dimensional Frontiers: Physics and Applications of 2D Quantum Materials” in Quantum Frontiers welcomes cutting-edge work on graphene, TMDs, van der Waals heterostructures, quantum transport, spin-orbit coupling, moiré physics, and beyond. https://t.co/E3Cyd5XStT https://t.co/rlJC94C5iV
AI Agents and Next‑Gen Alzheimer’s Drugs Beyond CRISPR
Endpoints' Drug Discovery Day is today — our own @RLCscienceboss will be talking about beyond CRISPR & future of Alzheimer's drugs I'm excited to talk with Stanford's @james_y_zou on his escalating research in building AI agents into co-scientists, labs, and now biotechs...
Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism; Genetics Prove It
Writing garbage in CAPS doesn’t make it true. Not only do we have overwhelming scientific evidence that vaccines don’t cause autism, there’s also the complete lack of plausibility based on what we’ve learned about the >100 autism genes and how...
MRNA Nanoparticles Teach Beta Cells to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
As a medical school professor, I can tell you: what we've been doing for type 1 diabetes is managing, not curing. University of Chicago scientists just changed the game. They developed mRNA-loaded nanoparticles that deliver genetic instructions directly to insulin-producing beta cells,...
Elderly Can Harbor Amyloid Yet Remain Cognitively Normal
“ In this group of participants without clinically significant impairment, amyloid deposition was not associated with worse cognitive function, suggesting that an elderly person with a significant amyloid burden can remain cognitively normal.” Small sample size, but with numerous confirmatory studies...
Amazon Leo to Launch LEO D2D Network by 2028
A logical, but still unconfirmed, conclusion is that this is what @Amazonleo referenced by having its own LEO D2D constellation starting in 2028 and operating alongside Globalstar's network.
Today's Teen Could Become First 150‑year‑old
David Sinclair says the first person to live to 150 is a teenager who's alive today. He's taken flak from colleagues for years over this prediction. He doesn't care. He still stands by it. "The first person to live to 150 has...
EU Favors Centralized Carbon Credit Purchases over Corporate Buying
The EU said it prefers controlled purchases of international carbon credits over the acquisition of them by individual companies https://t.co/RVw7et7wBO
Energy Levels Reveal Early Healthspan Decline Signals
Energy isn't just a feeling. It may be one of the earliest biological windows into healthspan decline. New from @BuckInstitute's Healthspan Horizons, led by @NathanPriceSci, exploring how mitochondrial function, sleep, glucose stability, and inflammation converge as early warning signals. This matters for...
Whisky Distillery Uses Stored Green Power for 1200°C Steam
Heat batteries delivering up to 1,200C using off peak electricity: A Scottish whisky distillery just claimed a world first — producing high-temperature steam for distilling using stored green electricity instead of fossil fuels. https://t.co/1A1cS5hLUt
Molecular Signature Differentiates Aging Cognitive Resilience vs Decline
Human hippocampal neurogenesis in adulthood, ageing and Alzheimer’s disease 👉"Together, our study points to a multiomic molecular signature of the hippocampus that distinguishes cognitive resilience and deterioration with ageing." https://t.co/rRkFg6HKO0
Self-Checks Accurately Gauge Hydration via Urine Specific Gravity
Can athletes assess their own hydration status?💧 This new study investigated whether a combination of self-assessments of hydration status could accurately predict urine specific gravity (USG) 🔍 Using two different USG cut-offs: low ≤ 1.012, and high ≥ 1.020 📊 85 firefighters and athletes completed 2 x...
Fiber Size, Not Type, Drives Unloading Atrophy Rates
Whether fiber type affects atrophy rates when all fibers in a muscle are unloaded is contentious. Yet, we can explain even the most confusing results if we make the assumption that fiber size determines atrophy rates and that fiber type...
Fatty Liver Affects 1.3B Now, 2B by 2050
1.3 Billion Globally Have Fatty Liver Disease; Numbers To Reach 2 Billion By 2050: Lancet Study https://t.co/DqKS8L0hCx #research #fattyliver #disease #health
Robotic Phlebotomy Achieves 94% Success, Low Complications
I've been following Vitestro for years. They have been developing robotic devices to collect patients' blood samples. They have big news now as the results of a multicenter ADOPT clinical trial have been published in Clinical Chemistry. That is the...
One in Nine New Homes Built in Flood‑Risk Zones
Roughly 11% of new homes built between 2022 and 2024 are in areas facing medium to high flood risks https://t.co/4J1IMlHMPn
Subaru Finds CO₂‑Water Ratio Drops in Interstellar Comet
The Subaru Telescope detected a significant decrease in the carbon dioxide to water ratio in comet 3I/ATLAS after its closest approach to the sun, indicating evolving chemistry in this interstellar visitor’s coma. astronomy
Lab Success Doesn't Guarantee Real Cancer Drug Efficacy
Just a reminder. Killing cancer cells in a lab is very easy. Almost anything will kill cells. Even water (because of osmotic damage). Inside our bodies killing cancer cells is extremely hard for many reasons so things that kill...
Brain Age Gap Predicts Lifestyle Impact on Mental Health
Brain age gap as a predictive biomarker that links aging, lifestyle, and neuropsychiatric health https://t.co/kgvgyZ9v4S
SpaceX Rocket Lights Up Concert Sky at SB Bowl
Watching the @SpaceX rocket launch over the @DBtodomundo concert at the @sbBowl - pretty epic https://t.co/VDta8rY2sz
Hidden Defects in Chalcopyrite Promise Cleaner Copper Extraction
Chalcopyrite, the primary source of copper, contains hidden atomic defects and trace elements that could enable cleaner, more efficient copper extraction, supporting the growing demand for sustainable energy technologies. materialsinnovation
Mouse Watching “The Matrix” Guides Massive Brain Map
How a mouse watching 'The Matrix' helped scientists create the largest map of a brain to date https://t.co/wXYV0tGtAD https://t.co/QaBSJ6qpnv
Bridging Gaps: Navigating Roadblocks to Quantum Advantage
The challenges in and possibilities of achieving quantum advantage. It has been a great pleasure to discuss with @science_eye where we stand in quantum computing, what the remaining road blocks or "gaps" are and how we can overcome them. Recent months...
Depleting Microbiome Restores
Microbiome depletion rejuvenates the aging brain "Our findings demonstrate that age-associated microbial inflammation contributes to brain aging and that its attenuation can restore youthful features at the molecular, cellular, and functional levels." https://t.co/GuBPBxxzeH
Duplicated Genes Diverge over Time Under Weak Selection
After 30+ years of genetic drift with only weak selective pressure, a duplicated gene sequence will begin to look less and less like its original version. https://t.co/IAvCT3fn2t
Starlink Failure Creates Uncatalogued Debris, Orbit Now Decaying
Starlink 34343 failed on Mar 29 in a fatal energetic event which raised its apogee by 30 km and generated observed (but so far uncataloged) debris. Since then the orbit has undergone natural decay. Current orbit is...
Young Microbiota Restores Cognition and Sperm Health via Bifidobacterium
Young Human-Derived Microbiota Ameliorates Cognitive Decline and Reproductive Senescence in Aged Mice This approach "increased intestinal Bifidobacterium levels and effectively restored hippocampal metabolomic profiles and cognitive behavior." Additionally, yFMT-based treatments "mitigated structural damage to the seminiferous tubules [and] improved sperm quality. 👉These findings...
HHS Ignores Proven Environmental Triggers for Autism
Here’s my statement from @BakerInstitute @RiceUniversity @RiceUNews on why this was always a nonstarter, meanwhile HHS refuses to investigate the few actual know environmental exposures that do interact with autism genes https://t.co/pxLaDLInlf
Physicists Pinpoint Precise Mass of W Boson
Physicists zero in on the mass of the fundamental W boson particle by Jennifer Chu @MIT Learn more: https://t.co/f98sieKAgj #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/TXdFO3EmMm
Proposed Budget Cuts Threaten Biggest Science Funding Cut Ever
If current cuts to the Federal Science Budget proposed by the White House are approved by Congress, that will far-and-away be the largest cut to science since the United States began funding it. Republicans & Democrats alike know there’s no surer...
Natural Compounds Boost Gut Butyrate, Increase Muscle Mass
Computational Screening and Experimental Validation of Natural Compounds that Enhance Butyrate Production in Gut Bacteria and Promote Muscle Cell Mass https://t.co/YgZdtWly4n