Scientists define new type of memory loss in older adults
Researchers have established new criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that specifically impacts the brain’s limbic system. It can often be mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease.
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Cuttlefish can form false memories, too
During an event, details like what you saw, smelled, and felt aren’t stored as a single memory. Rather, they are encoded and stored in your brain separately. To retrieve that memory, those pieces must get put back together. When that…
Powerful new particle accelerator a step closer with muon-marshalling technology
New experimental results show particles called muons can be corralled into beams suitable for high-energy collisions, paving the way for new physics.
Physicists develop new theory describing the energy landscape formed when quantum particles gather together
An international team of physicists has proven new theorems in quantum mechanics that describe the ‘energy landscapes’ of collections of quantum particles. Their work addresses decades-old questions, opening up new routes to make computer simulation of materials much more accurate.…
Designing safer opioids
Opioid medications offer people relief from debilitating pain, but these drugs come with dangers: the risk for addiction, miserable withdrawal symptoms and the potential for fatal overdose. Researchers have now identified a strategy to design safer opioids. They showed that…
New technique pinpoints nanoscale ‘hot spots’ in electronics to improve their longevity
Researchers engineered a new technique to identify at the nanoscale level what components are overheating in electronics and causing their performance to fail.
Aussie innovation spearheads cheaper seafloor test for offshore wind farms
Australian engineers have unveiled a clever new device — based on a modified speargun — as a cheap and efficient way to test seabed soil when designing offshore wind farms.
A hydrogel implant to treat endometriosis
Researchers have developed a hydrogel implant that can help prevent endometriosis, a condition that affects a great many women. This innovation also acts as a contraceptive.
Although tiny, peatland microorganisms have a big impact on climate
Polyphenols are generally toxic to microorganisms. In peatlands, scientists thought microorganisms avoided this toxicity by degrading polyphenols using an oxygen-dependent enzyme, and thus that low-oxygen conditions inhibit microbes’ carbon cycling. However, a new study found that Arctic peatland microorganisms used…
Sea ice’s cooling power is waning faster than its area of extent
As sea ice disappears and grows less reflective, the Arctic has lost around a quarter of its cooling power since 1980, and the world has lost up to 15%, according to new research.
