Scientists delve into how repairing dysfunctional brain circuits in Parkinson’s can offer another path forward for new treatment strategies. Parkinson’s is a debilitating disease marked by loss of brain cells that produce…
Magnetic ‘rusty’ nanoparticles pull estrogen out of water
A new “smart rust” could one day help pull pollutants out of waterways, leaving cleaner water behind. Researchers adorned tiny particles of iron oxide, better known as rust, with “sticky” molecules that…
The fastest-evolving moss in the world may not adapt to climate change
The world’s oldest moss has seen four mass extinctions — but may not survive climate change. The genus Takakia has the highest number of fast-evolving genes of any moss, researchers report August…
Nature’s changing colors makes climate change visible
Nature’s changing colors makes climate change visible
Wildfires aren’t going away. Here’s how smoke can affect your health
North America’s summer of smoke may well be a harbinger of what’s to come. As record-breaking wildfires in Canada continue to sweep across the land, smoke has been suffusing the skies for…
This ‘thermal cloak’ keeps spaces from getting either too hot or cold
If you’ve ever burned your hands on a car steering wheel, you know how hot the inside of a car can get on a summer day. But a new fabric could one…
Extreme ocean heat off Florida has ebbed. But for marine life, the danger remains
In late July, a fierce ocean heat wave ratcheted up temperatures in Florida’s coastal waters to unprecedented highs. One buoy bobbing in shallow, turbid Manatee Bay logged a measurement of 38.3˚ Celsius…
AI is revolutionizing manual cell counting
Cell counting is extremely important in research, medicine, and even environmental monitoring where scientists use it to track cell growth, a person’s health, or monitor plankton levels in oceans or bacteria in…
Extreme heat taxes the body in many ways. Here’s how
July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded. It could even be the hottest month in human history. And it’s just one in a chain of broken heat records (SN: 7/13/23). A…
50 years ago, mysterious glass hinted at Earth’s violent past
Microtektites found in Caribbean may shed light on tektite origin — Science News, August 11, 1973 Though their origin remains a mystery to scientists, huge strewn fields of tektites have been found…