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UBCO study debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation - UBC's Okanagan News
New study uses logic and physics to definitively answer one of science's biggest questions
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November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Unexpectedly, the brain cells that regulate anxiety aren’t neurons, but two types of immune cell microglia, which appear to fundamentally regulate anxiety (in mice). One group of microglia spurs anxiety responses; the other group tamps them down. healthcare.utah.edu/newsroom/new...
Research in Mice Reveals Brain Cells That Drive—And Prevent—Anxiety
Cells in the brain's immune system can act as "accelerators" and "brakes" for anxiety, opening the door to new treatments for anxiety disorders.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Unexpectedly, the brain cells that regulate anxiety aren’t neurons, but two types of immune cell microglia, which appear to fundamentally regulate anxiety (in mice). One group of microglia spurs anxiety responses; the other group tamps them down. healthcare.utah.edu/newsroom/new...
While brain interfaces have allowed people with locked-in syndrome to communicate and play video games, scientists have also experimented with using neural data to “detect” sexual orientation, political ideology and deception. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
The Next Privacy Battleground Is Inside Your Brain
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November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
While brain interfaces have allowed people with locked-in syndrome to communicate and play video games, scientists have also experimented with using neural data to “detect” sexual orientation, political ideology and deception. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
A commonly prescribed antibiotic could help reduce the risk of some young people developing schizophrenia. www.ed.ac.uk/news/common-...
Common antibiotic may reduce schizophrenia risk | News | The University of Edinburgh
A commonly prescribed antibiotic could help reduce the risk of some young people developing schizophrenia, new research suggests.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A commonly prescribed antibiotic could help reduce the risk of some young people developing schizophrenia. www.ed.ac.uk/news/common-...
Where You See a Fancy Fish, Engineers See Alan Turing’s Math www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/s...
Where You See a Fancy Fish, Engineers See Alan Turing’s Math
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November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Where You See a Fancy Fish, Engineers See Alan Turing’s Math www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/s...
The New Conspiracy Age
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Why do so many people think the Fruit of the Loom logo had a cornucopia?
It’s a popular example of the “Mandela effect,” or a collective false memory. And while some people may laugh and move on, others spend years searching for an explanation.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The New Conspiracy Age
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Vitamin K analogues may serve as regenerative agents that help replenish lost neurons and restore brain function.
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Vitamin K Analogues May Help Transform the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases｜Shibaura Institute of Technology
SIT Shibaura Institute of Technology (Tokyo)
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October 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Vitamin K analogues may serve as regenerative agents that help replenish lost neurons and restore brain function.
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Every Artist Has a Favorite Subject. For Some, That’s Math.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Pretty amazing.
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Researchers keep a mammalian cochlea alive outside the body for the first time - News
The technological breakthrough may improve our understanding of the cellular mechanisms behind hearing loss.
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September 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Pretty amazing.
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“We knew that diet and metabolism could affect brain health, but we didn’t expect to find such a specific and vulnerable group of brain cells, CCK interneurons in the hippocampus, that were directly disrupted by short-term high-fat diet exposure.” news.unchealthcare.org/2025/09/eati...
Junk Food Puts Memory at Risk—Here’s How to Protect It | Newsroom
Published in Neuron, new research demonstrates how a high-fat diet, even short-term, can rapidly affect brain health, but there are ways to reverse this and prevent long-term cognitive decline.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“We knew that diet and metabolism could affect brain health, but we didn’t expect to find such a specific and vulnerable group of brain cells, CCK interneurons in the hippocampus, that were directly disrupted by short-term high-fat diet exposure.” news.unchealthcare.org/2025/09/eati...
Amyloid beta seems to be directly responsible for fat forming inside microglia which then become dysfunctional. www.purdue.edu/newsroom/202...
Purdue-led study shows how fat disables the brain’s immune shield in Alzheimer’s disease
Recent research findings challenge the assumption that fat in the brain plays no role in neurodegenerative diseases. The findings show that excess fat in the brain’s resident immune cells impairs thei...
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September 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Amyloid beta seems to be directly responsible for fat forming inside microglia which then become dysfunctional. www.purdue.edu/newsroom/202...
A new hypothesis proposes that sleep results from the interplay between the body and its resident micro-organisms. news.wsu.edu/press-releas...
Key to the riddle of sleep may be linked to bacteria
New research bolsters the hypothesis that sleep is regulated in part by the host of microbes produced in the gut.
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September 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A new hypothesis proposes that sleep results from the interplay between the body and its resident micro-organisms. news.wsu.edu/press-releas...
In before research is completely defunded.
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'Groundbreaking' gene therapy is first treatment for Huntington's disease to slow the condition
Results from a three-year trial suggest an experimental gene therapy for Huntington's disease can slow the progression of the deadly condition by 75%.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In before research is completely defunded.
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"Myeloid cells are among the first group of immune cells recruited to tumors, but very quickly these tumor-fighting cells turn into tumor-supporting cells.” www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/art...
UTSW researchers identify new immunotherapy target
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how a hormone interacts with a receptor on the surface of immune cells to shield cancer cells from the body’s natural defenses. The findin...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"Myeloid cells are among the first group of immune cells recruited to tumors, but very quickly these tumor-fighting cells turn into tumor-supporting cells.” www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/art...
“One intriguing yet poorly understood state of confined water is called the 'premelting state.' In this unique phase, water behaves as if it were on the cusp of freezing and melting at the same time, thus defying simple liquid or solid classifications.”
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A Deep Look into the Unique Structure and Behavior of Confined Water | Tokyo University of Science
Researchers use nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to analyze a paradoxical phase that occurs when water is confine...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“One intriguing yet poorly understood state of confined water is called the 'premelting state.' In this unique phase, water behaves as if it were on the cusp of freezing and melting at the same time, thus defying simple liquid or solid classifications.”
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“We have found that we can use a passive, generally safe ultraviolet light treatment to quickly inactivate airborne allergens.” CU Boulder
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A new way to fight allergies: Switch on the light
Ultraviolet light can disable airborne allergens within 30 minutes, according to a new study. The findings could lead to new portable devices to prevent
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September 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“We have found that we can use a passive, generally safe ultraviolet light treatment to quickly inactivate airborne allergens.” CU Boulder
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A non-invasive AI stool test with 90% accuracy.
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Gut bacteria can reveal colorectal cancer - Faculty of Medicine - UNIGE
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September 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A non-invasive AI stool test with 90% accuracy.
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Time for neuroscience class!
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A Gunman Claimed to Have C.T.E. Here Is How Doctors Search for It. (Gift Article)
A definitive diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., can only happen posthumously through a weeks-long process of removing, processing and studying brain tissue.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Time for neuroscience class!
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Slipperiness is not a result of ice melt, but of interactions between molecular dipoles in the ice and those in the contacting surface, such as a shoe sole.
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Why Is Ice Slippery? New Study Overturns 200-Year-Old Physics Theory
For nearly two centuries, scientists believed that ice becomes slippery because pressure or friction melts its surface. New research from Saarland University overturns this idea. For more than a centu...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Slipperiness is not a result of ice melt, but of interactions between molecular dipoles in the ice and those in the contacting surface, such as a shoe sole.
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For the first time, researchers at U Minnesota demonstrated a groundbreaking process for spinal cord repair combining 3D printed scaffolds, stem cell biology, and lab-grown tissues.
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Breakthrough in 3D-printed scaffolds offers hope for spinal cord injury recovery
Currently, there is no proven way to completely reverse spinal cord injuriesMINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (08/22/2025) — For the first time, a research team at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities demonst...
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August 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
For the first time, researchers at U Minnesota demonstrated a groundbreaking process for spinal cord repair combining 3D printed scaffolds, stem cell biology, and lab-grown tissues.
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“Microbes play an important role in shaping early brain development, specifically in a key brain region that controls stress, social behavior, and vital body functions.”
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New research from Michigan State University finds that microbes play an important role in early brain development.
New research from Michigan State University finds that microbes play an important role in early brain development.
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August 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“Microbes play an important role in shaping early brain development, specifically in a key brain region that controls stress, social behavior, and vital body functions.”
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“It is truly a reversal of impairments.”
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This Protein Slows the Aging Brain, and We Know How to Counter It
Scientists discover a protein that gets concentrated in the brain during aging, leading brain connections to wither and cognitive decline to accelerate - and a way to counter its effects.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“It is truly a reversal of impairments.”
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