Scientists find a weak spot in one of the deadliest brain cancers
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Scientists find a weak spot in one of the deadliest brain cancers

Rather than replacing current treatments, the strategy is designed to help them work better. In preclinical experiments, suppressing SET prevented tumors from developing. A Potential Weakness in Glioblastoma…

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Scientists discover a hidden problem with this popular sugar substitute
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Scientists discover a hidden problem with this popular sugar substitute

But growing research is complicating the idea that these alternatives are automatically healthier. A new study suggests that sorbitol, in particular, may have metabolic effects that make it…

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This lifestyle program improved cognition 55% more than basic health advice
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This lifestyle program improved cognition 55% more than basic health advice

The Alzheimer’s Association-funded study, known as the Latin American Initiative for Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Cognitive Decline (LatAm-FINGERS), followed participants for two years. The findings were presented at…

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Scientists reveal the hidden instructions that build the human brain
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Scientists reveal the hidden instructions that build the human brain

These cells produce large numbers of the neurons and support cells that make up the cerebral cortex, the brain region involved in thought, memory, and language. Radial glia…

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Popular brain supplement linked to shorter lifespan in men
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Popular brain supplement linked to shorter lifespan in men

Researchers led by Jie V. Zhao, Yitang Sun, Junmeng Zhang, and Kaixiong Ye from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Georgia examined whether phenylalanine and…

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Scientists find breast cancer cells hiding behind protective “shields”
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Scientists find breast cancer cells hiding behind protective “shields”

The work suggests that future cancer therapies may need to do more than attack fast-growing tumor cells. They may also need to target dormant cancer cells and the…

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Was the ‘American cheetah’ a cheetah at all?
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Was the ‘American cheetah’ a cheetah at all?

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help…

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New Hubble images reveal a bizarre decagon over Saturn’s south pole
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New Hubble images reveal a bizarre decagon over Saturn’s south pole

We are at a critical time and supporting science journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help…

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Indonesia’s most dangerous fires are burning underground
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Indonesia’s most dangerous fires are burning underground

By one estimate, peat fires produce three times more fine particulate matter than other tropical forest fires, along with five times more sulfur dioxide, three times more organic…

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Life uses 4 DNA letters. Scientists just made 8 work
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Life uses 4 DNA letters. Scientists just made 8 work

The finding suggests that cells can use their existing molecular machinery to handle synthetic genetic information. That marks an important step toward a long-standing goal in synthetic biology:…

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