Deep in the Atlantic Ocean, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a massive system of currents that span the entire ocean from south to north in a vertical loop.
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Members of the snail community rejoice worldwide as scientists discover two brand new species — both kinds of snails with the unique ability to seal their shells like a door.
Plastic waste is a plague that afflicts everyone inhabiting our planet and pollutes our rivers, lakes, and oceans. This problem arises from the lack of reusability of plastic waste, which inadvertently leads to it being dumped into waterways, where microplastics contaminate drinking water.
In a study published in the scientific journal Science Advances, funded by the British Heart Foundation, researchers at King’s College in London discovered that urolithin A, a compound associated with foods such as pomegranates, may help the heart relax more effectively as well as reduce scarring and limit harmful enlargement for normal function.
Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder that affects 50 million people worldwide. It is one of the diseases that is under-researched.
Following the discovery of the previously newest cat species, the pampas cat, in 1923, a new species has been formally named after over 100 years.
Despite the dominant model for the brain holding it as a single organ developing from one early progenitor cell population being at the forefront for decades, new research led by Stanford Medicine reveals the brain may actually be two separate systems that arose separately over hundreds of millions of years of evolution.
Way back in 1896, the Swiss scientist Rudolf Albert von Koelliker coined the term “axon” to describe the thin cable of a nerve cell that transmits electrical pulses away from the body of the cell.
Vitamin D is one of the most important nutrients for your body, and it is essential for day-to-day functioning. It is most commonly known for its ability to help regulate bone health by promoting calcium absorption within the gut, and it is a necessity for bone growth.
For many years, scientists believed that the adult human heart could not replace muscle cells lost during a heart attack. When blood flow to part of the heart is blocked, oxygen-starved cardiomyocytes, the cells responsible for contraction, die.