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Overworked Brain Cells May Hold the Key to Parkinson’s –

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 12th September 2025

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes uncovered a surprising reason why dopamine-producing neurons, crucial for smooth body movements, die in Parkinson’s disease. In mice, when these neurons were kept overactive for weeks, they began to falter, Read More

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Super-habitats could hold key to shark conservation – New Study/Science

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 9th September 2025

In the heart of French Polynesia, a narrow channel carves its way through the Fakarava Atoll, connecting a vast lagoon to the open ocean. To the casual eye, it’s a beautiful stretch of turquoise Read More

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Tiny Lab-Grown Spinal Cords Could Hold the Key to Healing

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 4th September 2025

Researchers have created a remarkable new approach to repairing spinal cord injuries by merging 3D printing, stem cells, and lab-grown tissues. They engineered tiny scaffolds that guide stem cells to form nerve fibers capable of Read More

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Soft materials hold onto 'memories' of their past for longer

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 3rd September 2025

If your hand lotion is a bit runnier than usual coming out of the bottle, it might have something to do with the goop’s “mechanical memory.” Summary Some hand lotions exhibit “mechanical memory,” meaning Read More

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“Heavy” Electrons Hold the Key to a New Type of

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 29th August 2025

Discovery of Planckian time limit offers new opportunities for quantum technologies. A collaborative team of researchers in Japan has identified “heavy fermions”—electrons with greatly increased effective mass—that display quantum entanglement controlled by Planckian Read More