At the German Aerospace Center, DLR, researchers have released new images from ESA’s Mars Express mission showing dozens of active dust devils scattered across Mamers Valles, a sprawling valley system on Mars. The scene captures fleeting winds at work on a landscape whose deeper scars were carved by ancient water, ice and geologic change. The…
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Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and the Child Mind Institute have identified at least two biological subtypes of autism by combining brain scans from people with autism with data from mouse models of autism-related brain changes. The findings, described in an announcement about a Nature Neuroscience study, suggest that different patterns of brain…
A study in Quaternary Science Reviews has found that rare charcoal fragments from Gesher Benot Ya’aqov in northern Israel preserve a surprisingly detailed record of how early humans kept fires burning nearly 780,000 years ago. The work suggests that firewood was a major part of daily survival at the ancient lakeshore site. The study focused…
The National Institutes of Health has selected 15 scientific teams in a national challenge focused on one of medicine’s most practical questions, how diet and nutrition may influence autoimmune disease. The awards recognize research concepts that connect food, immune activity, the microbiome, patient experience and data-driven prediction. The announcement centers on the Nutrition for Our…
