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Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered an on-and-off “switch” in cells that may hold the key to healthy aging. The switch controls the growth of telomeres, the timekeepers of cells This switch points to a way to encourage healthy cells to keep dividing and generating, for example, new lung or liver tissue, even in old

La Jolla Institute Discovery Points Up This Possibility Researcher finds autoimmune response contributes to inflammation in the artery wall Most people probably know that heart disease remains the nation’s No. 1 killer. But what many may be surprised to learn is that cholesterol has a major accomplice in causing dangerous arterial plaque buildup that can

Machine learning system efficiently recognizes activities by observing how objects change in only a few key frames. Given only a few frames of a video, humans can usually surmise what is happening and will happen on screen. If we see an early frame of stacked cans, a middle frame with a finger at the stack’s

Crop losses due to fungal attack challenge food security and threaten biodiversity More than 600 million people could be fed each year by halting the spread of fungal diseases in the world’s five most important crops, according to research published April 11 in the journal Nature. Furthermore, data reviewed by scientists suggests that in 70%

Cellphones and other devices could soon be controlled with touchless gestures and charge themselves using ambient light, thanks to new LED arrays that can both emit and detect light. Made of tiny nanorods arrayed in a thin film, the LEDs could enable new interactive functions and multitasking devices. Researchers at the University of Illinois at

  The coating could reduce drag and boost buoyancy and stability on boats and submarines A floating weed that clogs waterways around the world has at least one redeeming feature: It’s inspired a high-tech waterproof coating intended for boats and submarines. The Brazilian fern Salvinia molesta has proliferated around the Americas and Australia in part

It’s a sure bet that the best known “arc reactor” in the world is the glowing energy source in the chest of Tony Stark, the inventor with a superhero complex at the heart of the “Iron Man” film franchise. But within a decade, if a new level of funding flows, there may be a new

In a technology first, a team of NASA engineers has demonstrated fully autonomous X-ray navigation in space — a capability that could revolutionize NASA’s ability in the future to pilot robotic spacecraft to the far reaches of the solar system and beyond. The demonstration, which the team carried out with an experiment called Station Explorer