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Menopause Predisposes a Fifth of Women to Alzheimer’s

Share this on WhatsApp Scientific American May 2020 Being female is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s. Why? This is how memory loss begins, Sophie tells me: You show up at work, forgetting that you are supposed to be at a breakfast meeting with a client. You blank on the names of your neighbors. Soon enough […]

Specially Shaped Artificial Particles Detoxify Blood

Share this on WhatsApp Red blood cells are not just vehicles that transport oxygen in our bodies: they also clear harmful substances from the bloodstream. Scientists at Johns Hopkins University recently investigated how synthetic biomimicking (or “biomimetic”) nanoparticles, masquerading as red blood cells, can best pull off the same feat in mice. They found that […]

The Real Reason for Daylight Saving Time: Gas

Share this on WhatsApp Originally published in August 1908 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “It is not often that a measure of such a startling character as the Daylight Saving Bill is introduced into the English House of Commons. The fact that the momentous changes advocated are proposed by William Willett, a member of the Royal […]