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Category: Biology

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Parasites successfully deliver drugs to the brain

Posted on February 27, 2025June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

Scientists engineered a common parasite to carry therapeutic drugs across the blood-brain barrier in mice.

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    Children trained in one intellectual skill don’t necessarily improve in others

    Posted on February 24, 2025June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

    Scientists showed that training children to inhibit their reward responses using video games didn’t improve their other cognitive skills.

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      A tiny protein that restores tooth enamel

      Posted on February 6, 2025June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

      Dental researchers coated damaged cows’ teeth with an enamel binding peptide and soaked them in a mineral solution to reform their…

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        Researchers use purple passionflower to treat herpes

        Posted on January 23, 2025June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

        Scientists showed that a compound naturally found in purple passionflowers can alleviate symptoms of herpes simplex eye infections in mice.

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          Can cows transmit bird flu?

          Posted on January 20, 2025June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

          Bird flu has plagued poultry for more than 100 years, causing the death of birds like chickens, ducks, and geese. Bird flu is caused by an…

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            Butterflies use electrostatic force to pollinate

            Posted on January 6, 2025June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

            Two biologists showed that butterflies and moths generate enough electrostatic charge to attract pollen grains from nearby flowers, but they…

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              The future of 3D cell cultures in biomedical research

              Posted on December 30, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

              Microbiologists proposed that 3-dimensional artificial environments are the best way to study cell behavior and drug responses, although…

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                Why do furry animals do the “wet dog shake?”

                Posted on December 16, 2024June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

                Researchers found mice have special neurons that sense disturbances to their fur, causing them to shake and groom themselves when wet.

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                  How do microbes prepare for winter?

                  Posted on October 28, 2024June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

                  Researchers discovered that when cyanobacteria sense shorter days they change their cell walls to survive freezing temperatures.

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                    Lightning reacts with minerals to create the building blocks of life

                    Posted on October 10, 2024June 26, 2025 by Meri Herrero

                    Scientists stimulated atmospheric gases with electricity and found they reacted with common salts and minerals to form complex chemicals…

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