World Reading Club [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/purpose-binge-drinking-22416/ Summary: Having a sense of purpose in life decreases alcohol consumption and binge drinking temptation in some social drinkers. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-reading-club-w-r-c--5667160/support . 📚 Explore Dr. Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander’s exclusive bookstore. Discover the foundational texts of...

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/could-nasa-s-studies-on-hibernating-squirrels-help-astronauts Can studying sleeping Arctic ground squirrels help astronauts and further NASA’s mission? Dr. Kelly Drew and her students studied hibernating squirrels and their ability to retain muscle and bone mass during extended hibernation and they think it could apply to astronauts. Become a supporter of this podcast:...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-entorhinal-grid-like-codes-time-locked-network.html Grid cells not only help us navigate our own paths in a complex environment, but also help us analyze the movements of other people, scientists from the University of Vienna have now shown for the first time. Their new study in Nature Communications also suggests an explanation for a mechanism that could lea...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-team-brain-marker-vulnerability-post-traumatic.html Understanding one's susceptibility to developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is important. If you knew you were at risk, for example, you might steer clear of jobs that carry more likelihood of high stress and potential trauma or seek treatment as soon as you experienced a potentially triggering ev...

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-china-stricter-policies-thousands.html China's stricter clean heating policies have improved air quality in northern China, particularly in Beijing and surrounding cities—potentially reducing premature deaths due to air pollution in 2021 by more than 23,000 compared to 2015, a new study reveals. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/worl...

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-elucidate-enigmatic-chloroplast-protein-machinery.html Chloroplasts of algae and plants are the cellular engines that convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. These organelles, bounded by an envelope with two membranes, contain their own genome whose expression is tightly coordinated with that of the nuclear genome. The majority of chloroplast...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-flurry-rsv-vaccine-result-immunization.html A new analysis of how the immune system responds to both older and newer investigational vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus—RSV—will help inform the ultimate translation of an immunization from the laboratory to actual clinical usage. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-r...

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-tess-brown-dwarf.html Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new warm brown dwarf. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-reading-club-w-r-c--5667160/support . 📚 Explore Dr. Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander’s exclusive bookstore. Discover the foundational texts of th...

https://www.biotechniques.com/biochemistry/rewriting-oxytocins-love-story-using-crispr/ The neurohormone traditionally labeled the ‘love hormone’ may have just lost that title as new research finds that prairie voles bred without oxytocin receptors show the same attachment behaviors as normal voles. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-reading-club-w-r-c--5667...

https://neurosciencenews.com/mitochondria-antioxidant-apoptosis-22403/ Summary: The STARD7 enzyme helps transport the antioxidant coenzyme Q from the mitochondria to the cell surface. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-reading-club-w-r-c--5667160/support . 📚 Explore Dr. Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander’s exclusive bookstore. Discover the foundational texts of the...

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/centennial_challenges/nasa-announces-finalists-in-challenge-to-design-future-astronaut-food NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 flight engineer Megan McArthur is seen with a taco made using fajita beef, rehydrated tomatoes and artichokes, and chile peppers as part of Plant-Habitat-04 investigation aboard the International Space Station in 2021. Credits: NAS...

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-perseverance-rover-completes-mars-sample-depot NASA’s Perseverance took this selfie of itself looking down at one of 10 sample tubes deposited at the sample depot it created in an area nicknamed “Three Forks.” This image was taken by the WATSON camera on the rover’s robotic arm on Jan. 20, 2023, the 684th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credits: NASA/JP...

https://www.biotechniques.com/neuroscience/emotional-blunting-and-reward-processing-side-effects-of-antidepressants/ A new study has revealed why antidepressants often cause emotional blunting. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-reading-club-w-r-c--5667160/support . 📚 Explore Dr. Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander’s exclusive bookstore. Discover the foundational te...

https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(22)01123-0 Summary Using machine learning (ML), we interrogated the function of all human-chimpanzee variants in 2,645 human accelerated regions (HARs), finding 43% of HARs have variants with large opposing effects on chromatin state and 14% on neurodevelopmental enhancer activity. This pattern, consistent with compensatory evolution, was confirmed u...

https://www.biotechniques.com/neuroscience/changing-the-brain-nanocapsule-therapy-edits-the-alzheimers-gene/ In a recent study, researchers developed a nanocapsule gene therapy that can edit an Alzheimer’s-associated gene in mice, potentially offering a novel treatment for neurological disorders. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-reading-club-w-r-c--5667160...

https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-ai-learning-22396/ Summary: Artificial neural networks based on human brain dynamics can outperform current deep learning models in learning capabilities. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-reading-club-w-r-c--5667160/support . 📚 Explore Dr. Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander’s exclusive bookstore. Discover the foundational texts...

https://www.biotechniques.com/whole-genome-studies/the-evolutionary-balancing-act-that-produced-both-advanced-cognition-and-cognitive-disease-in-humans/?notified=1 New research finds patterns of compensatory evolution in human-accelerated regions of the genome, which suggest these regions could be responsible for both increased cognition and cognitive disease in humans. Become a supporter of this...

https://www.genengnews.com/topics/genome-editing/gene-therapy/zinc-finger-design-ai-tool-opens-door-to-large-scale-gene-therapies/ ZFs are a common class of human proteins that regulate such gene expression, a process that transcribes genetic information into RNA molecules and proteins. Scientists have long seen their potential because they naturally bind with DNA, are less likely than CRISPR and...

https://neurosciencenews.com/ans-insomnia-neurotech-22390/ Summary: A new closed-loop, acoustic stimulation technique significantly improves sleep quality and autonomic immune system function, and reduces symptoms of insomnia. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-reading-club-w-r-c--5667160/support . 📚 Explore Dr. Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander’s exclusive bookst...

https://www.genengnews.com/topics/cancer/cancers-capacity-to-resist-treatment-thwarted/ “We hope that by blocking the means for melanoma to generate genetic diversity, we may prevent the myriad of ways the cancer escapes targeted therapy,” said Lo. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-reading-club-w-r-c--5667160/support . 📚 Explore Dr. Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexan...

https://www.genengnews.com/topics/cancer/cancer-cells-resist-treatment-by-manipulating-their-size/ The researchers set out to investigate the differences in size and shape of skin cancer cells, which are driven by two different genetic mutations, by using mathematical algorithms to analyze huge amounts of data on DNA and proteins. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcas...

https://www.genengnews.com/topics/cancer/multidrug-nanoparticle-platform-improves-drug-delivery-against-cancer/ For several years, Johnson’s lab has been working on polymer nanoparticles designed to carry multiple drugs. In the new study, he and his team focused on a bottlebrush-shaped particle. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-reading-club-w-r-c--5667160/...

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-launch-new-mars-sample-receiving-project-office-at-johnson NASA’s Perseverance rover deposited the first of several samples onto the Martian surface on Dec. 21, 2022, the 653rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-reading-club-w-r-c--5667160/support ....

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/feature/nasa-validates-revolutionary-propulsion-design-for-deep-space-missions Rotating detonation rocket engine, or RDRE hot fire test at Marshall Space Flight Center. Credits: NASA Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/world-reading-club-w-r-c--5667160/support . 📚 Explore Dr. Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander’s exclusive bookstore. D...

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-s-fermi-detects-first-gamma-ray-eclipses-from-spider-star-systems An orbiting star begins to eclipse its partner, a rapidly rotating, superdense stellar remnant called a pulsar, in this illustration. The pulsar emits multiwavelength beams of light that rotate in and out of view and produces outflows that heat the star’s facing side, blowing away mater...