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  • 1 week ago | medicalxpress.com | Iqbal Pittalwala |Stephanie Baum |Robert Egan

    A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside, explains in a paper published in PLOS Pathogens how a microscopic parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can significantly disrupt brain function, even when it infects only a small number of neurons. The team found that the parasite interferes with essential communication between brain cells—research that can offer new ways to detect and treat chronic brain infections.

  • Jan 14, 2025 | medicalxpress.com | Iqbal Pittalwala

    Researchers have identified a novel genetic risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection, providing new insights into the virus's ability to invade human cells. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that spreads COVID-19.

  • Jan 13, 2025 | xpresschronicle.com | Iqbal Pittalwala

    Spur and gap features seen in Milky Way’s GD-1 stellar stream could be caused by a self-interacting dark matter subhalo. New research points to a dark matter subhalo as the architect behind the unique formations in the GD-1 stellar stream, potentially shifting paradigms about dark matter’s behavior and interaction within galaxies. Unraveling the GD-1 Mystery […]Source link Tags: dark Matter Milky Mystery solved stellar streams Ways

  • Jan 12, 2025 | scitechdaily.com | Iqbal Pittalwala

    A recent study suggests that a dense, self-interacting dark matter subhalo could be responsible for the intriguing spur and gap features in the GD-1 stellar stream, challenging existing dark matter theories. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com Spur and gap features seen in Milky Way’s GD-1 stellar stream could be caused by a self-interacting dark matter subhalo.

  • Jan 9, 2025 | universityofcalifornia.edu | Iqbal Pittalwala

    Ian Ballard, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside, shares his thoughts on New Year’s resolutions in the Q&A below. Ballard is affiliated with the cognitive and cognitive neuroscience areas of the Department of Psychology and the UCR Neuroscience Graduate Program. His lab studies the mechanisms of goal-directed behavior using tools from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and computer science. Q: Why do we make resolutions around New Year’s?

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