The overproduction of pro-inflammatory chemical signals known as cytokines from immune cells, as shown in the image, is an example of a situation where inflammation becomes excessive, Medzhitov said. (Image Credit: NANOCLUSTERING/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) “Inflammation is the…
A giant wheel surrounded by its neighbors. (Photo credit: Weichen Wang et al. (2025), CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
There have been numerous cases of measles in the US this year. How protected are you from the disease? And how can you find out? (Image credit: FatCamera/Getty Images) Hundreds of people have fallen ill with measles in the United…
Yellowstone bison were driven to extinction in the late 19th century by intensive commercial hunting. (Photo credit: National Park Service/Jacob W. Frank) Bison in Yellowstone National Park spent more than a century split into two genetically distinct herds. But new…
Supercentenarian Maria Brañas Morera on her 117th birthday on March 4, 2024. (Photo credit: Arxiu de la família Brañas Morera, (CC0 1.0 UNIVERSAL Deed), via Wikimedia Commons) Maria Brañas Morera died in August 20
(Image credit: Yaroslav Kushta/Getty Images) Japanese scientists have developed a new type of “universal” computing memory that is significantly faster and requires less energy than the modules used in modern laptops and PCs. Magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) is a…