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Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a polyphenol found in the leaves of green tea (Camellia sinensis), may increase levels of the natural anti-cancer protein p53, often referred to as ‘the guardian of the genome,’ according to a new study led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute scientists. Zhao et al. provide insights into the mechanisms …

Higher intake of caffeinated coffee was found to be associated with reduced risk of heart failure in three large, well-known heart disease studies: the FHS (Framingham Heart Study), CHS (Cardiovascular Heart Study), and ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities). Drinking one or more cups of caffeinated coffee may reduce heart failure …

A team of researchers from the United Kingdom and Canada has sequenced the genome of the white-faced capuchin (Cebus imitator), a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae. The white-faced capuchin (Cebus imitator) in Panama. Image credit: Charles J. Sharp, Sharp Photography, sharpphotography.co.uk / CC BY-SA 4.0. White-faced capuchin …

About 18,000 years ago, the Magdalenian occupants of Marsoulas Cave in what is now France transformed a shell of the predatory sea snail Charonia lampas into a wind instrument. A team of researchers in France has now released a recording of what the instrument would have sounded like. Reconstruction of …

Named a swirlonic state, the newly-discovered state of active matter is comprised of swirlons, formed by groups of active quasiparticles orbiting their common center of mass. Swirlons demonstrate a surprising behavior: in response to an external load they move with a constant velocity proportional to the applied force, just as …

  Space around Mars is much busier than usual right now. The red planet made a close pass of Earth last summer, and numerous space agencies planned their Mars missions around this event. Now, the spacecraft are starting to show up — NASA’s Perseverance rover will land later this month, …

The high-pressure magnetic phase observed in iron trithiohypophosphate, a 2D material that transitions from an insulator to a metal when compressed, likely forms a precursor to superconductivity. The magnetic structure of FePS3. Image credit: Cavendish Laboratory. Iron trithiohypophosphate (FePS3), or magnetic graphene, belongs to a family of materials known as …

Physicists from the ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have found first evidence of the Higgs boson decaying to a low-mass dilepton system (either an electron or a muon pair with opposite charge) and a photon. Known as Dalitz decay, this is one of …

Caffeine consumed during pregnancy can change important brain pathways that could lead to behavioral problems later in life, according to new research from the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Caffeine is a known neuromodulator that is commonly consumed throughout pregnancy. Image credit: Poohchisa …

The primitive-looking coelacanth has long been regarded as a ‘living fossil,’ with extant specimens looking very similar to fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. But while the coelacanth’s body may have changed little, its genome tells another story. Latimeria chalumnae off Pumula on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, South Africa, …