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California Scientists Uncover New Insights in Cholesterol, Bugs, and Dinosaurs
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In Short: Scientists in California have made several groundbreaking discoveries, including a new pathway for cholesterol control, a record-breaking heat-tolerant amoeba, and a fruit-eating dinosaur.
Scientists in California have made several groundbreaking discoveries, including a new pathway for cholesterol control, a record-breaking heat-tolerant amoeba, and a fruit-eating dinosaur.
Researchers at the University of California San Diego discovered a previously unrecognized process that interferes with the liver's ability to clear cholesterol, potentially leading to new treatment options for high cholesterol.
In Lassen Volcanic National Park, a team of scientists observed an amoeba that can reproduce at an astonishing 145 degrees Fahrenheit (63 degrees Celsius), setting a new record for the upper temperature limit for all known eukaryotes.
A newly discovered dinosaur species, named Infernogallus, was found in the Hell Creek Formation and is believed to have eaten fruit instead of meat, surprising scientists who had not expected such dietary behavior.
Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that playing recordings of healthy reefs underwater can encourage both coral larvae and young fish to settle in degraded habitats.
A remarkably preserved fossil from northeastern Spain is giving scientists a rare look at the skin, soft tissues, and possible coloration of an ancient crocodile relative that lived about 125 million years ago.
A newly discovered giant fungus belongs to a previously unknown family that may have emerged around 65 million years ago, shortly after the mass extinction that killed the non-avian dinosaurs.
In a new study, scientists revealed that meteorite fragments collectively form a space rock known as Taghaza 001, named after an ancient abandoned salt-mining settlement in Mali near the discovery site.
Scientists describe the meteorite as a kind of 'time machine,' offering a rare glimpse into the earliest history of Mars.
The meteorite found in Mali in 2022 is among the oldest Martian rocks known on Earth, dating back more than 4.1 billion years and offering scientists rare insights into Mars’ ancient crust and water history.
Background
Scientists have identified a new dinosaur species, Paludohadros proudlovii, from a fossil discovered in England more than 20 years ago.
Scientists have discovered a giant fungus in China and made other significant scientific breakthroughs.
What's confirmed
- In the heated waters of California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park, a team of scientists observed an amoeba that can reproduce by division at an astonishing 145 degrees Fahrenheit (63 degree Celsius), setting a record for the upper temperature limit for all known eukaryotes.
What's still developing
- "There's still a real need for new cholesterol-lowering options, since some people can't get to safe levels even with the drugs we have now," said Saltiel.
- NASA-supported scientists have discovered an organism that lives at extreme temperatures previously thought impossible for complex life.
- The precise method allowed scientists to analyze single grains of minerals.
- One of WISE’s main goals was to help scientists understand our galaxy’s youth and the birth of the solar system — and possibly to tell the tale of how it all began.
- Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and researchers at the University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center have discovered a new way to redirect virus-fighting T cells to kill pancreatic tumor cells.
- Scientists are warning that exposure to deep-space radiation could cause lasting damage to the human heart, raising new concerns about the health risks of sending people to the Red Planet.
- "It is very rare to find something this old," said Yang Liu, a planetary scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and the study's lead author.
- In a recent paper published in Current Biology, a research team led by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, revealed that the so-called “American cheetah” is actually a relative of the Puma, adapted to Arctic conditions.
- See Also Scientists Successfully Trap Individual Krypton Atoms to Create the First-Ever One-Dimensional Gas The fossils tell the story of a slow, steady decline in the species over the course of the Pleistocene.
- By analyzing nuclear paleogenomes and stable isotopes from fossils found as far north as the Yukon, scientists have discovered that this iconic cat was not a true cheetah, but a highly adaptable relative of the puma that specialized in eating fish to survive the Arctic.
- Studying them helps scientists understand what life as we know it is capable of.
- Infernogallus was around five feet long and weighed approximately 25 pounds.
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