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Tooth loss is a widespread problem in adults. Researchers have now shown in animal studies, that suppressing the gene USAG-1 using an antibody can efficiently stimulate tooth growth.

An analysis by Public Health England (PHE) exploring the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on mortality has found that, from December 2020 to the end of February 2021, England’s COVID-19 vaccination program prevented 6100 deaths in individuals aged 70 and older.

Results of a study measuring how brain activity changes after just a few months of studying a new language show that acquiring a new language initially boosts brain activity, which then reduces as language skills improve.

Accurate simulation of the interactions between atoms and molecules can take a long time, however, the third release of a set of parameters to speed up the process has been presented.

Researchers have constructed a novel light sensor from an algae's light sensors. It has enzymatic activity and can be switched by two different light colors.

A new nondestructive optical technique, called hyperspectral interference tomography, will unlock even more knowledge about nacre, and in the process could lead to a new understanding of climate history.

Anyone signed up to a streaming app will have felt the bemusement of being recommended some odd outlier track by the clandestine algorithms behind the service. A new study suggests that some music fans will receive poorer recommendations than others.

A team has uncovered an important vulnerability in HIV and has shown in preclinical experiments that metformin, a drug used to treat diabetes, seems able to exploit this vulnerability.

A study has found that coffee pulp, a waste product of coffee production, can be used to speed up tropical forest recovery on post agricultural land.

New genetic analysis and years of painstaking research has revealed that one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals is actually two species rather than one, as scientists had long assumed.