Scientists have identified a brain protein that may help Alzheimer’s spread, revealing a potential new target for slowing the disease’s progression. Alzheimer’s disease is closely linked to the accumulation of a toxic form of the protein Tau inside the brain. As Tau damage reaches additional brain regions, more neurons are harmed, symptoms intensify, and the [...]

Scientists have confirmed a rare “impossible” earthquake deep beneath Utah, revealing a hidden source of seismic activity inside Earth’s mantle. Nearly five decades after a puzzling earthquake struck deep beneath northern Utah, scientists have confirmed that the event was real and part of a rare category of earthquakes that occur much deeper underground than researchers [...]