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Venus may not have Earth-style tectonic plates, but it’s far from geologically quiet. A new model shows its crust is surprisingly thin and undergoes dramatic transformations, breaking off or melting into the mantle and potentially triggering volcanic eruptions. This crustal “metamorphism” gives scientists a whole new perspective on how Venus churns beneath its blistering surface. […]

NASA’s Europa Clipper, en route to Jupiter’s moon Europa, captured infrared images of Mars during a gravity-assist flyby to calibrate its thermal imaging camera. This crucial step ensures the spacecraft can accurately map heat signatures on Europa’s surface—key to identifying possible signs of life beneath its icy crust. Europa Clipper’s Infrared Snapshot of Mars As […]

Scientists have uncovered a seismic signature beneath Mars’ surface that hints at something astonishing—liquid water may still exist in the planet’s upper crust. This exciting research comes from an international team of scientists: Dr. Weijia Sun and Dr. Yongxin Pan from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr. Hrvoje […]

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can strike in middle age, often going unrecognized or misdiagnosed as other conditions. A new UCSF-led study funded by the NIH has uncovered changes in spinal fluid proteins that could signal the disease’s onset early. Recognizing Dementia in Middle Age Dementia is typically seen in older adults, but when it appears in […]

According to new research, brain aging is a biological process involving degenerative, adaptive, and regenerative changes in the brain that occur from maturity through old age. A new review paper published in the journal Aging by Ferrer Isidro of the University of Barcelona and the Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya examines how brain aging […]