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Just 90–120 minutes of strength training a week may deliver some of the biggest long-term health rewards, according to a study tracking more than 147,000 people for 30 years. That amount was linked to lower risks of death overall, particularly from cardiovascular and neurological diseases. Combining strength workouts with aerobic exercise produced even stronger benefits.

A potentially dangerous tapeworm linked to severe, cancer-like disease has now been found in the Pacific Northwest, marking its first detection in wild animals along the U.S. West Coast. Researchers discovered the parasite, Echinococcus multilocularis, in 37% of coyotes tested around Puget Sound—a surprisingly high rate for a region where it had never been reported until recently.

New guidelines aim to help scientists verify, communicate, and manage evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence

A growing body of evidence supports the contribution of the long-lasting adaptive immune system in Parkinson's disease (PD). We showed that the PD-associated protein PINK1 negatively regulates the presentation of mitochondrial antigens (MitAP) on MHC-I molecules. In vivo evidence indicated that MitAP activation in mice, in the absence of PINK1, led to cytotoxic CD8^(+) T cell stimulation and severe motor impairments, reversible by L-DOPA. We show here that following TLR4 activation, MitAP is...

Amyloid precursor protein (APP) is widely known for its role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis through its proteolytic processing into amyloid-β peptides. However, its physiological functions remain incompletely understood. Here, we uncover a protective role for full-length APP in facilitating the disposal of nuclear-derived debris under genotoxic stress. In both cultured cells and in vivo mouse models, loss of APP leads to nuclear waste accumulation, increased inflammation, and cell...

White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are increasingly recognized as neuroimaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet their temporal relationship with amyloid and tau accumulation remains unclear. While previous studies suggest bidirectional associations between WMHs and AD pathology, regional associations between WMHs and AD pathology have yet to be examined. This study investigated the temporal and regional associations between PET measures of amyloid (Aβ)...

Similarities and differences in the self-assembly of actin filaments from different species inform our understanding of its evolution. However, this basic knowledge is largely incomplete. Here, we systematically characterize assembly kinetics for actin from two yeast species that are five hundred million years apart in evolution, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and compare them to the well-studied rabbit muscle actin from which they diverged a billion years ago. We find...

CONCLUSION: Awareness of age-related losses may be adaptive when it reflects realistic recognition of age-related challenges, like hearing difficulties. Promoting positive, gain-focused views of aging could support earlier informal help-seeking among older adults by encouraging open conversations about hearing concerns within their close social networks.

Cancer and cell-aging studies may have relied on antibodies to incorrect molecule.

Labor is mediated proximately by prostaglandin signaling within gestational tissues and must be tightly regulated for birth to occur after appropriate fetal development. Metabolic changes accompanying gestational aging have been postulated as a determinant of birth timing, but specific nutrients, sensors, and messengers remain obscure. We report that placental nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD^(+)) dynamically tunes gestational length. Depletion of placental NAD^(+) in mice provoked labor...

CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that limited uptake of digital elder care is closely tied to moral legitimacy and ethical recognition. Digital care services are more likely to be accepted when perceived as a supportive extension of, rather than a replacement for, family care responsibilities. Addressing ethical lag through culturally resonant service design and trusted community mediation may help reduce inequalities in engagement and improve the effectiveness of ageing-related service...

After clearing a spring forecasting hurdle, scientists see growing odds of a powerful climate event that could disrupt weather worldwide

Researchers discovered that declining levels of phosphatidylcholine may be a major cause of age-related mitochondrial dysfunction and loss of cellular energy. Remarkably, boosting this nutrient restored more youthful mitochondrial performance in aging organisms, suggesting some aspects of aging can be slowed or reversed.