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Stanford Medicine researchers and international colleagues discovered that about 20% of people carry a gene variant that reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases by over 10%. This variant, known as DR4, could potentially enhance the efficacy of a future vaccine against these neurodegenerative conditions. The study, involving extensive global data analysis, also suggests a link between the tau protein and both diseases, opening new avenues for targeted therapies and vaccines. A large-scale analysis of…

Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, defeated Republican tech investor Blake Masters in one of the hardest-fought Senate races of the election season.The race was called Friday by the Associated Press, though official results will take longer.Once consistently GOP territory, Arizona has stutter-stepped into battleground status in recent elections, siding with Joe Biden over President Trump by just over 10,000 votes two years ago.It has also been fertile ground for 2020 election conspiracy theories, creating a combustible…

Europe has turned a surprising corner in preparation for the continent’s much-discussed impending energy crisis. The European Union now has more liquefied natural gas than it needs, according to reports from Bloomberg and the New York Times.Ports are reportedly backed up, with tankard ships waiting to offload their gas supply to countries already flush with fuel, said the NYT. The E.U.’s gas storage has reached 93.6% capacity overall,with Germany storage at 97.5% full, according to Bloomberg. And natural gas prices have…

Using a 50-kW high-energy laser weapon, a US Army Stryker combat vehicle acquired, tracked, targeted, and defeated multiple 60-mm mortar rounds and other threats during four weeks of live-fire exercises at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.One of the enduring trends of military technology since the first club was invented is the arms race between offensive weapons and the armor to defend against them. With the development of dynamic defenses like anti-missile systems, things have become increasingly complex as…