Elise Kjørstad
Slowing Alzheimer’s: Promising treatment evaluates using blood transfusions from young people
Norwegian researchers are to test a possible new treatment using blood from young people to treat Alzheimer's disease ...
70 is the new 60: Older people score better on memory and cognitive tests now than in 2001
As we get older, our brains take a little longer to process information. Our memory might not be quite what ...
Antarctica’s Thwaites ‘doomsday glacier’ continues to recede: Climate change or natural phenomenon — or both?
The Thwaites Glacier is a huge ice mass the size of Great Britain located in West Antarctica ...
When did the Anthropocene — the age of humankind — begin?
The epoch that extends from the last ice age, 11,700 years ago, and until today is called the Holocene. But ...
2 million years: Oldest DNA ever discovered unearthed in plant and animal remains in Greenland
Genetic material from the elephant relative mastodon, cedar and spruce has now been discovered in a warmer Greenland of yore ...
Could COVID morph into just another common cold?
Within a few years, COVID-19 may behave like other coronaviruses, which usually result in milder colds. The virus will probably ...
Infographic: ‘There is no clear evidence that differences between organic and conventionally grown foods have any bearing on health’
Yes, there are some differences between organically grown food and food produced using conventional methods, said Siv Kjølsrud Bøhn at ...
Horses originated in North America but went extinct there. New DNA trail shows how they survived and thrived in Europe
The first ancient horses lived in forests 55 million years ago, both in Europe and America. At that time they ...
Treating obsessive compulsive disorder in just 4 days? Researchers tout intensive method
Psychologists and professors Gerd Kvale and Bjarne Hansen have developed a treatment program that helps patients get rid of their ...
