Tag: memory
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Scientists Reveal Potential to Reverse Memory Loss in Aging Brains
Groundbreaking studies point to reversing memory loss Researchers are reporting promising advances in addressing memory decline that often accompanies aging. In two complementary studies, a team led by associate professor Timothy Jarome and his graduate students employed advanced gene-editing tools to target molecular changes linked to memory formation and retention. The work aims to understand…
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Scientists Edge Toward Reversing Memory Loss in Aging Brains with Gene Editing
New Frontiers in Memory and Aging Scientists are moving closer to a breakthrough in how aging brains can regain memory function. In two complementary studies led by Timothy Jarome, associate professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ School of Animal Sciences, researchers used advanced gene-editing tools to target molecular changes associated with memory…
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Women Behind the Lens: Portraits of Indigo’s Silent Slaves
Introduction: A lens that recalls a hidden history In the quiet spaces between shutter clicks and quiet conversations, a new project is turning a difficult page in history into something legible, humane, and intimate. Women Behind the Lens: Indigo’s Silent Slaves gathers the work of women photographers who are using portraiture to illuminate the lives…
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Women Behind the Lens: A Vision of Indigo and the Slaves Whose Lives Fueled It
Introduction: A Project That Reframes History In a world where the stories of the enslaved are often told by others, a cohort of women photographers is taking the camera behind the lens to reclaim agency, memory, and voice. The project, inspired by the line “I envisioned these slaves whose lives were exchanged for indigo,” centers…
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Names of 5 Million Holocaust Victims Identified, Yad Vashem Says
Major Milestone: Names Identified for Millions of Holocaust Victims The Hebrew word for memory has gained a new scale of precision in recent years. Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial announced that it has identified the names of roughly five million victims of the Holocaust, a breakthrough that turns anonymous statistics into personal stories and families’…
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The Theft audiobook review: a coming-of-age journey through post‑colonial Zanzibar
Introduction: Gurnah’s Theft as a coming-of-age odyssey Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Theft, set in and around Zanzibar and the wider Tanzanian coast, unfolds as a long, patient coming-of-age saga. The book, and its audiobook adaptation, invite listeners to trail a young narrator as he moves from childhood into adulthood across several turbulent decades in East Africa. As…
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Improving Brain Resilience: Rab Proteins and Future Treatments
How Rab Proteins Orchestrate Synaptic Potentiation Memory formation hinges on synaptic potentiation—the strengthening of connections between neurons. This growth is driven by a tightly coordinated delivery system within neurons that supplies the building blocks essential for remodeling synapses. A large family of cellular switches, known as Rab proteins, governs the flow of these supplies, directing…
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A Little Wander Back to Ireland’s Wet Pub Era and the €9 Meal
Introduction: A stroll through memory lane Country Living with Francis Farragher invites readers on a gentle, almost nostalgic journey back to a time when the phrase “wet pub” meant something more than a casual drink. It was an era marked by €9 meals, raucous laughter over simple staples, and an everyday reality that suddenly felt…
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Music, Memory, and Mothers: Three Novel Picks for Today
Three Novels, One Thread: Music, Memory, and Mothers Three new titles orbit around the intimate pull of music, memory, and the women who shape those memories. Each author threads a distinctive genre—slice-of-life indie, Cold War-time travel, and Twilight Zone-inspired suspense—into a cohesive meditation on how soundtracks, histories, and maternal bonds steer the stories we tell…
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Music, Memory, and Mothers: Three Novel Recommendations
Three modern novels that fuse soundtracks with memory and maternal themes Music often serves as the backdrop for personal growth, memory, and family ties. The trio of new releases examined here—Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley, The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso, and Departure 37 by Scott Carson—pulls these threads through distinct genres. Each…