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September 29, 2021

The decommissioning of the nuclear reactor at Haigerloch, Germany, April 1945. From Wikipedia

Researching the origin of uranium ingots from Nazi Germany

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Before Nazi Germany got hold of it, the Allies disrupted this plan and seized the uranium ingots that were at the heart of the plan. The fate of most of these ingots is unknown, but some of them ended up in the hands of the US and European countries. American chemists have developed a method to identify the mine from which the uranium came
Hippocampal dentate gyrus in HSHA mice, showing significant activation of astrocytes (GFAP: white) and oxidative stress (8OHdG: green) surrounding brain capillaries (laminin-a4: reddish). Nuclei are stained with DAPI (blue). Credit: John Charles Lewis Mammo, Lam V et al., 2021, PLOS Biology. Credit: John Charles Louis Mamo, Lam V et al., 2021, PLOS Biology

Protein from the liver may cause Alzheimer's disease in the brain

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Summary: Amyloid-beta proteins formed in the liver are carried in the bloodstream by lipoproteins to the brain. This causes neurodegradation, brain degeneration and inflammation, common features of Alzheimer's disease.
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