How to control diabetes: Because of hypoxia, red blood cells switch their metabolic gears and instead of merely delivering oxygen, they begin soaking up glucose from the bloodstream (image: Pexels) ...

Living at high altitude appears to protect against diabetes, and scientists now believe they know why. When oxygen levels drop, red blood cells switch into a different metabolic mode, absorbing large ...

Kargil reminded the Indian Army of something it already knew but had not tested at that scale since 1971: in mountains, artillery is not a supporting arm. It is central. (File photo) Artillery played ...

As coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran continue, current and former defense officials say that while a limited strike lasting several days is feasible, sustaining a broader confrontation — ...

You were just another C.T.R.L. employee clocking the graveyard shift, filing reports on things that shouldn’t exist. Now, the facility is under a sudden, total lockdown. Your main objective? Survive ...

New research reveals how hypoxia-driven red blood cell adaptations may reshape glucose regulation, offering fresh insight into diabetes biology and potential therapeutic strategies. Study: Red blood ...

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The internationalism of field-based team sports (TS) such as football and rugby requires teams to compete in tournaments held at low to moderate altitude (∼1200–2500 m). In TS, acceleration, speed and ...

Correspondence to Dr Olivier Girard, Research and Education Centre, ASPETAR, Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, PO Box 29222, Doha, Qatar; oliv.girard{at}gmail.com The current updates ...

A nuclear power plant (NPP) contains thousands of components and equipment, such as motors, pumps or valves that have to be operated in a well-coordinated way. This coordination is performed by ...

The Airbus A330 that I fly across the Atlantic to any of several European cities is equipped with onboard navigation computers that tell us in the cockpit exactly where we are at any time. But when ...