New research into tiny magnetic particles that float through the air may help scientists unravel the mysterious causes of Alzheimer's disease.
Image by Getty / Futurism Studies In a press release, Australia's University of Technology Sydney unveiled new research undertaken by some of its faculty into the possible link between Alzheimer's and magnetite, a pollutant most commonly associated with vehicle exhaust. Despite all the research into the degenerative disease that causes memory loss and fatal cognitive decline, scientists still don't really know what causes Alzheimer's. They do know, however, that a vanishingly small percentage of people who develop it inherited the disease, which means that most people got it some other way. "Fewer than one percent of Alzheimer's cases are inherited," UTS associate professor Cindy Gunawan said, "so it is likely that the environment and lifestyle play a key role in the development of the disease." As previous studies have shown, living in high-pollution…