Supermassive black holes put a brake on stellar births
Credit: NASA, ESA, K. Kuntz (JHU), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Lab), J. Mould (NOAO), Y.-H. ...
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USC study shows male-female differences in immune cell function
Credit: Ryan Lu A new USC study of a common, yet poorly understood type of white blood cell reveals the ...
CNIO researchers clarify the role of the two isoforms of KRAS, the most common oncogene in humans
These findings suggest that for therapies to be effective, they must be targeted at both gene productsCredit: CNIO KRAS was ...
Of lives and life years: 1918 influenza vs COVID-19
Next time, vaccination may be too little, too lateCredit: CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2006 From the onset of the ...
Epicentre of major Amazon droughts and fires saw 2.5 billion trees and vines killed
A major drought and forest fires in the Amazon rainforest killed billions of trees and plants and turned one of ...
How cells control mitochondria
Credit: Pablo Sánchez-Martín/University of Freiburg Errors in the metabolic processes of mitochondria are responsible for a variety of diseases such ...
Seismic surveys have no significant impact on commercially valuable fish in NW Australia
Credit: Copyright AIMS, image credit Nick Thake New research has found marine seismic surveys used in oil and gas exploration ...
The climate impact of wild pigs greater than a million cars
Credit: The University of Queensland By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs are releasing around 4.9 million metric tonnes ...
RAS launches new multi-disciplinary journal
Credit: J. Tennyson The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is pleased to announce the launch of its first new journal in ...
Team awarded $2M by NSF to teach virtual explorers about permafrost, Arctic climate change
Credit: Victor O. Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University Scientists at Northern Arizona University, Arizona State ...
DNA duplication linked to the origin and evolution of pine trees and their relatives
Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum of Natural History GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Plants are DNA hoarders. Adhering to the maxim of never ...
RNA modification may protect against liver disease
May also explain liver fat differences among men & womenCredit: Sallam Lab/UCLA FINDINGS A chemical modification that occurs in some ...
Cannabis: sexually diverse youths with depression use more
Credit: Université de Montréal It's no secret that studies show that sexually diverse youth - in particular, lesbian, gay and ...
Making clean hydrogen is hard, but researchers just solved a major hurdle
Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin For decades, researchers around the world have searched for ...
A breath of fresh air for emphysema research
Credit: Department of Immune Regulation,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes illness and death worldwide. It is ...
Tail without a comet: the dusty remains of Comet ATLAS
Credit: NASA / ESA / STScI / D. Jewitt (UCLA) A serendipitous flythrough of the tail of a disintegrated comet ...
Bats in Tel Aviv enjoy the rich variety and abundance of food the city has to offer
Just like humans:Credit: S. Greif. A new Tel Aviv University study found that, like humans, bats living in Tel Aviv ...
Freeze drying, oral health experiments make speedy return from space station aboard SpaceX Dragon
A suite of International Space Station scientific experiments journey back to Earth aboard the 22nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission ...
Renewable energy OK, but not too close to home
Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA When it comes to transitioning from carbon-based to renewable source energy systems, Americans are on board. ...
Firefighters found to have persistent lung damage from Fort McMurray wildfire
Risk of developing asthma is more than doubled, says University of Alberta occupational health researcher who used the same parameters ...
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