New study highlights exaggerated physical differences between male and female superheroes
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - Superheroes like Thor and Black Widow may have what...
Columbia researchers examine how our brain generates consciousness — and loses it
How does our brain generate consciousness? New study by Data Science Institute probes that eternal question Medically-induced loss of consciousness...
Resolving the ‘invisible’ gold puzzle
Arsenic aids formation of giant gold depositsCredit: C. Kusebauch, GFZ The Carlin-type gold deposits in Nevada, USA, are the origin...
Diving deep into water and energy trade-offs
Credit: Sue Nichols, Michigan State University Two papers by Michigan State University (MSU) scientists begin challenging a more simplistic, input/output...
Himalayan climate study to preserve oral histories as out-migration begins
Andrew Carnegie Fellowship provides funds for 'Climate Witness: Voices from Ladakh' projectCredit: Tatyana Bakhmetyeva/University of Rochester "On August 5, 2010,...
Mental disorders more common in people who live alone
Credit: Jacob et al., 2019 Living alone is positively associated with common mental disorders, regardless of age and sex, according...
CNIO team describes the ‘energy engine’ of a protein that mediates key processes in cancer cells
Credit: CNIO Proteins are sometimes described as the building blocks of life; inside cells proteins associate into large macromolecular complexes,...
Improved risk management for geothermal systems
Drilling hole monitoring in near real-time helps to keep induced seismicity to a minimumCredit: Tero Saarno Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)...
Peanut genome sequenced with unprecedented accuracy
Credit: Merritt Melancon/University of Georgia, used with permission STONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, May 1, 2019--Improved pest resistance and drought tolerance are among...
The sicker the better
Parasites help beetle hosts function more effectivelyCredit: Andy K. Davis Athens, Ga. - A common woodland beetle that plays an...
NASA satellites track Tropical Cyclone Fani along Eastern India’s coastline
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites have been providing infrared,...
New UH pharmacy center to tackle prescription drug misuse
$3.34 million grant for safe disposal as overdose deaths continue to riseCredit: University of Houston For the first time in...
A comprehensive map of how Alzheimer’s affects the brain
Analysis of genes altered by the disease could provide targets for new treatmentsCredit: Zhuyu Peng CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers...
Keynote on firearm injury to Open Society for Academic Emergency Medicine meeting
DES PLAINES, IL -- Leading firearm injury and prevention experts, Drs. Rebecca Cunningham, and Garen Wintemute, will open SAEM19 --...
The unanticipated early origins of childhood brain cancer
Study identifies earliest traces of brain cancer long before the disease becomes symptomaticCredit: Maria C. Vladoiu, Ibrahim El-Hamami and Laura...
International team wins $6M grant to study HIV and tuberculosis coinfection in children
Credit: Charles Scanga PITTSBURGH, May 1, 2019 - About a third of us are walking around with the bacteria that...
Researchers find new target to improve response to cancer immunotherapy
Study is first to define how a little-known type of cell death impacts tumor cells and immune cellsCredit: University of...
Nuclear ‘magic numbers’ collapse beyond the doubly magic nickel 78
Scientists from the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Research and collaborators have used the center's heavy ion accelerator, the RI...
A new vision for neuroscience
How live recordings of neural electricity could revolutionize how we see the brain Red and blue lights flash. A machine...
Mount Sinai researchers discover novel cancer pathway, opening new treatment options
(New York, NY - May 2, 2019) -- Mount Sinai researchers have broken new ground in the understanding of the...
