Why guillemot chicks leap from the nest before they can fly
Credit: Knud Falk Before they have the wing span to actually permit them to fly, young guillemots (also known as...
Hubble dates black hole’s last big meal
Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levy (STScI) For the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy,...
Chemical that detects plaques in Alzheimer’s brains extends lifespan of roundworms
While many anti-aging drugs don't live up to their claim, a tightly replicated study by Rutgers and a group of...
Keeping liquids off the wall
Credit: NASA On Earth, liquid flows downhill thanks to gravity. Creating an effective liquid fuel tank involves little more than...
First global maps of volcanic emissions use NASA satellite data
Credit: Simon Carn / Michigan Technological University Volcanoes erupt, they spew ash, their scarred flanks sometimes run with both lava...
Cancer immunotherapy: Revived T cells still need fuel
Anti-cancer drugs blocking the PD-1 pathway - known as checkpoint inhibitors - are now FDA-approved for melanoma, lung cancer and...
Mayo Clinic researchers clarify chemo resistance, and perhaps a new therapy
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic scientists have identified a specific protein implicated in drug resistance, as well as a possible...
Researchers assemble five new synthetic chromosomes
Loading video... Credit: NYU Langone Medical Center A global research team has built five new synthetic yeast chromosomes, meaning that...
Conquering metal fatigue
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Metal fatigue can lead to abrupt and sometimes catastrophic failures in parts that undergo repeated loading, or...
Tianjin team makes breakthrough in synthetic yeast project
Led by Tianjin University (TJU) Professor Ying-Jin Yuan, TJU's synthetic biology team has completed the synthesis of redesigned yeast chromosomes...
NASA catches newly formed Tropical Cyclone 11S
Credit: Credits: NASA JPL/Ed Olsen Just after Tropical Cyclone 11S formed in the Southern Indian Ocean NASA's Aqua satellite passed...
Brain is 10 times more active than previously measured, UCLA researchers find
A new UCLA study could change scientists' understanding of how the brain works -- and could lead to new approaches...
New way to tune electronic energy levels may lead to valleytronic devices
Faster, more efficient data storage and computer logic systems could be on the horizon thanks to a new way of...
Penn engineers’ ‘photonic doping’ makes class of metamaterials easier to fabricate
Credit: University of Pennsylvania The field of metamaterials, an intersection of materials science, physics, nanotechnology and electrical engineering, aims to...
Potential drug candidates halt prostate and breast cancer growth
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - March 9, 2017 - Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps...
Unexpected oxidation state for molecular plutonium discovered
Credit: LANL LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 9, 2017--Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in collaboration with the University of California...
Chinese famine data show no long-term health effects except for schizophrenia
March 8, 2017 -- A new systematic re-analysis of all previous studies of long-term health effects of prenatal exposure to...
Fish and mercury: Detailed consumption advisories would better serve women across US
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Among women of childbearing age in the U.S., fish consumption has increased in recent years while blood...
Researchers discover how neurons tell each other to die under trauma, disease
A major contributor to most neurological diseases is the degeneration of a wire-like part of nerve cells called an axon,...
Targeting cancer stem cells improves treatment effectiveness and prevents metastasis
Targeting cancer stem cells may be a more effective way to overcome cancer resistance and prevent the spread of squamous...
