The hidden inferno inside your laser pointer
Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA, NASA/STEREO, SOHO (ESA & NASA) If you thought that a kid's room, a Norwegian Nobel Laureate and a...
Genes Nardilysin and OGDHL linked to human neurological conditions
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An international team of scientists has discovered that the gene, OGDHL, a key protein required...
Mouse models indicate burning more fat and less glucose could lead to diabetes
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Making muscles burn more fat and less glucose can increase exercise endurance, but could simultaneously...
Genetic cause identified for previously unrecognized developmental disorder
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An international team of scientists has identified variants of the gene EBF3 causing a developmental...
Specific Technologies and FIND announce strategic collaboration
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA & GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Dec. 21, 2016 - Specific Technologies and FIND today announced a collaboration to...
Enhanced energy: ONR global seeks more powerful electronic devices
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Groundbreaking energy research from the United Arab Emirates, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG),...
TSRI study: Protein monitors lung volume and regulates breathing
Credit: Madeline McCurry-Schmidt LA JOLLA, CA - Dec. 22, 2016 - A protein originally discovered at The Scripps Research Institute...
Genes controlling sugar and acid content played key role in jujube domestication
Credit: Xingang Li. Genes involved in creating sweet jujube fruits with the right amount of tartness played an important role...
Mass insect migrations in UK skies
Credit: Jane Hill As Britain voted for Brexit amid furious debate over migration, trillions of migrants were coming and going,...
1.5°C Paris Agreement target could net six million tons of fish annually
(Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program) Meeting the Paris Agreement global warming target of 1.5°C will have large benefits to fisheries, finds a...
Paris Agreement target critical for preserving fisheries
Credit: Lindsay Lafreniere Limiting temperature increases to 1.5°C over pre-industrial levels, as outlined in the Paris Agreement, will significantly minimize...
FH and other findings from Geisinger-Regeneron genomics studies
Credit: Brian Foelsch, Geisinger Health System DANVILLE, Pa. - A study conducted by Geisinger Health System in collaboration with the...
Plastics compound bps alters mouse moms’ behavior and brain regions
Credit: Pablo Robles Media Photography AMHERST, Mass. - In the first study of its kind, environmental health scientist Laura Vandenberg...
Researchers estimate time since death using necrobiome
Currently, when a deceased human is discovered, the forensic techniques for estimating time elapsed since death is not very precise....
Global climate target could net additional six million tons of fish annually
Credit: Lindsay Lafreniere If countries abide by the Paris Agreement global warming target of 1.5 degrees Celsius, potential fish catches...
Using super-slow motion movie, scientists pin down the workings of a key proton pump
Using powerful new tools, scientists from the RIKEN SPring-8 Center and collaborators have demonstrated how bacteriorhodopsin, a "proton pump", uses...
Electron-photon small-talk could have big impact on quantum computing
Credit: Princeton University In a step that brings silicon-based quantum computers closer to reality, researchers at Princeton University have built...
Future ‘smart cities’ should be super-connected, green and resilient
Credit: Walid Saad/Virginia Tech When Superstorm Sandy lashed New Jersey in 2012, Narayan B. Mandayam lost power in his East...
Proteins at the movies
Credit: Kyoto University Proteins twist and contort as they go about their work. And now scientists have found a way...
Oregon researchers publish reference genome of gulf pipefish
Credit: Photo by Mark Currey EUGENE, Ore. -- Dec. 22, 2016 -- University of Oregon biologists have produced a detailed...
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