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The making of Antarctica
Credit: Galen Halverson One of the big mysteries in the scientific world is how the ice sheets of Antarctica formed...
WSU researcher develops safer gene therapy
Credit: Washington State University Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – A Washington State University researcher has developed a way to reduce the...
A strong case for limiting climate change
Expedition HE-408 (RV Heincke) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Kristina Baer) As a gigantic carbon sink, the ocean has taken up about...
Animals retain long-term memory of the biggest and best sources of food
Credit: Sophie Moszuti New research shows that red-footed tortoises can remember the location of their favourite food sources and the...
Found: A potential new way to sway the immune system
LA JOLLA, CA – August 1, 2016 – A new international collaboration involving scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)...
Chinese researchers reveal redox sensor protein role in pathogenic mycobacteria
As one of the most successful intracellular pathogens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) causes 8 million cases of tuberculosis and 1.3 million...
Chemists have created compounds that can treat glaucoma
Credit: Anton Shetnev Glaucoma is a serious disease associated with increased intraocular pressure which often leads to blindness. One of...
In atomic propellers, quantum phenomena can mimic everyday physics
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski In molecules there are certain groups of atoms that are able to rotate. This movement...
Why studying sugars matters in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: GlycoNet (February 9, 2018 – EDMONTON) Two GlycoNet Investigators are using technology to better understand how sugars in the...
On the trail of Parkinson’s disease
Credit: University of Konstanz In a complex series of experiments they examined what the effects were of changing a single...
Hacking evolution, screening technique may improve most widespread…
Credit: University of Illinois Plants evolved over millions of years into an environment that has dramatically changed in the last...
Chemo-boosting drug discovered for leukemia
Credit: Diana Passaro Drugs developed to treat heart and blood vessel problems could be used in combination with chemotherapy to...
How the index finger can be fooled
Fingers are a human's most important tactile sensors, but they do not always sense accurately and can even be deceived....
New mechanisms of self-organization in living cells
Chromosome is a structure inside the cell nucleus that carries a large part of the genetic information and is responsible...
Why do guillemot chicks leap from the nest before they can fly?
Credit: Photo: Lars Maltha Rasmussen It looks like a spooky suicide when small, fluffy guillemot chicks leap from the cliffs...
Cells in standby mode
Normally, cells are highly active and dynamic: in their liquid interior, called the cytoplasm, countless metabolic processes occur in parallel,...
Scientists track down origin of bats killed by wind turbines using chemical fingerprints
Credit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science/Ed Gates FROSTBURG, MD (March 17, 2016) — Wind energy is a growing...
Vanderbilt engineers open source medical capsule robot technology
The likelihood that you will be swallowing a capsule robot in the near future has just jumped up dramatically. A...
Rare form of diabetes may require alternate treatment
Credit: Mills laboratory Patients with a rare, genetic form of diabetes often are misdiagnosed as having type 2 diabetes because...
Chemical profile of ants adapts rapidly
Credit: photo/©: Florian Menzel, JGU The bodies of ants and other insects are covered with a thin, wax-like layer that...
